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This article was published by Michael Leary (@Terronium-12) on February 8th, 2018 in the Formula One category.
F1 really has been underperforming in the nonce demographic recently though.
sounds like fans of NASCAR.Aging fans of motorsports and contact sports need to be replaced by youth who neither drive, race nor engage in much if any physical activity.
So now they are going to use children which they don't have to pay nothing.
They had to pay the grid girls.
Last time I checked most of the girls doing these sort of events were UNI students trying to make some money on the side. At least that's how it is in Australia. So now we have reduced the employment pool that specifically employed women. Brilliant idea, not.
I don't see why they cannot have both.
Sorry, you can call me what you will but that sounds like a cost cutting exercise to me. Nothing about women's rights or "modern day social norms" as they called it.
Also coming from an Australian viewpoint F1 is dyeing in my eyes.
They have screwed over the most important aspect you need to promote F1 or any sport. Free or reasonably priced live TV viewing.
It used to be free not so long ago on Channel 10.
It then reduced to only 1 in 3 races live and the other 2 delayed by a day and chopped down to 1 hour including ads.
As Channel 10 went bankrupt towards the end of last year, its now gone.
If you want to see it all live here you now get ripped. You need to have Foxtel. So a cable pack is $65 a month or a live streaming one is $39 a month. Why so much, well you get a whole heap of other channels which I don't want. If Foxtel had some brains they would let you just pay to watch the programs you wanted on their online platform. But nope, not happening, you need the whole damn package.
I've watched most F1 races since 1997. Now, no thanks. Its becoming cost prohibitive here.
Supposedly with Channel 10 being resurrected they will be getting the 1 in 3 lives race deals again for this year. But I'm not holding my breath.
Brave new world...
(From 7 to 77 eh? )
I’m starting to thing one of the reasons porn is so popular is because it’s quickly becoming the only form of entertainment that’s impossible to make “family friendly” (at least legally and morally).
I get that getting young people into the sport is important, but it would be nice to go to an event without kids being everywhere.