Fencing on TV
For a long time I have heard over and over again that fencing would never be successful because you can't make it look good on TV. As someone who dabbles in local independant film, I knew that just because it hadn't been done yet didn't mean that it couldn't be done. The only real reason you don't see fencing on TV in America yet is because no one has really put forth any effort to try to shoot it for TV. There have been some various local efforts here and there, but the reason there isn't more on ESPN is becuse there isn't a well established fencing TV production company going out and getting the footage. Golf, Tennis, Football, Baseball, Fishing, all of these sports in their various degrees of "interesting" have overcome the technical issues necessary to make it work on the tube. Thus proving that they can make their sport at least watchable. Some even entertaining. You find yourself in a restaurant with a TV, and suddenly you have to ask yourself why you are watching poker? You know you've done it, don't deny it.
It isn't the sport/activity that draws you, it is the production, that makes you watch.
So let it be with fencing. The've been doing this in Europe for years, while in America we only whine about why it can't be done.
Click around and watch some things, you might find it interesting.
