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http://www.carkeys.co.uk/jbcolumn/C1000039.htm
From the above artical:
"Like F1, the World Rally Championship is not "motorsport". It has nothing to do with "sport" - it?s business. Nowadays world rallying has more to do with television schedules and audiences than providing a spectacle for impoverished rally fans. It?s all about sponsors and corporate entertainment, marketing budgets and paying punters."...
..."But of more immediate concern to me is that what the WRC does tomorrow, club rallying tries to emulate. At the present time genuine club rallying in the UK is reasonably healthy while our "premier" British Championship ain?t. We need to simplify rules and switch emphasis to competitor enjoyment and value for money rather than implement the whims of a few manufacturer teams and TV schedulists.
It just proves that show business and sport don?t mix, so don?t try it. Show business is for those who watch, sport is for those who compete. There?s a big difference.
Yer auld pal,
Jaggy. "
I could not have said it better.
Derek
From the above artical:
"Like F1, the World Rally Championship is not "motorsport". It has nothing to do with "sport" - it?s business. Nowadays world rallying has more to do with television schedules and audiences than providing a spectacle for impoverished rally fans. It?s all about sponsors and corporate entertainment, marketing budgets and paying punters."...
..."But of more immediate concern to me is that what the WRC does tomorrow, club rallying tries to emulate. At the present time genuine club rallying in the UK is reasonably healthy while our "premier" British Championship ain?t. We need to simplify rules and switch emphasis to competitor enjoyment and value for money rather than implement the whims of a few manufacturer teams and TV schedulists.
It just proves that show business and sport don?t mix, so don?t try it. Show business is for those who watch, sport is for those who compete. There?s a big difference.
Yer auld pal,
Jaggy. "
I could not have said it better.
Derek