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cheesemouse

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Yesterday when I checked the online TV schedule they showed three hours of Mosconi Cup coverage on ESPN2 but now the schedule shows nothing but repeats of Trickshot pool. Does anyone know what happened to the Cup coverage????
 
That REALLY sucks!

I wish the info would be more explicit when it comes to pool coverage on ESPN. I can't tell you how many times I've tuned into a channel that advertised "POOL," only to see the same old, same old, same old, same old.

Hopefully, it may be a battle over broadcasting rights between various entities. The coverage of pool on ESPN is faltering, mega repeats of the same 2002 matches, many times no disclosure of purse, probably because the realization that pool prizes amount to a pittance, $10,000 first place. Baton twirlers make more money.

With folks like BCn coming to the fore, the sport may be getting a new facelift and become fresh and exciting, like it is everywhere else in the world.

ManlyShot
 
So does my heart still cry over not seeing some new pool on the tv .If i see one more trick shot on tv it will be to soon...Lets get to the new pool....
 
This sucks, my tv guide says the mosconi cup is on but all the online tv guides say trick shot magic and 7 ball shootout at 10pm.
 
manlyshot said:
That REALLY sucks!

I wish the info would be more explicit when it comes to pool coverage on ESPN. I can't tell you how many times I've tuned into a channel that advertised "POOL," only to see the same old, same old, same old, same old.

Hopefully, it may be a battle over broadcasting rights between various entities. The coverage of pool on ESPN is faltering, mega repeats of the same 2002 matches, many times no disclosure of purse, probably because the realization that pool prizes amount to a pittance, $10,000 first place. Baton twirlers make more money.

With folks like BCn coming to the fore, the sport may be getting a new facelift and become fresh and exciting, like it is everywhere else in the world.

ManlyShot
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You're right MS,,,,,BUT,,,,,In the wings sits Greg Sullivan and Grady Mathews to shake up the pool world AND the TV networks in the coming year. Believe me when I tell you, this wont suck.
 
This is completely ridiculous. I cant believe that they would change the lineup like that. In all the magazines and everything they were saying that the Mosconi cup was going to be on for 6 hours now all there is the trick shot crap. They always play that stuff on Espn. Why would all the magazines promote the mosconi cup tv schedule if it wasnt going to be on. Where do they get their information??????
 
NOSAJ03 said:
This is completely ridiculous. I cant believe that they would change the lineup like that. In all the magazines and everything they were saying that the Mosconi cup was going to be on for 6 hours now all there is the trick shot crap. They always play that stuff on Espn. Why would all the magazines promote the mosconi cup tv schedule if it wasnt going to be on. Where do they get their information??????
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I would like to know the answer to that question.

WHO is the mastermind at ESPN in pocket billiards?

ManlyShot
 
Well my TV guide says Mosconi Cup all afternoon, but I just checked ESPN and it was Trick Shot Competition.

Barbara
 
same here barb, of course i've got two vcr's going all for not!!!
but its typical of the way espn treats our sport.
someone should find out who we could all e/m
and bitch!!
 
From the Billiards Digest website

ESPN Delays Mosconi Cup Airing
Pool fans who tuned in to ESPN2 Sunday afternoon, Dec. 28, expecting to see six consecutive hours of the 2003 Mosconi Cup instead found a string of Trick Shot Magic reruns.

Blame it on Eminem.

ESPN public relations spokesman Nate Smeltz said that the 2003 Mosconi Cup, staged Dec. 18-21 at the MGM Grand Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas, had "production problems" that prevented it from airing in its assigned time slot. Smeltz went on to say that the Mosconi Cup would, indeed, air on ESPN2 in the near future, but that definitive dates have not been established.

According to Matchroom Sports, producers of the Mosconi Cup, the crux of the problem was music (including rapper Eminem's "Lose Yourself") that Matchroom's United Kingdom television partner Sky Sport uses during player introductions and taped promotional segments.

"Sky Sports has copyright to run whatever music they want in the U.K.," said Matchroom's Luke Riches. "In the U.S., ESPN has to clear the rights to the music, or edit songs out of the program and replace them with music that they hold rights to."

According to Riches, Sky Sport edited and produced four hours of programming from the 2002 Mosconi Cup, which aired on ESPN2 Dec. 29, 2002. In 2003, however, ESPN assumed the task of editing the footage into six one-hour shows. (All 20 matches of Team USA's 11-9 win over Team Europe were aired live in the U.K. on Sky Sport.)

"Apparently," said Riches, "ESPN couldn't clear the music or re-edit the tapes in time.

"I guess this kind of thing can happen," Riches added. "But it's something of a disaster for our sponsors who bought commercial time and expected the commercials to air on Dec. 28."
 
Maybe the ESPN would air it if all the viewers would promise to turn the volume down on the Eminem song. :-)

I think the origin of this problem was a communication lapse between Sky Sport and ESPN. Can't believe major networks screw up like that...
 
well hopfully it won't be much longer before they get it on the air.
 
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