At the end of the NASCAR season, more and more commercials were being shown and less and less action on the track. It has become increasingly difficult to watch an entire NASCAR Cup race because of the endless interruption for commercial breaks and the amount of time taken away from the race itself. NASCAR may have to wonder no longer why ratings are down.
It has gotten so bad that my brother regularly records the races and then views them at night so he can fast forward through the crap, and it takes him half the time to watch the actual action. Understood, bills have to be paid, but for me it's gotten to the point where I would just assume they make the races a pay-per-view event. This way you have control over what you actually want to view without the annoyance of commercial breaks.
It's kind of the same way Public TV has gone. Have you tried to watch anything on Public TV lately? They spend more time on telling you who thier corporate sponsors are as well as trying to do promo pitches in between the programming. I tried to watch a special on Eric Clapton last week and I got so infuriated with the on air sales pitches I shut it off and watched a movie on HBO. At least with HBO I pay for a service that doesn't get interrupted by crap I don't want to see. Good luck NASCAR, I don't think this fan will be around to much next year to watch a sport shown between the important stuff. Commercials!!
It has gotten so bad that my brother regularly records the races and then views them at night so he can fast forward through the crap, and it takes him half the time to watch the actual action. Understood, bills have to be paid, but for me it's gotten to the point where I would just assume they make the races a pay-per-view event. This way you have control over what you actually want to view without the annoyance of commercial breaks.
It's kind of the same way Public TV has gone. Have you tried to watch anything on Public TV lately? They spend more time on telling you who thier corporate sponsors are as well as trying to do promo pitches in between the programming. I tried to watch a special on Eric Clapton last week and I got so infuriated with the on air sales pitches I shut it off and watched a movie on HBO. At least with HBO I pay for a service that doesn't get interrupted by crap I don't want to see. Good luck NASCAR, I don't think this fan will be around to much next year to watch a sport shown between the important stuff. Commercials!!
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