Re: A tribute to Setanta and the Boxing hour.
Posted: 25 Jun 2009, 04:26
no worries mate, was just ranting........it's always been the sameDavidPayne wrote:Didn't mean to patronise CH, but you did ask, indirectly why boxing isn't on mainstream telly because other niche sports like Skiing, Darts, Snooker are.
I just tried to explain, like most boxing fans it seems were desperate to blame the commercial entities who've tried and failed with boxing.
When in truth, boxing is its own worst enemey.
Look at the simplistic approach Prizefighter has taken and how casual fans have warmed to the concept.
It helps unravel the nuances and cul-de-sacs boxing creates to ostrasice the casual observer.
It isn't the NETWORKS fault if boxing doesn't work. You can argue about time slots, BBC with Audleu and all the other mistakes, but the principle problems are reliability, costs and the administrative, structural CHAOS that is boxing's organising bodies.
