Originally Posted by Mal (Post 34109447)

If someone had posted a thread in a similar vein to your world cup thread, but about Scotland, how would you have reacted? Wouldn't you have seen that as an attack? You might want to think about the content of your posts next time if you did not like the response.

Very immature.

It has been pointed out then and now, that we cannot do anything, the English people are not the media. Set up a petition, march on London, just do something about it!

I think Foreverwar is a Scot, so not all the responses are from the English ;)

Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja (Post 34109534)

The Scotland game was on at 3, the England Game at 5 and the Wales game at 7: (15 or 45).

All of them could have been shown by the BBC IN those regions or back to back on BBC 1 nationally. Instead the England game gets shown nationally, in ALL regions and no other game does.

In the event it wasnt too bad because Sky picked them up, which is Ok for me as i have Sky and the sports channel needed to view it (a subsciption service) but what about the millions that dont and still pay their fees? I suppose we souldnt care about them...

The amount of people represented by those countries as i aready explained is irrelevant as we all pay our fees and this is the BRITISH broadcasting company, not the English broadcasting company and who's charter is :-

"To provide, as public services, sound and television broadcasting services (whether by analogue or digital means) and to provide sound and television programmes of information, education and entertainment for general reception in Our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man and the territorial waters thereof."

It says nothing about proportional representation.

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I resent that - i have been VERY careful in what i have said and have not once to my knowledge personally attacked or even said anything deflamatory about the English people.

That was not my intention and if i did come accross that way i appologise now.

Originally Posted by Mal (Post 34109548)

If the match was on Sky, wouldn't that mean that the BBC didn't have the rights to show it then? Sky had them?

Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja (Post 34109534)

In the event it wasnt too bad because Sky picked them up, which is Ok for me as i have Sky and the sports channel needed to view it (a subsciption service) but what about the millions that dont and still pay their fees? I suppose we souldnt care about them...

Originally Posted by punky (Post 34109445)

Just because you think its "obvious bias" and media-racism, doesn't make it so.

Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 34109556)

The BBC don't even have the right's for Scotlands home games
http://www.bbcgovernors.co.uk/annrep...rt05/50-53.txt

Originally Posted by TheBlueRaja (Post 34109585)

That refers to the loss of the SPL matches to Setanta not the Scotland matches.

Originally Posted by TheDaddy (Post 34109591)

'Television rights were secured for the CIS Cup, Scotland’s away World Cup fixtures', no mention of home matches there

Originally Posted by punky (Post 34109551)

Correct, which means you can't kick up when they don't show the amount of Scottish broadcasting that you'd like.

You have your own dedicated BBC channel, is that really not enough? If you didn't like football, would you really be moaning?

Originally Posted by punky

Obviously not that careful, you seem to like calling us racist. Don't really need to apologise to me as I don't really care, but if I was broadcasting or other media, i'd be more than upset at your comments, to which an apology might not sort.

Originally Posted by orangebird (Post 34109604)

Isn't TV all about ratings? I assumed that's why BBC showed the England game - purely because more people will tune into that than the Scotland or Wales game. :shrug:

Originally Posted by orangebird (Post 34109604)

Isn't TV all about ratings?

Originally Posted by Russ D (Post 34109608)

Not really, that's why we have regional variations for certain events.