Gripes with Sports Media

Gripes with Sports Media

Issues with Olympic Coverage

Sunday marks the closing ceremony of the Rio Olympics, and while the games themselves have run pretty smoothly (besides being overshadowed by the Ryan Lochte scandal), television ratings haven’t been near as successful.  Overall, ratings for NBC’s coverage have dropped by 17%, with a 25% decrease in the ages 18-49…

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Gripes with Sports Media: Stealing the Spotlight

Through a variety of platforms including television, websites, and social media, the sports media has flourished in recent years, providing more information, analysis, and feature stories than ever before.  However, with this expansion have arisen issues which I believe are damaging the quality of the industry.  These problems will be…