Yep....you read that right.
The big brains at NBCSports made the change to Peacock for the cycling pass for this year. No biggee...in fact, that was going to be WAY cheaper as I could subscribe for just the month of July...SWEET!!
Turns out that I can ONLY watch the NBCSN broadcast (you know, the one with Phil/Bobke and the rest of the gang) LIVE! Only you know, I have a freaking JOB and can't do that. Last year I was able to watch the replays whenever I wanted. Only on Peacock, the only replay I can get is the Peacock version that has Gugliani or whatever his name is doing the commentary.
Uhm...yea....I'd rather slit my wrists with a piece of torn off cardboard. So I canceled my Peacock subscription and will have nothing.
I did see the big pileup on Stage 1 (on replay...on my CELL PHONE of all things). I have to admit, I was surprised by the early start date. WHEN has the Tour EVER started in June?? Not since I've been watching...it never occurred to me until I saw the notice on my phone about a big crash on Stage 1...and I thought WTH? Are they showing repeats from some prior year? So I watched the horrid video (what an ENORMOUS DUMB-ASS standing there watching the cameras in the FREAKING ROAD WITH HIS FREAKING SIGN!)...and said to myself: "that's not a replay...that was NOW!" . And sure enough...the Tour had begun without me even knowing about it!
Not that it matters...I hope NBCSports takes a BATH in DIRTY WATER for their stupid change to the Gold cycling pass...I'm quite ticked. I wasn't worried as I was sure that I could watch the replays and catch up...you know, like EVERY OTHER YEAR? But no...somehow taking away the ability to watch the replay of their A team broadcast somehow makes sense to the suits. I can't even find a place to bitch about this to them! (you know, the "Contact Us" links that are on pretty much every other website in the free world?)
Well...I hope you all are able to watch it.
It's not like I don't have a lot to do...but not watching le Tour? Man, that's a seriously bad precedent. I guess I"ll just have to ride my bike(s) all thru July instead of a ton of couch/computer-chair time...and keep my fitness instead of watching it slip away as I watch Tour video replays every day.
So, it's not all bad. I've worked pretty hard to get where I am now (fitness wise). And I'll use my anger to work on that. I should be able to hit the end of July in about the best shape I've ever been in after le Tour is over. So there is a silver lining.
But I'm still ROYALLY PISSED OFF!
(I remember hearing right here on the Asylum about the change, I just forgot about it). I wasn't worried as I knew that once I subscribed to the new plan I'd get the replays and the world would go on. Never in my wildest dreams did I think that I'd no longer have access to THE BROADCAST. So in the big scheme nothing was changed by my last-moment hail-Mary subscription-change to the new plan, as it didn't help, and I wouldn't have found out about that until the tour was actually happening.
Have you ever listened to an entire stage with Todd doing the commentating? If bad-guys were torturing me to give ultra-sensitive information vital to the safety of the planet, I can think of no finer method to get me to sing-like-a-bird than to tie me down and play his coverage stage after stage after stage...if you gave me an ice pick and untied one hand, I'd stab my ear drums out to stop the pain!
By the way, Y'all can still talk about the race here, I'll live vicariously thru your comments!
OK then.
So.
Damn. Back to work.
Is it too soon to give a hardy "Bah Humbug!"?
Oh hey...Happy Monday!
