Yeah, that blindsided me too. But, I guess the sponsors want their money's worth and if it keeps them in tri....

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"How bad can it be?" - SimpleS

Yeah, that's messed up! What gives them the right to interrupt the race coverage that they are providing for free with freakin' commercials! Jerks!

WTF - free TV with commercials. That is unheard of.

stop whining and enjoy this sweet FREE coverage.

Would you prefer "Pay Per View" to the free broadcast?

So far, I'm shocked there aren't MORE commercials. Considering Ironman's typical lack of technological savvy, I'm quite impressed with what they're doing now.

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There are three kinds of people, those who can count, and those who can't.

Someone will always bitch about something.

LOL...

i'm only getting a comercial and no race covereage!!! i want to watch!!!!

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Enough with the commerials already...Get back to the coverage!!!!

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I will HAPPILY put up with commercials like these if they keep up the same speed/quality for the rest of the coverage. I recent years, we've had horribly slow/spotty coverage, but no commercials. Now we have commercials, but wonderful coverage otherwise.

I like the "great coverage + commercials" combo far more than the "lousy coverage + commercial-free" combo.

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