[eddie willers]

I can't see where a 14 second delay makes any [negative] difference whatsoever.

Why the outrage?

[TomGuy]

Exactly.

It used to be standard practice that any 'live' event on TV and radio had a few seconds delay.

Broadcasters got lazy and technology improved, so they began dropping it.

The few seconds delay is negligible anyway. If you ever simultaneously watch a stream via internet, listen via radio, and watch via tv, or watch feeds of the same event on two different networks, you will find them out of sync by a few seconds.

So, why gripe if you hear a bleep. Quit whining. Geez. There are more important things in life than a 7 second 'live' event delay on TV.