I’m sure some of you might remember a few months back when I
berated NBC for forcing the PGA Tour to move up starts times so that they could
finish a round of a tournament before the start of a Notre Dame college
football game. I viewed NBC’s move as disrespectful to the PGA Tour and the
sport of golf.
Well, now CBS joins NBC in the growing pool of TV networks
that are disrespecting the sport. During the final round of the Farmers
Insurance Open on CBS on Sunday, Kyle Stanley below a huge 6-stroke lead over
Brandt Snedeker and the two were going to have to finish in a playoff, which is
always an exciting finish to a golf tournament. However, CBS decided to switch
coverage of the tournament over to the Golf Channel, which far fewer people
across the country have, for the playoff because “60 Minutes” was starting.
Thus, many people enraptured in a great and close tournament
missed the ending because of the network’s dumb and disrespectful decision. It’s
is ludicrous for CBS to move the coverage of the tournament to another network
for the start of a show that can easily be pushed back, by the way “60 Minutes”
is pushed back almost every week during the NFL season when NFL games run long.
The network shouldn’t treat the sport of golf any differently than it does the
NFL, even though I’m obviously aware the NFL draws many more viewers than the
PGA Tour. CBS should have a little more respect for the PGA Tour and more
respect for those fans not fortunate enough to have the Golf Channel who they
turned their backs on Sunday afternoon.
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