A sporting travesty

I wish to thank True Visions for showing such concern for this poor American expat that they adjusted their entire viewing schedule to make sure I get enough sleep at night. You see with the 11- to 12-hour time difference, I often had to either stay up late or get up early to watch US sporting events live.

I first noticed their concern when I was unable to watch the College Bowl Championship football (US) game. No getting up at 6am for this old guy! We won’t even discuss the Olympics not being televised.

Recently I was able to sleep late as the NCAA March Madness, usually beginning around 6am Bangkok time, was left off the schedule so I could get my beauty rest. And now I see NASCAR racing, broadcast in the US on Fox Sports, is not on the schedule here.

Another beauty sleep opportunity arose as the races are usually run around 3am or 8am Bangkok time. Now I see that Major League baseball and NBA games are televised live early in the morning, but I can skip the live broadcasts knowing they will rerun the games at least three or four times on two or three different sports channels over the next day or so.

The same with tennis. So as long as I don’t check the sports sections on my US news feeds I can watch the games without knowing the outcome.

So, thank you, Mr Leader of Sports Programming, for worrying about us farang who really aren’t into football (soccer), snooker, F1 or darts.

FRED PRAGE