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Shouldn't Kayacking Equal McNuggets?
Aug. 11th, 2008 09:11 amWait a minute, the Olympics are on, and McDonalds has commercials on, but where's the game? You know, the one where you pull off the tabs on the fries and drinks and they give you a sport to watch the results of?
Why am I not getting a free order of fries because the men's swimming relay team won a gold medal? What's happened McDonalds? Can we no longer afford to put out some food for those of us who are not in training? I want my McFlurry because someone won a bronze medal in trampoline!
Instead we just get those ads with McDonalds attempt to create a Chick-fil-A sandwich, and sell it on Sundays. The ads show atheletes who I'm sure would never go near something deep fried (except for the rifle-shooting guys, they don't care about fitness, they have a gun).
Oh, I know I've gotten too olympic-centric here, but i have to admit that NBC has been doing a little better in sports diversity this year - not on the prime-time broadcast, mind you, but on the cable channels. I've seen some doubles badminton and men's field hockey. Still, I think they could do better if they really embrace the internet for more than just clips and highlights. I do see that I can watch a women's team handball feed right now, so maybe there's some progress being made here. Still, it seems to be sports that none of the broadcast stations are showing. The swimming events wouldn't be on the net.
Otherwise, the weekend was dull, since I had to work Saturday. We did a big batch of nothing...well I did. Chris actually planted some flowers. Now we have to do some cleaning this week as Chris' parents are coming in next weekend.
Why am I not getting a free order of fries because the men's swimming relay team won a gold medal? What's happened McDonalds? Can we no longer afford to put out some food for those of us who are not in training? I want my McFlurry because someone won a bronze medal in trampoline!
Instead we just get those ads with McDonalds attempt to create a Chick-fil-A sandwich, and sell it on Sundays. The ads show atheletes who I'm sure would never go near something deep fried (except for the rifle-shooting guys, they don't care about fitness, they have a gun).
Oh, I know I've gotten too olympic-centric here, but i have to admit that NBC has been doing a little better in sports diversity this year - not on the prime-time broadcast, mind you, but on the cable channels. I've seen some doubles badminton and men's field hockey. Still, I think they could do better if they really embrace the internet for more than just clips and highlights. I do see that I can watch a women's team handball feed right now, so maybe there's some progress being made here. Still, it seems to be sports that none of the broadcast stations are showing. The swimming events wouldn't be on the net.
Otherwise, the weekend was dull, since I had to work Saturday. We did a big batch of nothing...well I did. Chris actually planted some flowers. Now we have to do some cleaning this week as Chris' parents are coming in next weekend.
