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Re: The $4.38 billion reason it’s so hard for U.S. cord-cutters to watch the Olympics online

From Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net>
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Re: The $4.38 billion reason it’s so hard for U.S. cord-cutters to watch the Olympics online
Date 2014-02-10 21:37 +0200
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Atom Cogswell <m8r-uu8mmb@mailinator.com>:

> It inspires the question: what does the IOC do with all of this cash?

Who cares? It's their entertainment franchise. They get to do with the
proceeds as they please. Also, the sportspeople are inspired and the
viewers are thrilled, so everybody wins.

> It sounds like the best scheme ever invented. Just sayin'

If you are on the lookout for wrongdoing, I would direct my attention to
American college sports, where the schools shamelessly exploit young
athletes.


Marko

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The $4.38 billion reason it’s so hard for U.S. cord-cutters to watch the Olympics online Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-07 14:55 -0800
  Re: The $4.38 billion reason it’s so hard for U.S. cord-cutters to watch the Olympics online RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-08 20:08 +0000
    Re: The $4.38 billion reason it’s so hard for U.S. cord-cutters to watch the Olympics online 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-02-08 16:28 -0500
      Re: The $4.38 billion reason it¹s so hard for U.S. cord-cutters to watch the Olympics online RS Wood <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-09 15:18 +0000
  Re: The $4.38 billion reason it’s so hard for U.S. cord-cutters to watch the Olympics online Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-08 23:24 +0200
  Re: The $4.38 billion reason it?s so hard for U.S. cord-cutters to watch the Olympics online Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-08 14:50 -0800
    Re: The $4.38 billion reason it?s so hard for U.S. cord-cutters to watch the Olympics online Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-09 02:13 +0200
      Re: The $4.38 billion reason it?s so hard for U.S. cord-cutters to watch the Olympics online Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-08 18:38 -0800
    Re: The $4.38 billion reason it?s so hard for U.S. cord-cutters to watch the Olympics online 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-02-09 09:34 -0500
  Re: The $4.38 billion reason it’s so hard for U.S. cord-cutters to watch the Olympics online Atom Cogswell <m8r-uu8mmb@mailinator.com> - 2014-02-10 11:42 -0700
    Re: The $4.38 billion reason it’s so hard for U.S. cord-cutters to watch the Olympics online Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-02-10 21:37 +0200
      Re: The $4.38 billion reason it’s so hard for U.S. cord-cutters to watch the Olympics online Atom Cogswell <m8r-uu8mmb@mailinator.com> - 2014-02-10 13:25 -0700
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          Re: olympics - coat hanger hack Atom Cogswell <m8r-uu8mmb@mailinator.com> - 2014-02-11 09:59 -0700
            Re: olympics - coat hanger hack RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-11 17:50 +0000
              Re: olympics - coat hanger hack 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-02-11 12:57 -0500
            Re: olympics - coat hanger hack Oregonian Haruspex <bob_davis_retired@yahoo.com> - 2014-02-12 22:51 -0800
            Re: olympics - coat hanger hack Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2014-02-26 00:28 -0500

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