NBC Will Show Heart Rate Of Athletes' Parents During Olympics, In Case You've Ever Been Curious About That

Have you ever been watching a game and thought to yourself, "Man, I sure would like to know what that player's parent's heart rate is looking like right now," only to be left with no way to get a real answer?

Of course, you haven't. That would be stupid.

But NBC plans to give us the answer this summer as part of its increasingly bizarre coverage of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.

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According to an article from Variety, the network will use five heart monitors to take parents' vitals and then they'll share that info.

At this point, I think we've seen athletes have their heart rates shown on broadcasts and that is moderately interesting at most. I think the biggest reaction I've ever given information like that is I go, "Hmm," and blow a quick puff of air out of my nose.

After that, I immediately forget about it.

It's not that interesting. 

NBC's broadcast of the Paris Olympics will include the heart rates of athletes' parents.  (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)

However, they're saying test audiences love this feature. I find that hard to believe unless those test audiences were comprised exclusively of cardiologists. 

I can't figure out what the payoff could be. They cut to a parent's heart rate while their kid is competing we're all like, "Yup, that's higher than if their kid wasn't competing at the Olympics."

…And?! Who cares! I guess this is just the next logical step in the trend of throwing completely useless stats on screen; completely useless biological data from someone who isn't even competing in an event.

I'm looking forward to the Olympics this year, but man, they're really trying their hardest to make me not want to watch.

I mean, from the boat parade to unusual hosts, to this nonsense, the folks at the Peacock seem like they're trying to get us to take raincheck on Paris and tune in again four years from now when flag football is on the bill.