NBC Olympic Coverage

[Josh '99]

On NBC's Olympics website, they've got a poll asking what sport people are most looking forward to seeing during the Olympics.  Currently, curling is winning by a wide margin.  I'm not sure whether their coverage plans are set in stone or whether they might adjust to reflect this admittedly limited form of viewer feedback, but in case the coverage might in some way reflect the results of this poll, I thought maybe someone who knows how to do this could write a program to stuff the results a bit.  B-]

http://www.wnbc.com/olympics2006/index/index.html

[RichH]

Wooo!  Go Curling!  :-}

[RichH]

Also, this is a poll on WNBC's website, the local NBC affiliate for NYC.  The national NBC Olympic website hasn't officially launched yet: http://www.nbcolympics.com/

[Josh '99]

[Q]RichH Wrote:
Also, this is a poll on WNBC's website, the local NBC affiliate for NYC.  The national NBC Olympic website hasn't officially launched yet: [/q]True enough, but still.  :-P

[Jordan 04]

[Q]jmh30 Wrote:

    Currently, curling is winning by a wide margin. [/q]

[q]I'm not sure whether their coverage plans are set in stone [/q]

*rimshot*.  Don't forget to tip your waitress.



BTW, if you mean stuff the results to boost curling even more, I'm all for it!  It was an absolute blast to watch back in 2002, and more of it in 2006 would be great.

[Josh '99]

[Q]Jordan 04 Wrote:
BTW, if you mean stuff the results to boost curling even more, I'm all for it!  It was an absolute blast to watch back in 2002, and more of it in 2006 would be great.[/q]Actually, I meant to boost *hockey*.  Curling seems to be doing fine in that poll already (perhaps due to some ballot-stuffing of its own).

[KeithK]

Heh.  As of now cross country skiing tops hockey more than 3 to 1.

[Curling Rocks]

while curling may be awesome that poll currently shows hockey having a slight lead:

Hockey  55108  29%
Curling 43414 22%
Figure Skating 28750 15%
X-country Skiing  21718 11%
Alpine Skiing 16415 9%

The rest are all below 5%

[DeltaOne81]

Huh, must've been ballot stuffing by Curling and Cross Country Skiing messages boards  ::twitch::

Because somehow I doubt that even eLynah is capable of pulling 57,000 votes

[Lenny 01]

Hockey in the lead now!