Humphrey Appleby Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 (edited) I would not regard Tennis as a minority sport. It is somewhat in the UK, except around Wimbledon. Regardless though, speedway simply vanished from the schedules on Saturday and we had the odd situation where the former England cricket captain ended-up having to explain where it had gone. Edited August 16, 2010 by Humphrey Appleby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 There was an attempt a couple of years ago by the PZM to eliminate what John D Rockefeller might've termed the "ruinous competition" between Polish tracks for SGP events, but the self-interest of clubs seems to have shot that down. Basically, it would've seen the formation of a sort of co-operative (cartel might be a more appropriate word) of tracks that would negotiate with BSI either themselves or through the PZM. The problem is that Polish tracks are reportedly paying significant amounts of money for the privilege of staging the GPs, when they could be staging them for next to nothing if they managed the rights themselves. No doubt the staging cities believe it's worthwhile to do this, but that money could also be going back to the leagues if they ran the show. Poland is the only country where stadiums come close to selling out, so you can't blame BSI for staging umpteen GPs there, but it's unbelievable that the leagues with all the professional riders continue to allow this state of affairs to continue... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemuppet Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Young Humphrey I am very suprised with you answer , obviously you know very little about tennis. If I said there is a tournament in England this week where there are 1400 competitors which is three times as many as Wimbledon you would not have a clue where it is. More countries in the world play Tennis than any other sport. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 (edited) If I said there is a tournament in England this week where there are 1400 competitors which is three times as many as Wimbledon you would not have a clue where it is. More countries in the world play Tennis than any other sport. I was referring to tennis as a spectator/televised sport, not by the numbers that participate. There are many sports that attract a lot of participants, but are barely seen on television or covered by the media. I'm also well aware tennis is a popular spectator sport in many parts of the world, but again I was referring to its specific status in the UK. I'd wager the vast majority of those who watch Wimbledon, barely pay any attention to the sport for the rest of the year as evidenced by the relegation of many tournaments to daytime cable schedules. Granted there's more interest at the moment because of Murray, but I don't think it's unreasonable to say tennis is effectively a minority sport in Britain for much of the year. As to the assertion that more countries in the world play tennis than any other sport, well that's one of those unquantifiable things. FIFA has more member countries than the ITF, and not to mention that football is likely to have more participants due it to being simpler and requiring less equipment to play (incidentally, the IAAF has more member countries again, so by that definition athletics is more widely 'played' than both football and tennis). Edited August 16, 2010 by Humphrey Appleby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted August 16, 2010 Report Share Posted August 16, 2010 Young Humphrey I am very suprised with you answer , obviously you know very little about tennis. If I said there is a tournament in England this week where there are 1400 competitors which is three times as many as Wimbledon you would not have a clue where it is. More countries in the world play Tennis than any other sport. So it's a minority sport then, as very few people would know what tournament you're on about. So why would they want to watch it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickthemuppet Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 So it's a minority sport then, as very few people would know what tournament you're on about. So why would they want to watch it? It would be quite interesting to see which people would regard as the top 5 sports in the world .I would certainly put tennis in the top 5. Undoubtably Football would be clear top but what would the next 5 be? Hunstanton is the big tennis tournament this week. I actually said more countries play Tennis than any other sport not how many people in those countries play it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted August 17, 2010 Report Share Posted August 17, 2010 (edited) It would be quite interesting to see which people would regard as the top 5 sports in the world .I would certainly put tennis in the top 5. By participants, spectators/viewers, or by revenue? In terms of revenue and spectators, it would probably be football, baseball, basketball, American football and Formula 1. Horse racing, tennis and golf would probably have the next highest revenues, but I suspect cricket, ice hockey, rugby union and cycling are actually watched by more people globally (especially if you discount horse racing as a true spectator sport). However, baseball, basketball, American football, ice hockey and cycling would be considered minority sports in the UK. With respect to participants, it depends what you describe as a sport because I expect angling and various martial arts are well up there. However, football, basketball, baseball and cricket are probably the biggest participatory sports, although field hockey shouldn't be discounted as it's popular in the Indian Sub-Continent which has 1.4 billion people, whilst volleyball, table tennis and badminton undoubtedly have a significant numbers of adherents as well. I actually said more countries play Tennis than any other sport not how many people in those countries play it. Yes, but there are still other sporting associations with more member countries than the ITF. It's also a fair bet that football will be played at some level in those countries that are not FIFA members (e.g. Greenland which actually has a 'national' football team), wheresa it's less certain that tennis will be played there because of the court and equipment requirements. I'm certainly not disputing that tennis is widely played, but it's impossible to claim that's played in more countries than any other sport, even if we could agree on what constitutes a country in the first place. Edited August 17, 2010 by Humphrey Appleby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joetraff Posted August 29, 2010 Report Share Posted August 29, 2010 Quite informative. Please keep on sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all4backin Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 A friend has just mentioned he read an article that Virgin subscribers will be able to use the red button service on sky sports from the 21st of April.Has anybody else heard anything about this???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spook Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 (edited) I had heard a rumour .....but it may have come from this forum ...... still doesnt help those who want to record it though Edited April 16, 2011 by spook Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all4backin Posted April 16, 2011 Report Share Posted April 16, 2011 I had heard a rumour .....but it may have come from this forum ...... still doesnt help those who want to record it though Helps if you want to watch live though!!!! Hope this is true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fingersfin Posted April 17, 2011 Report Share Posted April 17, 2011 Helps if you want to watch live though!!!! Hope this is true I was told the same thing by a virgin employee when subscribing to SS for the summer. No dates were given but it was coming 'soon' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all4backin Posted April 27, 2011 Report Share Posted April 27, 2011 red button should be available from tomorrow on virgin. Fingers crossed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BritPete Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 I changed from Virgin to Sky for this very reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
all4backin Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 I changed from Virgin to Sky for this very reason. I just got Virgin for this reason.Skys customer service is so bad for loyal customers.So told them to stick it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frigbo Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 I just got Virgin for this reason.Skys customer service is so bad for loyal customers.So told them to stick it. From the experiences of people I know, Sky's Customer Service is world class compared to Virgin's! How about being charged to re-activate a service simply because you wanted to change the name on the account from joint to single! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slickmick Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 It's on Sky Sports 3 from 6pm-9pm, no red button in sight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Smith Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 It's on Sky Sports 3 from 6pm-9pm, no red button in sight. It will be a red button job if it over runs though as it's live Golf after Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manchesterpaul Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 (edited) It's on Sky Sports 3 from 6pm-9pm, no red button in sight. Wow! just come on here to ask how often does a Basketball Play-off final do a 'speedway' and overrun it's time slot. I was feeling miffed that we might miss the start of the SGP and see the first few races recorded and with no preview of the meeting. I was surprised to see a multi page thread saying it is on the red button and lots of confusion over that. All i can say right now at near 5:30pm is that on Sky the now and next shows it on SS3 at 6pm, the inbuilt deailed Sky EPG tv guide also shows it on SS3 at 6pm-9pm, then finally most surprising of all in the circumstances lol my printed tv listing magazine purchased on Tuesday shows the exact same SS3 at 6pm through to 9pm. So does that mean it will be on SS3 at 6pm through to 9pm or clearly make it anytime and any place other than SS3 at 6pm! Edited April 30, 2011 by manchesterpaul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob B Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 This is an old thread from last year! People were only pointing out that if at any time in the future sky show a GP on red button like they have done in past red button is now available on virgin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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