I'm not completely sure that sport actually looks better and is better because of widescreen television. During the Olympics a couple of races, notably the rowing competitions but also the 100m dash, you could see more of the athletes. Especially at the finish line you could see very well how big the difference is between the top spot and the stragglers.
But how wide does the screen need to be? One statement made by a Dutch sports commentator during the rowing events made me rethink the widescreen. He was thinking the Dutch rowers would be just outside the left of the screen, while the leaders were dead centre, heading for the victory. Ehm... how interested are you in being bad? You want to be on screen? Get on the winning side! Lead the race for chrissakes.
Maybe widescreen makes sense for team sports, like football. But for athletic races? I don't think so.
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