http://laist.com/2006/02/21/what_if_someone_held_an_olympics_and_nobody_watched.php All comments for What if Someone Held an Olympics and Nobody Watched? en-us 2008 la_jeremy Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:00:00 -0800 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jeremy.oberstein@gmail.com jeremy.oberstein@gmail.com 60 http://laist.com/2006/02/21/what_if_someone_held_an_olympics_and_nobody_watched.php#comment-147275 http://laist.com/2006/02/21/what_if_someone_held_an_olympics_and_nobody_watched.php#comment-147275 Comments Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:43:16 -0800 <p>Whatever happened to the marketplace of ideas? If people aren't watching the Olympics, it's because they don't want to. Nobody's forcing them to watch. Sure, back when we only had four TV channels and no internet, the ratings for the Olympics were HUGE. That time is OVER. Wake up. The Olympics won't go away completely. But they are clearly nowhere near as important as they used to be. Maybe now the broadcast networks will stop paying ridiculous amounts for the broadcast rights.</p>