Why doesnt nbc show long jumping during the track and field event?

Question

when nbc shows track and field they never show the long jumping only the people who do all the running events and the high jump. plus they never show the event where you throw that big ball across the field.

Answer 1

I don't think the finals of those events have happened yet, and they don't show the qualifying rounds much. They aren't totally pro american because they showed the women's marathon for 2 1/2 hours and the best American got 33rd. I think they look for sports america is good at and sports america enjoys watching. I guess synchronized diving is more fun to watch than handball in America. Maybe it's just me but i didn't hear anything about whether or not the Spain-USA basketball was on NBC and I missed it. Big ball across the Field is called shot put if you want to look up results. Those events might be on CNBC or the USA network. Go USA!  

Answer 2

you could probably see it on nbcolympics.com

I was hoping to see those too but they only have little covrage on both.....:(

Answer 3

Because there are probably no Americans competing in those events so they don't do to much coverage on it. They showed clips of the ball across the field thing(I don't know the proper name either lol) but since there were no Americans there were only clips and the medal winners no full coverage.  

Answer 4

NBC only shows the events that Americans are doing well at.

Which is I guess ok but other sports deserve their spotlight too!

im tired of beach volleyball!

r u talking about shotput where they throw the ball for distance?