Screw ESPN2!

Sean Marconette · 09-15-2013, 10:39 PM

Its on ESPN News

Sean

D.Johns · 09-16-2013, 12:14 AM

My wife is pi$$ed! We were watching it and bam bam bam Pro-Stock done! It was funny to see hear her complain as much as I do about Pro-Stock not getting any air time. I got changed for work and come back into the living room to find NASCAR. Then she and my daughter really got mad. I had to work so it really didn't make a difference for me.

I was happy to see it wasn't postponed for Little league baseball, women's tennis, more news about the baseball games (that people already watched that day) or the national basket weaving contest. Then they had to do that. Why not show it on the other 47 channels of NASCAR or the other 25 ESPNs. I do not have ESPN news for 2 reasons. 1) I'm a cheap skate, 2) I don't need/want to hear about any other sports. Just my NHRA that was suppose to be on ESPN 2. Looks like I may need to upgrade to ESPN 3 to see the coverage at a better time. It was never a wonder why so many sponsors are pulling out of NHRA. It was more of a wonder why they stayed as long as they did.

Michael Beard · 09-16-2013, 08:41 AM

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Mile High · 09-16-2013, 08:46 AM

Obviously it was out of the question to put NASCAR on ESPN news and leave drag racing alone.

sux.

Jeff

Irace007 · 09-16-2013, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Michael Beard

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boostedf22c · 09-16-2013, 11:23 AM

Sucks especially if you DVR it. I was watching it, about 2 hours delayed, so I can FF all the commercials, force family saga, etc., and right when NASCAR came on, I switched over to ESPN News, and it was already over.

Nice.

XFlatRock · 09-16-2013, 11:32 AM

And NHRA probably wonders why the ratings are so low (one of the reasons given by Ford for their leaving NHRA), it's hard to watch a moving target. If NHRA isn't actively searching for a Network that will broadcast WHEN they say they will, maybe they deserve the shabby treatment.

Jim Wahl · 09-16-2013, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by XFlatRock

And NHRA probably wonders why the ratings are so low (one of the reasons given by Ford for their leaving NHRA), it's hard to watch a moving target. If NHRA isn't actively searching for a Network that will broadcast WHEN they say they will, maybe they deserve the shabby treatment.

So true! Unfortunately it's the lowly peon racers who are the ones who suffer. Glendora probably didn't even know (or care) what happened. The alcohol addled brains at the top need to be replaced with people who really care about the racers they were put in place to serve! It's sad but profit over safety and the lining of pockets has become the norm. Jim

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Lew Silverman · 09-16-2013, 12:58 PM

This isn't the first time that ESPN has moved or preempted NHRA coverage for NASCAR or the NBA! As has been mentioned above, NHRA pays for the privilege of "showcasing" the professional classes on ESPN, and in my humble opinion is not receiving fair value for it's (OUR!) money. The Saturday program was scheduled for 3:30 AM here on the East Coast, and even that was delayed over 20 minutes for a "Baseball Tonight" re-run! Then yesterday's debacle, switching a broadcast already in progress to another channel, which coincidentally NEVER carries ANY NHRA programming, and is a "premium" channel on most cable systems! And our only other coverage, on the computer-based ESPN3, has gone from a "live-feed" of the event to another, more in-depth rehash of the trials-and-tribulations of the professional drivers and their team owners.

By this point, we should be thankful for "any" Drag Racing coverage. And you would have to assume as long as the NHRA is paying for it, we DESERVE a more well-produced product. Say what you want to about "Pink's" and "Pass Time", at least our sport was out there on televisions in the homes of millions of potential fans! How many people stayed up until after 3:30 AM on Sunday, or made the switch to ESPNews (if they could) on Sunday night?

While it's pointless to argue that the sportsman racers are still getting shortchanged, because they are and have been for a good long while, doesn't anyone at the Association HQ's understand that the entertainment "package" that we are being fed is sub-standard? Are they waiting for someone, possibly Lucas's new "MAV-TV", to fund their productions? The Velocity Channel seems to be willing to take-up some of the vacuum left by the demise of what now is called FS1, so maybe something good will happen. I just hope we haven't lost all of our fan's by then!

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D.Johns Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Indiana Posts: 437 Likes: 15 Liked 18 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Screw ESPN2! My wife is pi$$ed! We were watching it and bam bam bam Pro-Stock done! It was funny to see hear her complain as much as I do about Pro-Stock not getting any air time. I got changed for work and come back into the living room to find NASCAR. Then she and my daughter really got mad. I had to work so it really didn't make a difference for me. I was happy to see it wasn't postponed for Little league baseball, women's tennis, more news about the baseball games (that people already watched that day) or the national basket weaving contest. Then they had to do that. Why not show it on the other 47 channels of NASCAR or the other 25 ESPNs. I do not have ESPN news for 2 reasons. 1) I'm a cheap skate, 2) I don't need/want to hear about any other sports. Just my NHRA that was suppose to be on ESPN 2. Looks like I may need to upgrade to ESPN 3 to see the coverage at a better time. It was never a wonder why so many sponsors are pulling out of NHRA. It was more of a wonder why they stayed as long as they did. __________________ 2014 Cobra Jet FS/XX #3345 STK/SS Like us on http://www.facebook.com/pages/Daniel...25886327426822

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XFlatRock Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 11 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Screw ESPN2! And NHRA probably wonders why the ratings are so low (one of the reasons given by Ford for their leaving NHRA), it's hard to watch a moving target. If NHRA isn't actively searching for a Network that will broadcast WHEN they say they will, maybe they deserve the shabby treatment.

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Lew Silverman VIP Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Newport News, VA Posts: 1,435 Likes: 371 Liked 129 Times in 59 Posts	Re: Screw ESPN2! This isn't the first time that ESPN has moved or preempted NHRA coverage for NASCAR or the NBA! As has been mentioned above, NHRA pays for the privilege of "showcasing" the professional classes on ESPN, and in my humble opinion is not receiving fair value for it's (OUR!) money. The Saturday program was scheduled for 3:30 AM here on the East Coast, and even that was delayed over 20 minutes for a "Baseball Tonight" re-run! Then yesterday's debacle, switching a broadcast already in progress to another channel, which coincidentally NEVER carries ANY NHRA programming, and is a "premium" channel on most cable systems! And our only other coverage, on the computer-based ESPN3, has gone from a "live-feed" of the event to another, more in-depth rehash of the trials-and-tribulations of the professional drivers and their team owners. By this point, we should be thankful for "any" Drag Racing coverage. And you would have to assume as long as the NHRA is paying for it, we DESERVE a more well-produced product. Say what you want to about "Pink's" and "Pass Time", at least our sport was out there on televisions in the homes of millions of potential fans! How many people stayed up until after 3:30 AM on Sunday, or made the switch to ESPNews (if they could) on Sunday night? While it's pointless to argue that the sportsman racers are still getting shortchanged, because they are and have been for a good long while, doesn't anyone at the Association HQ's understand that the entertainment "package" that we are being fed is sub-standard? Are they waiting for someone, possibly Lucas's new "MAV-TV", to fund their productions? The Velocity Channel seems to be willing to take-up some of the vacuum left by the demise of what now is called FS1, so maybe something good will happen. I just hope we haven't lost all of our fan's by then! __________________ Lew Silverman #2070 "The Wagon Master" N/SA