Meanwhile The Tennis Channel is showing Courier vs. Wilander and other "Legends" play some non-event. No mention of Wimbledon! They tooted their horn (and continue to do so) when they bought the rights to all the slams, but totally overextending themselves financially by doing so; so, they sell pieces of the pie (their rights) to bidders including NBC, who, of course, stiplulate that on days that they have coverage, TC is not allowed to show any repeats of matches. The rationale: NBC assumes that if one cannot watch repeats at night during primetime one will be forced to watch their daytime coverage. They don't care that working stiffs may not be able to watch daytime matches, nor do they give a s*** if tennis fans can't watch taped matches at night on TC.
This does not happen with golf. The Golf Channel is a serious network and the sport and its organizations are mature and cognizant of their responsibility to the game and its fans. It's about the long term building of relationships and cross-network cooperation. In tennis once a member of the Wimbledon TV troika is no longer on it either subverts their so-called partner and/or shut-out fans.
That is not how you grow the game. What a sorry state. But what's new, this has been going on for decades.
This is Wimbledon time and here in the evening/night its as though it does not exist when it comes to the Tennis Channel. Brilliant negotiators!