At least according to NBC Sports & Olympics Chairman Dick Ebersol, who speculated that the USOC's move to create a separate cable channel for broadcast was a less than genteel attempt to grab an even larger portion of the pie than ever.
IOC members currently feel the USOC peels off a greater portion of the pie than they should be entitled to. The USOC I believe takes the position that since the lions share of the money comes from US TV networks and sponsors the money should be divided up proportionally rather than evenly.
EBERSOL INTERVIEW WITH CNBC:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232/?video=1282880714&play=1
Sounds like the MLB owners to me.
USOC NETWORK STORY FROM SPORTS-CITY.ORG
http://www.sports-city.org/news_details.php?news_id=9329&idCategory=24
USOC admits it badly miscalculated anger over TV plan
(Gee, you think?)
The United States Olympic Committee has conceded it badly miscalculated the angry IOC response to its plans for an Olympic television network but believes the row will not affect Chicago's bid for the 2016 Games.
"Simply put, we miscalculated the negative response to the launch of the United States Olympic Network," USOC acting chief executive officer Stephanie Streeter said on Wednesday.
"While we received many positive statements of support at home and from international members of the Olympic and Paralympic families, we have put the network on 'pause'."
The USOC announced in Berlin last month that it would delay launching a cable television network devoted to the Olympics.
Streeter, who was making a keynote speech to the U.S. Olympic assembly, said she did not think the dispute would adversely affect Chicago's bid.
The International Olympic Committee will choose between Chicago, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo and Madrid in Copenhagen on October 2.
Streeter offered a conciliatory tone during her speech, saying the USOC hoped to work on the television project with the IOC.
So it sounds like it wasn't Obama's fault, not Bush's fault, maybe not even Daley's fault....all right I got carried away there for a minute, let me take a deep breath.
Whew, that's better.
But hey don't worry about Chicago, we'll move on. People are used to tough defeats up here. C'mon we have the Cubbies and the Bears to keep us in shape in the life disappointment department.
And to prove it, this was posted by a fellow Daily Herald reader earlier today.
From the Daily Herald comments section. Sometimes you find a diamond in the sewer.
10 Reasons Chicago Didn't Get the Olympics [from Rich Lowry]
10. Dead people can't vote at IOC meetings
9. Obama distracted by 25 min meeting with Gen. McChrystal
8. Who cares if Obama couldn't talk the IOC into Chicago? He'll be able to talk Iran out of nukes.
7. The impediment is Israel still building settlements.
6. Obviously no president would have been able to acomplish it.
5. We've been quite clear and said all along that we didn't want the Olympics.
4. This isn't about the number of Olympics "lost", it's about the number of Olympics "saved" or "created".
3. Clearly not enough wise Latina judges on the committee
2. Because the IOC is racist.
1. It's George Bush's fault.
That's just some funny stuff there, regardless of party affiliation.
It's all good though, there will be other Olympics. But they've just stiffed NYC and Chicago in the last two bids. Maybe they just love LA.
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