OLYMPICS LETTERS : Paying the Tab for NBC’s ‘Free’ Coverage

I wish to express my disgust with the appalling TV coverage of the Olympic Games by NBC. As a Briton living in the United States, I can only compare my own country’s first-class job of bringing the world’s premiere sporting event into living rooms at no extra cost.

If NBC had decided to do such a poor job and only offer Olympic coverage to the select few who have cable and the ability to pay, why did they get the right to cover the event in the first instance?

CLIVE HICKMAN

San Diego