Seller Scruples

Once every four years the Winter Olympics come sliding into view. They are jam-packed with sports no one sees on television any other time, bizarre commercials, and a plethora of past Olympians jaded by the fact that their records have been broken and that they have been reduced to commenting on the young'ns competing in the sports they love. The Olympics is a special time for all.

In the past, the Olympics were on all the time. But during this year's Olympic festivities, the coverage has been quite lackluster and centered only on specific events or people. Even though NBC was broadcasting through more channels than in the past, a few of which we don't receive, they didn't seem to show all the sports, and mostly in prime time.  This made it hard to enjoy all the events, because by the time you got around to seeing the one you wanted, you were drained from watching three hours of sports you didn't really care for. I would have really appreciated being able to just flip the channel, instead of having to worry that I was going to miss my favorite figure skaters performing, or that I was going to be absent for a gold medal attempt for an awesome snowboarder.

Another issue that bugged me was the amount of time devoted to the back stories of the favored Olympians. Don't get me wrong, I love a good tug at the heartstrings during the Olympics, but when large chunks of time were being devoted to talking about the back story of the Olympian and it equaled more time than the actual event that was being televised, I was a little annoyed. I mean, seriously folks, if I wanted the back story I'd wait to see it on a talk show or I'd look it up for myself. I could go on and on about the issues I had with the Olympics, but if I did that, I'm sure my conclusion would come around the time for the Opening Ceremony in 2014; I'll spare you that pain.