Comments on: The Third Most Watched Sport http://www.billrini.com/2005/08/10/the-third-most-watched-sport/ Bill Rini's Poker Weblog Fri, 5 Dec 2008 15:57:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Easycure http://www.billrini.com/2005/08/10/the-third-most-watched-sport/#comment-4812 Easycure Fri, 12 Aug 2005 13:59:18 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/index.php/2005/08/10/the-third-most-watched-sport/#comment-4812 A follow-up: It has brought more fish to the tables....online poker is still booming! The increase in players (and bad play) is staggering. The biggest drawback, the biggerit gets the greater the chance the government will no longer be able to ignore it. Regulation is coming, it's just a matter of when. A follow-up:

It has brought more fish to the tables….online poker is still booming! The increase in players (and bad play) is staggering.

The biggest drawback, the biggerit gets the greater the chance the government will no longer be able to ignore it. Regulation is coming, it’s just a matter of when.

]]> By: Dannomatic http://www.billrini.com/2005/08/10/the-third-most-watched-sport/#comment-4803 Dannomatic Fri, 12 Aug 2005 00:11:30 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/index.php/2005/08/10/the-third-most-watched-sport/#comment-4803 Poker is being *overplayed* - I have cable TV here at work and everyday on at least 5 different cable channels there is some sort of tournament playing. Sure it's popular but too much of a good thing is just that. Too much of a good thing. Poker is being *overplayed* - I have cable TV here at work and everyday on at least 5 different cable channels there is some sort of tournament playing. Sure it’s popular but too much of a good thing is just that. Too much of a good thing.

]]> By: Drizztdj http://www.billrini.com/2005/08/10/the-third-most-watched-sport/#comment-4799 Drizztdj Thu, 11 Aug 2005 17:16:02 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/index.php/2005/08/10/the-third-most-watched-sport/#comment-4799 Note to the TV Execs: PLEASE stop the current trend of over-kill of poker programming. That or increase the quality of the programming. I'd hate to see poker viewing go the way of TV game shows did about 3-4 years ago when there was a sudden explosion of them, and 95% of them died out and got sent back to morning/afternoon viewings. Note to the TV Execs: PLEASE stop the current trend of over-kill of poker programming. That or increase the quality of the programming.

I’d hate to see poker viewing go the way of TV game shows did about 3-4 years ago when there was a sudden explosion of them, and 95% of them died out and got sent back to morning/afternoon viewings.

]]> By: Easycure http://www.billrini.com/2005/08/10/the-third-most-watched-sport/#comment-4795 Easycure Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:04:41 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/index.php/2005/08/10/the-third-most-watched-sport/#comment-4795 The point is not whether it's a sport or not, but how many people are watching it. They get their numbers from Neilsen type ratings and such, and use regional factors to apply it viewers across the whole country. It sure beats watching men's tennis or figure skating. The point is not whether it’s a sport or not, but how many people are watching it. They get their numbers from Neilsen type ratings and such, and use regional factors to apply it viewers across the whole country.

It sure beats watching men’s tennis or figure skating.

]]> By: Tapin http://www.billrini.com/2005/08/10/the-third-most-watched-sport/#comment-4772 Tapin Wed, 10 Aug 2005 16:58:13 +0000 http://www.billrini.com/index.php/2005/08/10/the-third-most-watched-sport/#comment-4772 I'd like to see where they got their numbers from, if only to see what else qualifies as a "sport". Cheerleading competitions? World's Strongest Man? Poker's a game. That's not a knock -- poker tournaments certainly take an amazing amount of endurance, and I'll chose to watch a good televised poker tournament over the best golf or NASCAR broadcast ever, every day of the week. But I just can't get behind the redistricting of poker as a sport, when there's so little physical dexterity involved. (Of course, on the other side of the spectrum you've got judge-controlled exhibitions like ice skating and most of the X-Games, which require amazing amounts of physical dexterity but without objective goals -- like, say, winning all the chips on the table or scoring the most runs or being the first to the finish line -- can never be considered sports, either.) I’d like to see where they got their numbers from, if only to see what else qualifies as a “sport”. Cheerleading competitions? World’s Strongest Man?

Poker’s a game. That’s not a knock — poker tournaments certainly take an amazing amount of endurance, and I’ll chose to watch a good televised poker tournament over the best golf or NASCAR broadcast ever, every day of the week. But I just can’t get behind the redistricting of poker as a sport, when there’s so little physical dexterity involved.

(Of course, on the other side of the spectrum you’ve got judge-controlled exhibitions like ice skating and most of the X-Games, which require amazing amounts of physical dexterity but without objective goals — like, say, winning all the chips on the table or scoring the most runs or being the first to the finish line — can never be considered sports, either.)

]]>