I assume this usage of YouTube will be frowned upon by the masters of the entertainment/sports industry. In fact, apparently has already started to happen.
Musn't dilute the brand, chumps....
The YouTube Referee Indictment In recent years, criticizing the officials of the major professional and college sports has evolved from a crude art form to an efficient science. ... A few minutes of watching how seemingly every decision in Game 5 of the Dallas Mavericks-Houston Rockets playoff series last year was overly generous to Dallas can turn even the most indifferent observer into a conspiracy theorist.Sports leagues have started to fight back. The N.F.L. recently asked YouTube to take down thousands of videos containing footage of its games, including many that were critical of the officiating. But such aggressive tactics may just force fans to become more creative. In “Referees,” a YouTube parody in the style of a “Frontline” investigation, an actor plays an N.B.A. official who favors big-market teams and wouldn’t dream of calling a foul on Shaquille O’Neal. “I actually consider myself the Stalin of basketball,” he says, “the Hitler of basketball, the Pol Pot of basketball.”
Tags: Dallas_Mavericks, /Miami_Heat, /YouTube
