For those of you as Olympic-aquatic crazy as I am, why on earth aren’t you watching Canada get stomped by Spain at men’s water polo? Right now I’m streaming that game online, watching Michael Phelps set a new world record in the 400 IM on TV, and wishing to god I had a third way to watch synchronized swimming once it started. If I could do it all underwater as well, you can bet I would.

It actually surprises me that more people DON’T watch olympic water polo, but after watching part of this coverage from NBC, I start to see why. There’s no commentary on this feed, meaning that if you have no idea what’s going on, it’s just a bunch of whistle blowing and dots floating in a pool. It’s sort of related to the Hockey Problem, where nobody seems to be able to figure out how to film the sport so people can watch it. Of course, I’m a fan of the birds eye view shot for both, really, but I do like seeing a good attempted drowning up close and personal when it happens.

One of the other big issues when streaming it online is that if you’re watching dots in a pool, you really can’t have pixellated dots in a pool, or alll the dots start blurring together, especially when we’re talking blue and white dots in thrashing pool water. I can see the blue dots, as they’re dark blue caps on the Canadians, but the Spaniards in white just get lost in the whitewater.

Right now, we’re in the third period, and Canada’s losing 5-11. Of course, I’m going to blame a lot of that on Spain’s goalie, who’s just a ridiculous beast, as the Canadians are putting up a pretty darn good show. And if I can be shallow for a minute, if all the Canadian hockey boys are taken, I’d definitely be willing to settle for one of their polo guys

Man, I need me a polo team.