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The Open 2016 - Official Thread - Read OP before you go on!

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  • #512
    Jawgap
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    BigChap1759 wrote: »
    Surely it would have been the government or the BBC who classified it - so they can get out of covering it as it's not a mandated(ie Class A) event?

    This would let them bid low but still try and save face by claiming to be out bid when in fact they didn't want to be covering it from a budgetary point of view

    Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and it was done following a period of consultation. Given it's a political decision I'd imagine they'd do what's popular rather than what's expedient.

    I don't think the BBC wanted to 'get out' of covering it - only that they have so much to spend on securing the rights and funding the broadcast. And it doesn't look like that is helped by the fact that about 20% of their sports budget went on securing the rights to the Premiership to facilitate MotD.

    Plus, even if it was List A it still doesn't have to be covered by the Beeb - ITV, C4 or even 5 could bid for and show it. It wasn't that long ago cricket and horse racing were seen very much the preserve of the BBC (especially cricket) and C4 came along and showed it was possible to take these sports and cover them in an interesting and engaging way without bursting the bank.


  • #513
    blue note
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    Seve OB wrote: »
    Really can't understand why the pro's are not allowed to wear shorts. really stupid in this day and age.... actually in any day and age!

    I don't think this gets said enough. I don't know how they play in some of those places in long pants. I'd jump into the lakes if i was them.


  • #514
    CMOTDibbler
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    Jawgap wrote: »
    Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and it was done following a period of consultation. Given it's a political decision I'd imagine they'd do what's popular rather than what's expedient.
    Or what Rupert Murdoch tells them to do :rolleyes:

    I [Anthony Hilton] once asked Rupert Murdoch why he was so opposed to the European Union. 'That’s easy,' he replied. 'When I go into Downing Street they do what I say; when I go to Brussels they take no notice.'


  • #515
    Dirty Dingus McGee
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    People are going to have to acccept that live sport on Free To Air channels is a thing of the past and in 10 - 15 years time there will be almost none.

    RTE have no interest in live sport and neither do the BBC it seems.


  • #516
    Joe_ Public
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    blue note wrote: »
    I don't think this gets said enough. I don't know how they play in some of those places in long pants. I'd jump into the lakes if i was them.

    Beef crossing the Swilcan bridge in a string vest and a pair of Hawaiians. This needs to happen.


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  • #517
    Jawgap
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    Joe_ Public wrote: »
    Beef crossing the Swilcan bridge in a string vest and a pair of Hawaiians. This needs to happen.

    They should allow shorter troos in memory of Payne Stewart.......

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  • #518
    death1234567
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    Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »
    RTE have no interest in live sport and neither do the BBC it seems.
    They do they just can't afford it. The arrival of BT Sport means a price war between BT and SKY for all UK and Ireland sport coverage. Terrestrial channels can't compete.


  • #519
    PARlance
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    Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »
    People are going to have to acccept that live sport on Free To Air channels is a thing of the past and in 10 - 15 years time there will be almost none.

    RTE have no interest in live sport and neither do the BBC it seems.

    And I think the role of terrestial TV on golf is generally overstated. I've changed my opinion of it over the past year anyway. It's important / nice to have, but it has been around for some time and it wasn't as if the game was growing during that time. Personally I think 8 hours of highlights, over the 4 days on the BBC, still ticks the box of getting golf "out there" to the general public. In fact, the highlights would probably entice a non golfer more than 8 hours of live coverage a day imo.

    I'm getting a little tired of the "growing the game" talk of late. You grow the game from grass-roots, that takes a lot of effort, an effort that the CGI here seem to be really putting in. Golf at the Olympics or free to air TV, only offer minor assistance imo.

    While the viewership figures were way down, the stats are becoming redundant imo. How many millions are watching it in there own dodgy "free to air" way. It's probably a 50/50 split in my extended circle.

    It is a shame to see the live broadcast off the Beeb, but not something that's really going to really matter in the grand scheme of things. And as stated above, it's just the way things are going with sport in general.


  • #520
    Joe_ Public
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    PARlance wrote: »
    And I think the role of terrestial TV on golf is generally overstated. I've changed my opinion of it over the past year anyway. It's important / nice to have, but it has been around for some time and it wasn't as if the game was growing during that time. Personally I think 8 hours of highlights, over the 4 days on the BBC, still ticks the box of getting golf "out there" to the general public. In fact, the highlights would probably entice a non golfer more than 8 hours of live coverage a day imo.

    I'm getting a little tired of the "growing the game" talk of late. You grow the game from grass-roots, that takes a lot of effort, an effort that the CGI here seem to be really putting in. Golf at the Olympics or free to air TV, only offer minor assistance imo.

    While the viewership figures were way down, the stats are becoming redundant imo. How many millions are watching it in there own dodgy "free to air" way. It's probably a 50/50 split in my extended circle.

    It is a shame to see the live broadcast off the Beeb, but not something that's really going to really matter in the grand scheme of things. And as stated above, it's just the way things are going with sport in general.

    I doubt it's "millions" tuning in to illegal live feeds, but I could be wrong. It's probably impossible to get an accurate figure. I think what's been lost, though, when free to air goes is the tradition of a family gathering around the box to share in the experience. That recalls my own childhood experience watching soccer and rugby internationals and even the late nights trying to stay awake to watch Ali. Kids aren't really going to go to pubs to watch these and neither is a family really going to gather around a mac or laptop. Yeah sure, that's the way of the world, but doesn't mean something valuable isn't being lost along the way.


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