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Vote: Were the BBC right to sacrifice England football games for F1 coverage?

September 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Soccer fans suffer for Auntie’s successful motorsport bid

Football fans - who love nothing better than to moan endlessly about their chosen sport - are currently annoyed with subscription channel Setanta for stealing away all the England away games, and leaving terrestrial telebox viewers without so much as a brief highlights package.

In defence of their perfectly-reasonable decision to host England away matches, Setanta’sÂ director of sport Trevor East has blamed the BBC for spaffing their budget on securing the rights to next year’s Formula One season, paying some Â£50m more than ITV laid down for their current five year deal.

So, did the Beeb make the right choice in nabbing the F1, or should they have let ITV keep the coverage and allowed footy fans to get their fix of frustration and anger through watching the national side?

Votes and comments below, please.

Tags: BBC, england, F1, Highlights, Richard Hammond, Setanta, Terrestrial TV, Trevor East

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Posted: September 8th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey

3 responses so far

1 Lee // Sep 8, 2008 at 2:44 pm

I’m a huge fan of both sports, but I cannot tell you just how frustrating it was watching the most exciting grand prix in a decade broken up by at least 5 ad breaks. I absolutely hate it. I’m glad the BBC have F1. I can still catch England matches on ITV and Setanta anyway, so I’m quite happy with the outcome.
2 Reinhold Messner // Sep 8, 2008 at 2:51 pm

Agree with Lee, F1 without the ad breaks is well worth losing some crappy internationals for
3 Callum // Nov 2, 2008 at 7:35 pm

Glad to hear BBC’s got the F! but also saddend that we will lose the presenters off ITV I think they done an excellent job over the 12 years. Lewis Hamilton World Cahmpion !!