BBC Cancels F1 Contract

[Hacker Khan]

I feel this thread is going slightly off topic And anyway the sports administrators are just as much to blame as the government or BBC. They can sell their rights for as much as they want and should balance the need to get their sport in the public consciousness with the short term riches a TV contract can generate, that mostly ends up in the pockets of the elite pros at the top level. Pays your price, takes your chances.

 

[harpo_72]

Looking at it in the cold light, F1 is dying, it's boring, imagination has been regulated out. PR control driver comments and engineers are edited ... Testing was an opportunity for the public to interact in a relaxed atmosphere with drivers and teams. That stopped and everything became less touchable ....

That at natural way of the world regarding politics is the tories run down services and labour spends to restore them ... Make every government pay to maintain vital services and ring fence assets that are publicly owned ( if the tories have not flogged it all off ) .. Then let's see what happens.

Oh and austerity is due to the banks, seriously selling debt on and offering credit to people who cannot afford it is pretty stupid ....dunno how we blame a government who were criticised for restricting banking practice, it's clear the banks aren't capable of being self governed.