ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: [endurance] No Equestrian Coverage

Re: [endurance] No Equestrian Coverage

Tommy Crockett (tomydore@goblin.punk.net)
Thu, 15 Feb 1996 09:27:45 -0800 (PST)

Apparantly that address has been changed. I did manage to dredge up the
e-mail address of a Vice-President at NBC sports, which I've remailed to
the list. His name is Mark Zimmerman and he says the broadcast schedule
hasn't yet been set. You might check out the olympic schedule at
http://www.nbc.com in the olympic folder. It doesn't look like there is
any real competition for equestrian events in the vein of other sports,
but they might elect to run Days of Our Lives and Another World in most
markets. <sigh>

If we do keep e-mailing and snailing I think it'll help. The bigwigs have
to realize that sagging ratings in TB racing events (triple crown ratings
really were horrible Breeder's Cup not as bad, but disappointing) are tied
to availabilty of other types of gambling and not to horsewomen/men.

BTW ESPN will show the 3 day event trails in Kentucky as qualification
rounds I think I remember in June. They've also scheduled show jumpers.

Ciao,

t

On 14 Feb 1996, Pam Haynes wrote:

> Tommy,
>
> Historically there has been poor to fair of equestrian events. While NBC
> hasn't made their final plans definite, it sure can't hurt to get in our 2 cents
> worth now. Last time it cost a small fortune for the special broadcast (at
> least the cost of an entry fee <g>). Thanks for the tip on sending a note to
> sports@nbc.com. I will send a copy of what I sent to marketing to them.
>
> Pam
>

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