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QOTD: How Better to Show Daytona?

It gets buried in the larger sports conversation by the NFL, but the 24 Hours of Daytona took place over the weekend.


I caught a little bit Saturday, but Sunday it seemed impossible to find on my cable. I think it was Streaming on Peacock, which I have, all weekend, so I could've watched it that way. I'm not complaining, to be clear, since I could've popped Peacock on and yet I chose to watch something else. But I wonder if limiting so much of the Race to streaming will help it grow an audience. After all, IMSA isn't NASCAR.

I know NBC and its partner networks had other sports to show, and other scripted shows. Indeed, the cable portion of the race I saw was on USA and it was followed by figure skating. So I am not blind to the corporate considerations. And, obviously, a 24-hour race doesn't neatly fit into a window like a mileage race that will take three or four hours.

Still, there has to be a better way, given how many channels are out there, for NBC to show the race other than streaming. Some people won't pay for it. Some will struggle to work it.

On the other hand, by shunting the race off to Peacock, NBC has set it up so those willing to get Peacock will be able to watch it uninterrupted.

What say you? Is streaming the best way to watch a race like that? Does it help or hurt the sport's growth?

Sound off below.

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