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[Closed] Congrats on the Olympics--well done UK

 nbt
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But what cash are you are referring to, that "football gets" that other sports don't.

money from TV rights for coverage, for a start


 
Posted : 14/08/2012 6:12 pm
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Love that Video 🙂

Who are the 5 young girls though - gymnasts?


 
Posted : 14/08/2012 9:55 pm
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So now london is back to it's busy itself can the price of plane ticket drop please, wee one want to see the dinosaur skeleton

Juan, if you're over here to see Dippy*, drop me a line through here. Let's do beer. 🙂

*Yep, that's what he's called!


 
Posted : 14/08/2012 9:58 pm
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woppit what are red pets?
<edit> cba

money from TV rights for coverage, for a start
bit of a tricky one, sky and other privates will obviously go for the biggest audience (football) BBC have to answer to their licence payers and I'm guessing a shedload of them are footy fans too so they can't just let pay channels take it all, just hope they leave some room in the budget for other stuff. Thing is the olympic effect like wimbledon is pretty short lived, I reckon the public enjoyed watching minority sports for a couple weeks as a distraction before the footy season started up again then it'll be back to the usual 🙁


 
Posted : 14/08/2012 10:14 pm
 nbt
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We can only watch what's on telly - if all they show is fotball, we can;t really watch anything else can we? I *loved* the volleyball coverage (indoor, beach is not my thing) but that's the first time I've seen it on telly since C4 covered the national finals about 12 years ago

IT's supply and demand - they supply it cos the public demand it, but how can they judge demand for something that isn't supplied? Remember in the 80s there was very little coverage of football - Saturday was all about wrestling. As football coverage grew, "demand" grew to match...


 
Posted : 15/08/2012 8:38 am
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It were tops.

Mo's final lap in the 5000 still makes me cheer like a fugging idiot, no matter how many times I watch it.


 
Posted : 15/08/2012 4:07 pm
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We can only watch what's on telly - if all they show is fotball, we can;t really watch anything else can we?

You don't have to use the telly to watch sport. 😉
Go and watch some sports that you are interested in, and actually support them. If enough people do that, broadcasters can see the market for it and will supply it. How else do you think they can match what they supply to what their audience wants?
Over 25 million people did that last season with football. Why else do you think broadcasters concentrate so much effort on it?

Edit: Back on track, Olympic congratulations +1
It was brilliant.


 
Posted : 15/08/2012 4:39 pm
 nbt
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Over 25 million people did that last season with football.

more people go to church than football 😉


 
Posted : 15/08/2012 7:00 pm
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