NOt really true, Jake. We covered the Worrell 1000 similarly the last year. And I have to say, it is no Sunday picnic. We had two of us on the job working about 14 hours a day to get up 3 or 4 videos a day.
We would get the starts each day, edit the video so it made sense and get it uploaded via satellite we set at each stop. There were several teams video taping, but they had no way of uploading -- only dial up service from the hotels and that did not work at all.
Once we had the video up (usually about an hour after the start), we would pack up the satellite dish on a trailer and head for the next stop.

Next stop, spend two hours dialing in the dish then rush to the beach for more video of the finish. Back to the RV to edit and upload.

We didn't get the flack that I have seen in this thread because no one had ever done it before.., I guess!

Anyway, I can tell you that these guys are trying to offer something that is hard to find -- coverage of a big event. I think everyone gets spoiled rotten. Give viewers one good coverage of an event and they want them all to be that way.

Keep in mind that for most events you never even hear what went on for weeks or months later. Seems every regatta host wants to plug the heck out of their event to get folks to come, but then after the event is over.., RADIO SILENCE!
Easy to figure out why.., usually everyone is so beat, they just want to hibernate.
But, the best thing you can do to make your next year's regatta better is to report on what this year's did.
Rick