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[scooterboynz]

what a load of bullshit! tonights news had about 10 seconds of news about moto gp , the girl reporter got names pronounced wrong , a bit more time on motorcross news ,,, it al seems to be cricket, rugby , golf! i guess their target audience are 50 yearolds?

[Brains]

Yeah, but what about all the sports that kiwi's play and excell at that don't even get mentioned? All things take time.

[Coyote]

Its been pretty good lately on TV one news. They've shown a fair bit from the MX1 series.

They never said anything about Stephan Merriman becoming world champ in enduro though

[phantom]

what a load of bullshit! tonights news had about 10 seconds of news about moto gp , the girl reporter got names pronounced wrong , a bit more time on motorcross news ,,, it al seems to be cricket, rugby , golf! i guess their target audience are 50 yearolds?

I'm 50 ( and a little bit ) and I can't stand cricket , rugby or golf ( unless there's free beer ) but I know what you mean. Spent my whole life involved in "unconventional " sports none of which ever got much coverage

[Scorpygirl]

Go the girl taking on the boys in Taupo!!! Can't wait to see her in years to come.

Scorpygirl

[Virago]

The last I heard TV1 were trying a better balance of sport coverage - they now cover rugby AND league.......

[jimbo600]

what a load of bullshit! tonights news had about 10 seconds of news about moto gp , the girl reporter got names pronounced wrong , a bit more time on motorcross news ,,, it al seems to be cricket, rugby , golf! i guess their target audience are 50 yearolds?

Damn right. Ane we hope to get a round of MotoGP here? Can't see it happening somehow. Bikes will never get too much coverage on terrestrial tv as we're still deemed to be raping beserkers who plunder the innocent.

[hondacmx450]

we're still deemed to be raping beserkers who plunder the innocent.[/QUOTE]
oh arnt we allowed to do that any more

[hondacmx450]

Yeah, but what about all the sports that kiwi's play and excell at that don't even get mentioned? All things take time.

r you still queen of the tidly winks team or did you hurt your thumb and r out of the worlds now heheheeh love ya bren

[SARGE]

we're still deemed to be raping beserkers who plunder the innocent.

oh arnt we allowed to do that any more [/QUOTE]



oh well... there goes my weekend plans..

[Silage]

I'm 50 ( and a little bit ) and I can't stand cricket , rugby or golf ( unless there's free beer ) but I know what you mean. Spent my whole life involved in "unconventional " sports none of which ever got much coverage

I'm with you Phantom. Spent most of my extensive years avoiding non-live sport and mostly avoiding live sport, avoiding TV innaneness (sp?) etc mumble mumble

I ride cos I enjoy it and I don't follow motoracing, GP or bike-related sports any more than any other type of sport.

[Wolf]

If you want to watch any of the less conventional sports you have to shell out for Sky. An ex-flattie had Sky Sports for a while and it was refreshing to watch snooker and shooting events (not combined, though - worse luck!)

[pritch]

what a load of bullshit! tonights news had about 10 seconds of news about moto gp , the girl reporter got names pronounced wrong

It's a bit like that old joke, "Yesterday I couldn't spell sprots anounser, now I are one..."

Sadly we don't have many sports announcers, we have rugby and cricket commentators which is different. We get bimbos (of both genders) who can't pronounce the names of golfers, tennis players, or motor bike riders.
They probably can't spell "professional" either, they certainly have no concept of the meaning of the word.

This may explain why so many of our "Sportspersons of the Year" are from rugby and cricket. Barry Briggs was Sportsman of the Year in Britain, but not here. Hugh Anderson never got a look in here either, but he should have. Nothing new, but it is still a piss-off.

[pritch]

It occurs to me that we should be grateful to Prime. If anyone hasn't emailed them telling them how much we appreciate what they are doing, it might be a good idea...