Why is the equestrian on the olympics media coverage so poor?

Question

Why don't they do a full view coverage-NOT everyone like to see bits & pieces of the horses, they want to watch the whole thing. TV olympics seem to only show a flick here and there to the equestrian.

The Aussie team who WON Silver deserved more reconnition and so did the other actual winners and places GETTERS.

Answer 1

I agree but I guess seven choose to show only the sports that are popular or that we are more likely to win a medal! I guess equestrian wasn't one of them! I would think that they would not have time to show every single event since they are all on simultaneously.  

Answer 2

They probably did a poll and found that not as many people are interested in it. I think the vast majority of people probably don't even realize it's an olympic sport, which is unfortunate. I would also like to see some more coverage of it, I wish they showed the olympics on more channels so they could fit everything in and people choose what they want to watch.

Answer 3

Nobody cares. If you can't bet on horses, nobody cares.

Answer 4

Because it wouldn't get the viewership that the more widely-covered sports (and those with a wider appeal ... swimming, diving, gymnastics ... um, beach volleyball?) get.

I have not been able to find ANY TV coverage of equestrian events.  But, if you read the questions posted on Yahoo Answers over the past few days, Y!A users are complaining that there's nothing BUT equestrian coverage!

Guess it just depends where you live?  I'm in the Eastern Time Zone (US) which seems to be NBC's targeted audience.  All I get (during primetime, anyway) is what I already mentioned.

I'd love to see some dressage!

Answer 5

First of all, the equestrian competition takes place in Hong Kong rather than Beijing. Secondly, there are always multiple competitions going on at the same time, so the media prioritizes by showing more of those that get good ratings and more viewers (ie basketball, diving, track and field, etc.)