I think NBC thinks they will get better ratings if they tape delay the events for later in the day. My solution would be to show the events live, and those of us who can't catch the events at that time could, like, tape them ourselves to watch later. And then NBC could broadcast the night events LIVE, and do their sappy athlete profiles at night, and wrapup at night, instead of trying to squish everything all together. What they are doing right now is satisfying no one.
the olympics should be live, live and live no matter where it is!
if the japanese stay up all night to catch american baseball games, etc... i think they should just show em live and let the people decide when to watch!
if they want to see the big event, STAY UP THEN!
it boils down to corporate greed and ratings WHICH IS WHY I THINK THE OLYMPICS SHOULD GO BACK TO GREECE AND REMAIN THERE, NUFF SAID!