The Masters 2021: Live Thread

CBS and The Masters ^ | April 8-11, 2021 | Bobby Jones

[ground_fog]

7 strokes back. I’m hoping for a collapse by the leaders for Sunday. He’s not in it ..yet

[cgbg]

Yeah—I was trying to remember what year Lee Elder won the Masters—thought I was having a senior moment—but nope....

“history”—bwahahahahahaha!

[Wuli]

For this Masters Both the Golf Channel and today CBS have offered too much time to the talking heads without golf play being shown and too little time showing golf play.

I care more about seeing the players play than listening to the talking heads describe what the camera is showing, shutting off the cameras and then analyzing for themselves what we’ve seen. Then skipping many other plays as they yack, and repeating what I just described, for a couple plays, then repeat the skipping, then repeating a brief showing of play, then the yackity-yack, ad nauseum.

Then they also have so many minutes they are doing to satisfy the BLM media thugs, demonstrating and speaking on how “diverse” the PGA world is and is trying to be. I guess they think that all “white” people hated seeing Tiger and his career!!!!

[Political Junkie Too]

There must be a contract reason why the Golf Channel doesn't show the early holes. I think it's because the Golf Channel is NBC, but CBS has the rights to The Masters.

Therefore, the Golf Channel can't show the play that happens during their time on the air. They have to leave that to CBS to weave it into their coverage.

It's too bad that they didn't use the rain delay to show the early holes that took place this morning. Instead, they showed a replay of Tiger Woods in 2019.

-PJ

[Wuli]

No. The Golf channel had all the play all day Thursday, all day Friday, and early in the day before CBS took over, later today.

Even when it was all Golf Channel - a high percentage of yackity yack and too little play.

So you are telling me that even when CBS had nothing going on about the tournament, the Golf Channel was restricted BY CBS on what they could show???

I can only say if what you say is true, then the PGA and The Masters Tournament officials are NUTs for approving such a restrictive agreement with CBS. I cannot imagine how CBS could have threatened them into it. Another network would have been more than willing to show the afternoon play on Saturday and Sunday even as the Golf Channel showed Thursday and Friday’s play, and Saturday mornings as well. THEY DO IT THAT WAY on most PGA tournaments!!!!!

[Wuli]

No. The Golf channel had all the play all day Thursday, all day Friday, and early in the day before CBS took over, later today.

Even when it was all Golf Channel - a high percentage of yackity yack and too little play.

So you are telling me that even when CBS had nothing going on about the tournament, the Golf Channel was restricted BY CBS on what they could show???

B.S. Guess what? CBS does not OWN The Masters Tournament!!

Its owned by Augusta National, the golf course where it is held!!!!

I can only say if what you were true (it is not), then the PGA and The Masters Tournament officials would be NUTs for approving such a restrictive agreement with CBS. I cannot imagine how CBS could have threatened them into it. Another network would have been more than willing to show the afternoon play on Saturday and Sunday even as the Golf Channel showed Thursday and Friday’s play, and Saturday morning’s as well.

THEY DO IT THAT WAY for most PGA tournaments!!!!! The Golf Channel shows it on Thursday and Friday, and early on Saturday & sometimes early on Sunday too. And one of the four networks (ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC) shows the play on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

[Political Junkie Too]

CBS did not cover The Masters on Thursday and Friday, ESPN (ABC/Disney) did. In that setup, apparently NBC/Golf showed the play that happened in their slot, and ABC/ESPN showed the play that happened in theirs.

The difference is that CBS has been the "home" of The Masters for decades. I'm guessing (yes, guessing) that CBS has exclusive rights on the days that they broadcast, and the other networks cover what Augusta National lets them on the other days.

-PJ

[Political Junkie Too]

THEY DO IT THAT WAY for most PGA tournaments!!!!! The Golf Channel shows it on Thursday and Friday, and early on Saturday & sometimes early on Sunday too. And one of the four networks (ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC) shows the play on Saturday and Sunday afternoons.

Chill, dude... It's only golf. !!!! aren't necessary.

Check this out: History of the Masters golf tournament on TV (1956-present).

Apparently, CBS has a special arrangement with The Masters that makes the TV coverage different from other PGA tournaments.

-PJ

[Wuli]

“The difference is that CBS has been the “home” of The Masters for decades. I’m guessing (yes, guessing) that CBS has exclusive rights on the days that they broadcast, and the other networks cover what Augusta National lets them on the other days.”

So Augusta National made an idiot and restrictive contract with CBS, then??

[Political Junkie Too]

They see it as "classy" and in keeping with the tradition that sets them apart from the rest of the pack.

It's the most exclusive club in the country, founded by Bobby Jones in 1932. They are protective of their reputation and traditions.

-PJ

[RightField]

CBS covered live play starting at 10am on its streaming service, Paramount+. Paramount+ used to be called CBSSports.
We’re seeing it on our smart TV, using our daughter’s account.

[Political Junkie Too]

I suppose subscription service is independent of public broadcast rights.

-PJ

[Freee-dame]

Are you referring to the shows on the golf channel called “Live from the masters”? These are commentary shows. You can watch the masters on masters.com all day every day from four or five different vantage points. You can watch 1, 2, 3,or 4 different screens at a time if you want to. There’s no need to wait for CBS or ESPN.

[RightField]

I think CBS has exclusive rights to live coverage. At 3pm eastern time, the CBS network starts live coverage. Prior to that time, live coverage is broadcast by CBS through its streaming service, Paramount+.

What is shown on the Golf channel is just replay and "analysis. "

[Political Junkie Too]

Yes, but you have to go back to Freeper Wuli's initial question about why the Golf Channel wasn't showing the early live holes at all, even before the CBS national coverage began.

I said it was because of exclusive broadcast rights, except on days where CBS doesn't broadcast (non-subscription), that is, on Thursday and Friday.

-PJ

[USS Alaska]

There must be a contract reason why the Golf Channel doesn't show the early holes.

The Augusta Golf Club is the reason.

They won't let it be shown, regardless of channel.

They are like old fashioned girls, look and sniff but don't...

[StAnDeliver]

"Rahm—only foreign player I root for."

Same. Like his game.

[StAnDeliver]

EVERYBODY.

Just to go The Masters Live. Totally free streaming.

Choose Broadcast.

And when they show a commercial just click on Featured Groups or whatever you like, then click back to Broadcast.

[StAnDeliver]

I did it just now. I hate that firefighter commercial, woke-ass garbage with yammy telling everyone to get back to woke, er, work at the end.

So click over to Featured Groups and I'm watching Rose and Zalatoris.

[bramps]

Really? Because The Masters is at Augusta National, not Trump International

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Gee, really?

My point went over your head. Collectively everyone in pro golf went silent when the woke crowd demanded the future major be removed from Trump International. Not a genuine freedom-loving American in the entire crowd. I could play golf all day long but I don’t miss watching it one bit. They’ve all become cookie-cutter players anyway. Not a single personality on the entire tour.