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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Fri 19 Dec 18:19
TNT Sports have outbid the BBC for the rights to live coverage of next year`s Commonwealth Games. That`s not going to encourage many kids to take up any of the sports featured I fear.
Post Edited (Fri 19 Dec 18:46)
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Topic Originator: pars4life1
Date: Fri 19 Dec 19:11
The commonwealth games is working under a failed model and will always lose money, it has only given itself the option of highest bidder and will likely still loose an absolute fortune.
Time for UK sports to realise that it’s local competition with select international representatives isn’t a great idea and that we need to be focused on having our athletes supported on better recognised international stages.
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Fri 19 Dec 22:18
It`s needing scrapped anyway, it`s the dying embers of colonialism
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Topic Originator: twin par
Date: Sat 20 Dec 01:11
Yes it’s a dead duck.People not interested in it anymore. It looks so amateurish and dated.Not showing it on free t.v is its death knell.
Post Edited (Sat 20 Dec 01:16)
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Sat 20 Dec 11:31
The CGs may not match the overall standard of the Olympics but they give some sportsmen and women an opportunity they might not have otherwise had to represent their country. In the case of UK athletes it`s a rare chance to represent England, N Ireland, Scotland or Wales of course.
As regards their popularity, TNT Sports must think they`ll attract a sufficient audience to justify them outbidding the BBC for the live TV rights.
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