WillC
Assistant Pro
Ok enough's enough
I was happy to let it stand when it was just one person but not two...
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Haha don't worry some of us got it!
Ok enough's enough
I was happy to let it stand when it was just one person but not two...
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Out of interest why?
What this does show is the huge number of people who won't be watching Golf on tv anymore..
Some will get Sky, some will use NowTV or similar and some will use streams but there will be many many more that won't want the extra expense/hassle of using another system and will, therefore, not watch...
It will be interesting to see the figures for The Open this year...if an average of 300/350k watched The Masters they won't get anywhere near the Beebs numbers..
I just find it sad, whatever the reasons, that the majority won't be able to watch Golf on the TV.
What the figures clearly show is that if the BBC ever totally give up showing golf then the game will reach a much smaller TV audience, and that can only be a bad thing.
Let's not forget it's the BBC that put golf on the TV the BBC carried on showing the Ryder Cup through the lean years. I remember finding the 1985 Ryder Cup on BBC 2 whilst flicking channels and have loved it ever since.
All Sky do is make people pay for what they used to get for free, that will always reduce the audience and be bad for the sport.
I don't have any information, do you know of any sports were participation has increased because of reduced viewing figures.
I don't have any information either, but I wasn't the one claiming that Sky is going to kill golf so it's not me that needs to substantiate the point I'm making.
It's not hard to point to sports that have enjoyed a far greater profile as a consequence of Sky coverage and money.
Arguably, Sky has been a big factor in the hype that now surrounds the Ryder Cup.
There's a balance to be struck, yes it might be the case that Sky has a smaller audience than the BBC for the Masters and some people might not watch when they otherwise would, but equally, Sky whip up a lot of hype about events that would pass by on the BBC with no fanfare thereby generating interest in people that might not otherwise be interested.
I would argue that the Ryder Cup became massive prior to Sky trying to treat it like a football match, I don't think Sky can take any of the credit for that.
I don't remember saying that Sky would be the death of golf just pointed out that reducing the number of people who could watch it doesn't sound like a good thing.
I do wonder whether the Ryder Cup has started / will end up going like other sports covered by Sky though; a day out for people not really interested in the sport but rather getting hammered and hollering plenty. Look at PDC darts and T20 cricket in this country. Crowds largely not interested in the sport but rather drinking as much as they can and behaving like tools. These sort of events talk about attracting new fans but what they are really hoping to attract is the punter who will spend cash aplenty on all the tat and fripperies that go with said event rather than watching A v B. I hope it doesnt but you do wonder whether the Ryder Cup is heading down that slippery slope.