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Nutcracker69
Visionary
Silver Level
I'm conflicted with this. I'm very disappointed with how the main event ended up playing out considering the amazing field that was left with about 100 to go. So I'm already inclined to not want to watch it. Also, not that it completely matters, but my TV is not with me where I'm living ATM, it is in storage. But the home has a TV in the cafeteria and it has cable and few of these old farts bother to watch TV in there, especially at night. So if I'm still stuck here then, I could probably still watch it. And if I'm fortunate enough to have moved on, I'd definitely have access to the broadcasts as they air.
So here's my bigger contention and it is a bit of a catch-22. According to ESPN, they have widdled down their coverage to just the final days of the Main Event mostly for cost concerns. But they had already scaled back to show JUST the Main event a while before that, stating that ratings were down and less people were watching poker on TV. F* that noise! It was a ton more entertaining watching people like Grinder, Dutch Boyd, Fishman, and then some more established pros win their bracelets. Hell, it was more entertaining watching Jennifer Tilly win hers, if only to spend enough camera time on her excellent breasts. I feel like there was one year where they tried to show every single event and definitely did feature every single final table. THAT WAS AWESOME. And that would be awesome again. If you watch ESPN's coverage of the Main you'll be like Jason Mercier who? When full coverage would show his dominance this series. I'm assuming without ESPN ****blocking coverage, that we can find video of the earlier events elsewhere so maybe I should just do that and shutup. After all, as I said, it is a catch-22. If enough people refuse to watch ESPN's coverage of the Main, ratings would be even lower and that coverage could go away forever. Since the goal would have been more coverage instead of less, the purpose would be defeated.
So here's my bigger contention and it is a bit of a catch-22. According to ESPN, they have widdled down their coverage to just the final days of the Main Event mostly for cost concerns. But they had already scaled back to show JUST the Main event a while before that, stating that ratings were down and less people were watching poker on TV. F* that noise! It was a ton more entertaining watching people like Grinder, Dutch Boyd, Fishman, and then some more established pros win their bracelets. Hell, it was more entertaining watching Jennifer Tilly win hers, if only to spend enough camera time on her excellent breasts. I feel like there was one year where they tried to show every single event and definitely did feature every single final table. THAT WAS AWESOME. And that would be awesome again. If you watch ESPN's coverage of the Main you'll be like Jason Mercier who? When full coverage would show his dominance this series. I'm assuming without ESPN ****blocking coverage, that we can find video of the earlier events elsewhere so maybe I should just do that and shutup. After all, as I said, it is a catch-22. If enough people refuse to watch ESPN's coverage of the Main, ratings would be even lower and that coverage could go away forever. Since the goal would have been more coverage instead of less, the purpose would be defeated.