posted Jul 1, 2009

More athletics on tv. If only we had thought of this before.. . . .

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posted Jul 1, 2009

In amongst all that there may be a couple of good points. I'm sure it wouldn't cost much for the rights to air the US, Jamaican, maybe Kenyan and Ethiopian championships in Europe. May write to eurosport to suggest or perhaps for one of BBC digital channels!!

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posted Jul 1, 2009

yes , very good idea fatmanrunning.

i remeber last decade they had an athletics focus half-hour in grandstand hosted by roger black, for a general round-up. with the demise of grandstand and sportsnight , you dont get any of these updates, excdept for online.
by the way is transworld sport still going ?

it seems silly that at the start of every europa cup and uk trials a lot of time is wastedd talking before the start , and they cant even spend half an hour a week on the red button doing a general round up for athletics and other sports.

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posted Jul 1, 2009

Hell yes! I think this calls for an actual petition, or at least facebook group since most organisations respond to overwhelmingly massive facebook group petitions!

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posted Jul 2, 2009

the best option at the moment if for 4sport to try to grab this. I think its starnge how the indoor champs were on 4 but the outdoor on bbc!

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posted Jul 3, 2009

I think the problem lies with how much gaps there are in the coverage (e.g. between jumps and throws). Watching the european cup I just got bored listening to the commentators going through start lists and previous results. Speed it up, more people will watch thus more athletics on TV.

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posted Jul 3, 2009

We need more world class athletes too. We've got three or four who can challenge for world golds but they're low profile, except for Christine O. who is high profile in part for the wrong reasons!

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posted Jul 3, 2009

beeb ran athletics years ago when they published when they would switch to athletics - got past the times that needed talkers to fill in...but probably too complicated.......

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posted Jul 4, 2009

I mean no offense - but I don't get what u mean sprintfan?
I think the problem with athletics and TV coverage is they either don't tell you when a meet will be showing and they don't have adverts on TV hyping it up like they do with football...they could start playing with rivalries and use that as marketing tools and advertising campaigns...FFS be creative TV companies!!
I mean it seems they're only interested in airing UK meets and a few golden league meets maybe on transworld sports but if someone was thinking straight they'd realise the potential in getting rights to air athletic meets and trials from major countries in the world as it would:
A) make some athletes who reach finals at least a little more known rather than people we see in the World or Olympic final and think 'who the ??'
B) Cement some healthy rivalries and build more anticipation for World's or Olympics
C) Get more people interested in athletics by rite of making it more popular

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posted Jul 5, 2009

I have been a fan of athletics since the late seventies but I have to say that it has never been so boring as it is now. Bring back the shorter TV highlights programs. Remember the Osla and Bislett games shown on BBC2 in the early eighties? Some events (not involving British athletes) were pre-recorded and shown between the live events and this really kept the interest going. The program was only on for about an hour but it was far more exciting than the hours and hours we have at the moment. I usually Sky+ the live program and fast forward to the events.

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