We can complain all we want about NBC’s tape delayed Olympics coverage, but you know what happens when they listen to us and show an event live? Those sex-mad Olympians start flashing boobs like crazy! 
 
 …ok, maybe not. But there did appear to be a very brief nipple slip during the live Spain-United States women’s water polo match a few hours ago. 
 
 Don’t get too excited. The moment, noticed by the folks over at Deadspin, is fast enough that only someone who has never seen a naked breast before could ever really be that intrigued. And, in the high speed Internet age, I’m not sure there’s anyone left like that. But, still, live TV nipples are always fun so we picked up Deadspin’s lead and found the actual clip. 
 
 Feel free to watch the millisecond-long slip and then follow it up with an hour-long period of shame. I know that’s what I’m gonna do! 
 
 Watch the clip from NBC below: ||||| Why did Olympic broadcaster show replay of exposed breast? 
 
 Martin Rogers | USA TODAY Sports 
 
 Wardrobe malfunction sets stage for Olympic comeback USA TODAY Sports' Martin Rogers says that the most memorable Olympic performances can sprout from the most embarrassing moments. USA TODAY Sports 
 
 GANGNEUNG, South Korea – How much is too much? Well, when you have a figure skater whose breast accidentally pops out of her costume during a routine, and you not only show it on television but zoom for a slow-motion replay of the mishap, that’d be too much. 
 
 Such is the case of unfortunate French ice dancer Gabriella Papadakis and the Olympic Broadcasting Service. The OBS provides images and video to more than 100 countries from these Winter Games, including the figure skating competition. 
 
 When Papadakis’ halter-top dress became unfastened at the beginning of her performance alongside partner Guillaume Cizeron in the short dance on Monday afternoon, the cameras kept rolling as she fought to protect her modesty while still executing the key elements required by the judges. 
 
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 Within a minute of the routine ending, the painful and embarrassing slow-mo kicked in, including shots of Papadakis’ partially-exposed breast and her nipple, and was seen both on the big screen in the Gangneung Ice Arena and around the world. 
 
 When asked about the decision to replay the wardrobe malfunction, the OBS told USA TODAY Sports, it “covers athletic performances and followed our standard transmission of replays as we have with every other athlete and this includes the finale of the performance.” 
 
 Not good enough, guys. A staple part of solid broadcasting coverage is the ability to react to the unexpected. If a fan had slid onto the ice carrying an offensive banner filled with profanity, would they have shown that too, in slow-mo, just because that’s how they typically do it? 
 
 American rights holder NBC was also caught by surprise by the incident but acted swiftly to rectify the situation in order to spare Papadakis from further embarrassment. 
 
 “Our coverage of ice dancing was live tonight,” an NBC statement to the Associated Press read. “Once a competitor's brief wardrobe issue became evident, we purposely used wider camera shots and carefully selected replays to keep the issue obscured. We have edited the video for all television encores and online replays.” 
 
 Papadakis and Cizeron vowed to come back strongly from the incident, which left Papadakis in tears as she was questioned by reporters. They sat in second place ahead of Tuesday’s free dance, and still in contention to overhaul the leaders, Canada’s Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. ||||| NEW YORK It took Jason Legate, a Walnut Creek, California-resident, all of 10 minutes to connect his computer to a London-based server and access BBC's coverage of the Olympics Saturday, thereby circumventing NBC's lock on coverage in the United States. 
 
 The 31-year-old system administrator said he has watched at least 12 hours of live BBC coverage (his favorite sport so far - judo) since he set up a virtual private network (VPN) connection to send all his Internet traffic to a server in London. 
 
 Legate is one of many viewers who, turned off by NBC's ironclad control of access to Olympics coverage in the United States and spotty online streaming, has resorted to a workaround--sometimes legal, sometimes not--to watch the Games when and how they want on feeds from countries such as the UK and Canada. 
 
 NBC, which spent $1.18 billion for the rights to broadcast the Olympics on the Internet and on television in the United States, has made it impossible for people without a pricey cable or satellite subscription to watch the Olympics live in the United States. Viewers can receive a complimentary four hours of live content with a temporary pass. 
 
 Only those customers who are first "authenticated" as paying cable or satellite subscribers have access to live streaming of every Olympic event, a move that has led to a explosion of anger at the network on Twitter under the unofficial "#NBCfail" hashtag. 
 
 Other complaints included NBC streaming that didn't work and the network bombarded viewers had too much advertising. 
 
 For its regular network coverage, NBC, which is owned by cable giant Comcast Corp, has tape-delayed some of the most popular sports for the U.S. prime-time audience, meaning they air nearly five to six hours after they have happened. 
 
