I had a coworker lament about the current format. He doesn't know much about sailing but has watched some America's Cup sailing in the past. He came across it on the TV schedule so he dialed it up. Even though he's engineer-esque, the advanced technology was lost on him because he doesn't have a basis for comparison. From his perspective, the racing is boring - there are no sail changes, no spin poles breaking, and it's a one pony show. I tried my argument for the incredible technology and even dialed up a video of the NZ stuffing the other day. It was an opinion that I couldn't counter. Nope, not interested.

I thought it was an interesting (and probably a quite common) outsider opinion.