I read 2 articles yesterday about the upcoming Olympics and they confused me. Actually, “confuse” might be the wrong word but I’ll save that for a minute. I should say upfront that I think the Olympics are a wonderful event – I’ve been to several and loved them and watch them on TV as well. But the issue raised indirectly by these two articles may be, in my opinion, the downfall of them. I’ll let you guys decide. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Sport
Don’t Believe The Hype
It’s nice that a lot of people watched the Super Bowl on Sunday. In fact, there are a ton of reports out about how it was “the most watched event in TV history.” I’m sure that’s true, or as true anything that comes out of the very imperfect system of TV ratings can be. This piece from Media Post is typical of the reporting that’s out there. Most of them would lead the typical reader to believe that this game set all kinds of viewing records. Well, in terms of raw numbers of people viewing, it did. But how about a little perspective as a good lesson in how you need to read carefully. Continue reading
Filed under Helpful Hints, Reality checks, sports business
Hiring
Did you ever play a musical instrument? If you did when you were a kid, inevitably you ended up in the band or the orchestra or in a group music lesson. What was striking to me in that environment was how we were all playing the same notes (mostly) using the same instrument but getting really different results. I’m not talking about the kids who couldn’t play the piece. Even during tuning you could hear the differences between us. Some sounded great while others were awful. Same instrument, same notes. The difference? Ah, that’s the subject of today’s screed. Continue reading
Filed under Helpful Hints, Thinking Aloud
Consult Keith 