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Netflix is reportedly getting ready to stream its first-ever sporting event (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by withersailor@aussie.zone to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] superflippy@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So, it’s golf. They’re planning to have a tournament featuring players from their reality golf shows (which I didn’t even know existed until this moment). I honestly don’t know if golf is easier or harder to show live than other sports.

[–] KilgoreTrout@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Seems more like it’s going to be celebrity pro-am golf, with the celeb amateurs being from other sports that Netflix has produced documentaries about — which would be tennis (Breaking Point), Formula One (Drive to Survive), maybe cycling (Tour de France: Unchained)?