 This helps NBC maximize its return-on-investment by saving the top events for the largest audience and thereby the biggest advertising pay-off. But it has also led to event spoilers and criticism that the network was putting the interests of its business over those of its viewers. 
 
 The tape delay and some glitches in the coverage fueled wider criticism of NBC. But NBC spokesman Chris McCloskey, who declined to comment on the matter, pointed to the 7 million live streams, which was a record on the first day of competition. The company is making every event available live online -- except the opening and closing ceremonies. 
 
 Enter a small but vocal group of tech savvy Olympics fans who are finding new ways to watch the world's biggest sports event away from their TV sets. 
 
 These fans use techniques that make it seem like their computers are located outside the United States, giving them access to streaming access to the Games held by companies other than NBC in countries such as Canada or the UK. Think of it as a sporting version of how Internet users in China access banned websites by routing traffic through servers in Hong Kong in order to fool government censors. 
 
 "Because all of my Internet traffic looks like it's coming from that box in England, the BBC thinks I'm located in England," Legate said of the workaround he utilizes. 
 
 Like NBC in the United States, the BBC's Olympic rights only allow it to show the games to users in the UK. For example, when from the United States to watch a BBC or CTV stream for example they are greeted with various messages telling them that they don't have access. 
 
 Legate still pays for cable service through his local provider Astound, but said he decided to boycott NBC after he was unable to find a live broadcast of the opening ceremonies last Friday. He was also miffed by comments made by an NBC spokesman to the LA Times on Friday about the opening ceremony not translating well online because it is "complex" and requires context for a U.S. audience. 
 
 "To me, it just felt like they were insulting everyone so I basically decided to boycott NBC for the duration of the games, which meant I had to find an alternative," he said. 
 
 Legate said he has set up the same connection for a friend who wanted to watch dressage, an equestrian event that she could not find on NBC. 
 
 People who are finding ways to circumvent NBC's restrictions seem to be spreading the word to friends, like New York City journalist Kate Gardiner, who sent out a public service announcement message on Twitter last weekend to urge her followers to use a service called TunnelBear. 
 
 The 26-year-old has been using the service to keep up with live swimming broadcasts even though she does not own a television. 
 
 TunnelBear is a VPN service that sends a user's Internet connection to different countries, so in Gardiner's case it appears her computer is based in London. The decision to avoid NBC was easy for her since she's one of the millions of U.S. residents without a cable subscription. 
 
 "I'm not going to buy a cable subscription to spend three weeks watching Olympics coverage. It's not going to happen," she said. 
 
 So far it is unclear whether NBC would take on the task of blocking or suing services like TunnelBear or StreamVia, a similar workaround. Typically, NBC has left it to the International Olympic Committee (IOC)to police the piracy of the games' TV rights. 
 
 NBC Sports spokesman McCloskey said the company never comments on issues involving security. 
 
 The workarounds--as well as the outrage--so far seem to be having no effect on TV rating for the Olympics. NBC has pointed to record-breaking success through the first three days of the games, with more than 36 million average viewers, including more than 40 million people watching the opening ceremony. 
 
 But while these fledgling services may seem popular on Twitter and blogs, many people could be turned off by them because they involve several steps that may be too advanced for a casual Internet user and can cost money, said City University of New York journalism professor Jeff Jarvis, who has tested them out. After 500 megabytes of streaming video, users need pay for a $5 subscription on TunnelBear, for example. 
 
 "While TunnelBear is easier than some services, you've got to geek out and you've got pay," Jarvis said, adding that the number of people using these services is a fraction of those tuning into NBC. 
 
 Jarvis said people circumventing NBC don't pose a threat and they are just consumers trying to make a point. 
 
 "It says 'Hey, we can go around you,' and the lesson there is, if you think you can control communication, content and culture around borders, it is going to become increasingly difficult," he said. 
 
 (Reporting By Liana B. Baker in New York; Editing by Peter Lauria and Leslie Gevirtz) 
 
 (This story was refiled to fix a typo in the last paragraph)
– The boobs at NBC might be considering extending the network's Olympic broadcast time delay to its live feed online—after it revealed the bare breast of a water polo player. The audience watching the US-Spain match on site didn't get the benefit of the underwater cameras, but NBC watchers did, and apparently caught US player Kami Craig pulling away the swimsuit from a competitor, notes Deadspin, where you can check the shot (the video is at Mediaite). There's "a lot of suit-grabbing going on under water," gamely noted a sports announcer. Not to worry, said one snarky Deadspin commenter: "Giving airtime to a boob hasn't been an issue for NBC before." The game ended in a 9-9 tie.