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Now that England are out.....
Now that England, and all the other teams from these isles, are out of the
European football championships for next year, what are the chances that BC will actually promote the World Track Cycling Championships to help fill the void? You would think that there would be some finance available to promote sport events from Sport England. Concidering the championships are in Manchester this year, previous Olympic and world championship performances, I would call for better coverage on the BBC. What has athletics done recently to deserve all the pre-publicity and musical trailers that their minor events get? David Lloyd |
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x-no-archive:On 23 Nov, 23:21, "David Lloyd"
wrote: What has athletics done recently to deserve all the pre-publicity and musical trailers that their minor events get? Paula |
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"raisethe" wrote in message ... x-no-archive:On 23 Nov, 23:21, "David Lloyd" wrote: What has athletics done recently to deserve all the pre-publicity and musical trailers that their minor events get? Paula Sorry, I mistook that for your tag line. ;-P I agree she's amazing, having returned to competition after becoming a mom earlier in the year, but one person's performance in one marathon does not justify the hype that athletics gets. If we had pro-rata coverage based on Nicole Cooke's performances across the year, despite her loosing the World Cup crown and going out injured before the World Championships, cycling would hardly be off the TV screens. David Lloyd |
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x-no-archive:On 24 Nov, 09:22, "David Lloyd"
wrote: one person's performance in one marathon does not justify the hype that athletics gets. If you look a bit closer you might find that she's won more than one world class race, indeed, shes been the world's best distance runner over the past few years. If we had pro-rata coverage based on Nicole Cooke's performances across the year, despite her loosing the World Cup crown and going out injured before the World Championships, cycling would hardly be off the TV screens. Women's cycling (and men's track cycling) is a minority sport. The only reason it gets any terestrial tele coverage in the UK at all is because of their Olympic status. Running is arguably the purest and most open competitive sport there is. It will always get preference over cycling, and rightly so, much as I find it impossibly tedious to watch. |
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"raisethe" wrote in message ... x-no-archive:On 24 Nov, 09:22, "David Lloyd" wrote: one person's performance in one marathon does not justify the hype that athletics gets. If you look a bit closer you might find that she's won more than one world class race, indeed, shes been the world's best distance runner over the past few years. I was thinking more recently than that. What has happened in the last season? If we had pro-rata coverage based on Nicole Cooke's performances across the year, despite her loosing the World Cup crown and going out injured before the World Championships, cycling would hardly be off the TV screens. Women's cycling (and men's track cycling) is a minority sport. The only reason it gets any terestrial tele coverage in the UK at all is because of their Olympic status. It wouldn't be a minority sport if more people were able to follow it. Remember the days of the televised city centre circuit races? Running is arguably the purest and most open competitive sport there is. It will always get preference over cycling, and rightly so, much as I find it impossibly tedious to watch. Another good reason to put on something more exciting. David Lloyd |
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On 24 Nov, 11:08, raisethe wrote:
Women's cycling (and men's track cycling) is a minority sport. The only reason it gets any terestrial tele coverage in the UK at all is because of their Olympic status. What do you think are the relative numbers of leisure cyclists and leisure joggers / runners? Or competitive cyclists and competitive runners? I don't know the answers to these, but I wouldn't be surprised if the cyclists outnumber the runners in both leisure and competitive arenas. If my hunch is right, that would mean that cycling is no more a minority sport than running. Running is arguably the purest and most open competitive sport there is. It will always get preference over cycling, and rightly so, much as I find it impossibly tedious to watch. |
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On Nov 26, 1:28 pm, The Luggage wrote:
On 24 Nov, 11:08, raisethe wrote: Women's cycling (and men's track cycling) is a minority sport. The only reason it gets any terestrial tele coverage in the UK at all is because of their Olympic status. What do you think are the relative numbers of leisure cyclists and leisure joggers / runners? Or competitive cyclists and competitive runners? I don't know the answers to these, but I wouldn't be surprised if the cyclists outnumber the runners in both leisure and competitive arenas. If my hunch is right, that would mean that cycling is no more a minority sport than running. It depends how you define 'leisure' and 'competitive'. There are thousands of people paying to enter running races every weekend. Now, you could argue that many of these are hardly 'competitive', but in sheer numbers they outweigh the number of cyclists racing. On the other hand, there are plenty of people who cycle purely for leisure, commuting, or other 'utility' reasons who never race. Very few people run purely to commute to work. |
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On 23 Nov, 23:21, "David Lloyd" wrote:
Now that England, and all the other teams from these isles, are out of the European football championships for next year, what are the chances that BC will actually promote the World Track Cycling Championships to help fill the void? You would think that there would be some finance available to promote sport events from Sport England. Concidering the championships are in Manchester this year, previous Olympic and world championship performances, I would call for better coverage on the BBC. What has athletics done recently to deserve all the pre-publicity and musical trailers that their minor events get? David Lloyd Or the BBC could combine both sports and have the World Performance Enhancing Drug Taking Championships |
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