This from ESPN's VP of Programming Len DeLuca, "Tennis fans demand Wimbledon and all the Grand Slams live, and when anyone tries not to deliver the action live and hold it back for whatever business reasons, it's a disservice to the fans and definitely not 21st century tennis."
Well, that's great. But the bigger problem is NBC. Can someone bitch-slap the decision makers over there? It's already been posted that the semifinals for both the women and the men will be tape delayed in the west.
So why even bother NBC? A crazed tennis fan (like myself) is just going to stream it and not watch the broadcast anyway. Why doesn't NBC just let ESPN air it live until the finals weekend and then they can have their annual Breakfast at Wimbledon? How hard is that to figure out? This way you won't upset tennis fans and Martha-Bonnie-Ellen fans all at the same time.
Lookie here, I'm already pissed & the semis are still two weeks off.
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