List all the issues with NBC production this Olympics trials

I second many of these comments but appreciate the coverage over no coverage. It was a great trials to watch!

1) Men's 5000 break for commercial on Peacock and then there was no commercial! Just a we will be right back in a moment.

2) For the love of god please show splits

3) I respect that Nikki Hiltz prefers to be referred to as a they, I really got no problem with that. Nikki is so positive and a delight to watch run, big shout out. But Kara was so dialed into this and tried to say they as often as possible, 2-3 times a sentence when she (they? no I mean she!) could have said her (I mean they's, no I mean their!) name Nikki just as easily. I don't care about woke but she (they? no I mean she!) was clearly trying to show off and prove her broadcasting chops. If it was a drinking game I wouldn't have seen the second half of any of her (I mean they's, no I mean their!) races.

They need a true play-by-play commentator. From the gun, they are taking human interest and almost ignoring the race. It took them almost 200m to mention Fisher's move in the 5000. This is about taking our sport seriously: it's a competition, not a feel good story.

I'll be honest, I thoroughly enjoyed watching this and thought the production and commentary were generally good. Yeah, there's definitely stuff that could've been better, but for an event that's really not catered just to track fans (way more viewers than any normal DL or whatever meet), I think they did a great job.

I thought the mid-race commentary was generally good and insightful, bringing up relevant points on most contenders, and I really don't care if Leigh Diffey trips over his words a couple times. They had great commentators for the different events, though post-race interviews were just meh (I think that may be a function of athletes not having much to say while out of breath).

My complaints were more logistical, like the autoplay of gymnastics for the 400H (which presumably is a Peacock feature you can turn off), and the ad length and frequency, which I understand is necessary if you want to fund track. You can't have a sport with no opportunity for advertisers and have well-paid athletes, that just doesn't work. That and the evergreen complaint that Eugene is a terrible place to hold a meet like that in the summer (or any time of year!)

Yeah, Snoop was like 1 day and done. Didn't really add anything in the Steeple...."Hey look at that, that's crazy...." Thanks bud..

I agree, I think going forward Kara should just refer to Nikki by name rather than repeatedly saying they.

Not sure way they had Terry throwing the hammer. It is probably the most obscure throwing implement.

I would have loved to have seen a recently retired QB throw the javelin. Have them work with a coach for 2-3 weeks prior and then have a clip of him throwing. That would have been more interesting and people could appreciate what the 'actual' throwers are doing.

Don't know why they keep putting the same announcers out there. I don't think they do enough homework on the events and the athletes. I've read stories that when a retired athlete or coach join the booth (NFL specifically), they approach the job as if they were actually playing. Studying each team's tenancies, strengths and weaknesses. I think it started with John Madden. He raised it to another level. Everyone since, followed.

peacock switched to gymnastics before the women's 400m hurdles. Yes, THE race with THE biggest star, and ... gone. Then it was a long list of commercials. I already knew the outcome by the time the feed was back.

Presumably this was only an issue for certain time zones, however, some nights the NBC tv coverage for track & field was delayed until after local news shows. In which case, one already knew the outcome of the events before NBC got around to airing the track & field trials.

I think others have said these but:

-Lap splits over MPH or distance behind etc.
-No commercial breaks during distance races or at very least keep the split-screen. You're just straight up disrespecting your fans.
-More jumps split screens for the stars. There's really no reason you can't show Crouser, Kovacs, Tara attempts where possible. It's not obstructive at all, fans can understand oh I am seeing a star in a tense situation.
-Bulk up the World Rankings research and get in Diffey's ear more. Him talking about the qualifying standards when they were way out of reach or not having an earthly idea of who is in good shape rankings-wise or not is a bad look.
-Kara's got to react a bit more to the breakthrough performances happening (e.g. Women's steeple)
-Announce the top 3 quickly. Contextualize each of them quickly. Then let your analysts go on what they find interesting.

i think Diffy gets paid $100 every time he says “Kung Fu Kenny”.

What exactly is the point of listing MPH for the runners? Is this to appeal to casual hobby joggers whose only experience with running is on treadmills which list MPH?

I liked Emma's commentary on the steeple races.

I have mixed feelings on Kara Goucher commentating on the distance races. I feel the sprint races had a much stronger presence with Ato Boldon and Sanya Richards-Ross.

We need our "Ato Boldon" and I am not sure Kara is that person. I think it should be a 2 or 3 person crew with Alan, Ryan, and Dathan. Credibility!

She's not bad at all, but Rowbury is just plain better from what I've heard. I thought Liquori was great and incisive back in the day, and Centro himself could be really good (though maybe a bit rambly) if they really want star power.

When there is a split screen, the larger screen should be the track event, not the field event. Why do I have to squint to see what is the "main" feature?!!

Kara might get there. But she definitely needs to bring more energy and attention to the big moments. I thought she was ok otherwise.

I also liked Kara and Emma in discussion together. Why can't they have 3 on distance races, like they do with Ato and Sanya in the sprints? It makes for more substantive commentary and I am a big fan of Kara's because of her podcast, where she is loose and funny, like someone else pointed out. Would love to hear her and Des together on the marathons. I think when you have two pros together, they inadvertently start bringing up more insider talk, what we always want more of, and then Leigh Diffey could play the outsider non-expert.

Kara doesn't get to say too much during the time she gets and I think she could cut back on the "We see" so-and-so doing this and that. Just say what they're doing. And too much soft stuff like "Emily Mackay knows she deserves to be here." Which is really a translation of "Emily Mackay surprised everyone when she medaled at World Indoors with ESP." I'm a woman so I think this soft approach is targeting me as an audience, but it's often too generic. I like the buildup of feeling and story but you can see from their performances how much the Olympics means to everyone, so everyone "wants it." It's better to add things like, they've come in 5th so many times (Marisa Howard).

Wish TV would work with the race organization itself to organize good spots for commercials, like the way tennis does, and for field events. I don't see how it's helping anyone to show one last pole vault and then most of it is that person holding their baby in victory, while the smaller screen has a major distance final. Obviously they can do it cause they had the finals start earlier on Sunday to showcase gymnastics later. And honestly, it was too fast. I need a breather in between a lights-out 800m final and the ladies 1500. Take 5 mins before the event to talk about it and the main characters. And then just follow the camera and lineup of everyone introduced, so everyone is introduced.

This is despicable to me. It's a breach of public trust and contract if you ask me. If you can't let people see the entire event because you have to squeeze out a couple of bucks for advertising then you shouldn't sign the contract. Definitely, if they didn't spend an all that time worshipping Shacarri Richardson and Noah Lyles they have time to fit in the field events. It would save me from throwing up in my mouth a few more times.

I hope the FBI investigation halts Nike from using free, unpaid interns as photographers.

Nike should permit independent journalists to cover their events.

I could forgive a lot of what's been mentioned here already if they simply showed a distance event in its entirety. Soccer games have two uninterrupted blocks of 45 minutes per game, yet you can't place commercials before/after a single 10k during a 2-3 hour program? At the very least, have picture-in-picture during commercials or field events on the Peacock program.