From: "jim.craig", [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: jim.craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 29 September 2000 14:08 Subject: Minority sports coverage > Hi, > > Now that the 2000 Olympics are nearing their end and we are all delighted > with the usual high standard of coverage provided by the BBC only one small > question still remains. What will happen to the TV coverage of the > minority sports whose hard working athletes have provided so many of our now > record medals total? > Can we look forward to a BBC TV series featuring the shooters, cyclists, > judo players, sailing enthusaists etc > who put in the work year in and year out in their local clubs largely > ignored by the mass media? Or will they again be consigned to whatever > limbo the BBC thinks they exist in until they are again required to provide > their quota of medals at the next major championships? > This is no criticism of our track and field team but lets face it they are > not exactly short of the oxygen of publicity nor are they as dependent on > the vagaries of lottery funding to support their training while participants > in such politically incorrect sports as shooting are not only refused such > support but frequently vilified in the press and broadcast media for even > wishing to take part in such 'outlandish' and even 'deviamt' sports and > martial arts athletes are also subjected to the kind of questioning of their > motives which does not exactly encourage young people to take up these > sports. So come on, BBC. You take pride in being representative of the > whole British nation, it's time for a fair deal for ALL British sportsmen > and women. > This to the beeb - well we live in hope don't we?? > Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
