Pathetic BBC

[tigercaspian]

Just sat through the sports news on BBC 10 o'clock news......
FA Cup results.......fair enough
Hearts v Aberdeen, crowd 14000
Cross country - Farah loses in a mudbath
Darts , crowd 3000
Tigers v Saints, no report , crowd 25000
Sarries league leaders lose for first time, no report , crowd 15000
Exeter close gap on league leaders Sarries, no report, crowd 13000

Pathetic BBC.............

[Bleaklow]

I didn't see the news but I can understand your frustration. The BBC is going the same mardy way as Sky, i.e. if they're not covering it, they're not interested in it. They almost see it as advertising for the opposition if they report on something they don't have.

I've just watched the Tigers match again and noticed a very short post-match analysis and no chat with Cockers. This was obviously due to BT Sports being desperate to get to the blessed football asap. We could quite easily have kicked off at 3pm yesterday, had a 30 minute build-up on BT Sports as opposed to the 45 minutes we had and then there would have been sufficient time for a decent post mortem.

Rocket science? I don't think so.

[tigerburnie]

I didn't see the news but I can understand your frustration. The BBC is going the same mardy way as Sky, i.e. if they're not covering it, they're not interested in it. They almost see it as advertising for the opposition if they report on something they don't have.

I've just watched the Tigers match again and noticed a very short post-match analysis and no chat with Cockers. This was obviously due to BT Sports being desperate to get to the blessed football asap. We could quite easily have kicked off at 3pm yesterday, had a 30 minute build-up on BT Sports as opposed to the 45 minutes we had and then there would have been sufficient time for a decent post mortem.

Rocket science? I don't think so.

When auntie re vamped their home page I took part in a survey tried to be positive without being scathing. Not a thing I suggested was taken on board, I suggested they keep up to date and maybe include the championship even if it was just the results. The footie has all the leagues with their own pages,but rugby gets nothing.

[jgriffin]

Same on regional news. ITV Midlands often have rugby and had a good 3 or so minutes including a minute of Cockers' interview this week. BBC Midlands zero.

[mol2]

Just sat through the sports news on BBC 10 o'clock news......
FA Cup results.......fair enough
Hearts v Aberdeen, crowd 14000
Cross country - Farah loses in a mudbath
Darts , crowd 3000
Tigers v Saints, no report , crowd 25000
Sarries league leaders lose for first time, no report , crowd 15000
Exeter close gap on league leaders Sarries, no report, crowd 13000

Pathetic BBC.............

The reality is that the BBC's interest in Rugby Union only extends to the Celtic nations. Been like it for years.

Who on earth gives a monkey's about Scottish football? Yet Scottish second division soccer gets as much if not more reporting as rugby union in spit of even the locals that follow the teams numbering no more than 2 old blokes and a stray dog.

[northerntiger]

I would say the BBC's interest only extends to the 6 nations. Driving back yesterday, the match report on 5live was an interview with Cockers about Manu and would he be fit for England. The actual match got one sentence

[Off Piste Tiger]

At least BBC Radio Leicester give The Tigers good coverage , but to be fair they cover all the local sports well .

[Bill W (2)]

Compare and Contrast:

BBC and Tigers Catering.

[L Smith]

Compare and Contrast:

BBC and Tigers Catering.

Not just Tigers yesterday: gave up in the Swan, gave up in the Robert Peel, almost died of thirst in the queue outside the Metrx. I'm seriously considering bootlegging out of the back of my car in the Granby Halls car park!

[Bill W (2)]

Compare and Contrast:

BBC and Tigers Catering.

Not just Tigers yesterday: gave up in the Swan, gave up in the Robert Peel, almost died of thirst in the queue outside the Metrx. I'm seriously considering bootlegging out of the back of my car in the Granby Halls car park!

Could get good business!

Service in Nando's was excellent however! Despite the number of Saint's fans!!

[jonlin]

The BBC is run for and on the behalf of the Liberal left. You have interest in a sport that they see as elitist, attended by people with constructive opinions. You are not their audience.

[jonlin]

The BBC is run for and on the behalf of the Liberal left. You have interest in a sport that they see as elitist, attended by people with constructive opinions. You are not their audience.

[Bleaklow]

The BBC is run for and on the behalf of the Liberal left. You have interest in a sport that they see as elitist, attended by people with constructive opinions. You are not their audience.

I couldn't agree more.

I have worked for the BBC on and off for the last 25 years in London and Manchester. As an able-bodied, white, married heterosexual with slightly right of centre political views, I have always felt myself to be in the minority.

[Skin_and_Muscle]

The BBC is run for and on the behalf of the Liberal left. You have interest in a sport that they see as elitist, attended by people with constructive opinions. You are not their audience.

Of course it is. Peter Hitchens told you so.

I couldn't agree more.

I have worked for the BBC on and off for the last 25 years in London and Manchester. As an able-bodied, white, married heterosexual with slightly right of centre political views, I have always felt myself to be in the minority.

Well, you're not.

[Bleaklow]

Well, you're not.

S&M, I did mean whilst I was at the BBC, not in normal life.

I forgot to include 'male' in my self-description.