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Every no. of years there is a topic brought up about terrestrial coverage…the problem in 2016 with this is (if you are under 35 years of age) the days of not only terrestrial, but all television coverage, in all sports is over or very close to being over.
In the mean time, lets admire Oli Bells manicured hair….and nick lucks…..whatever nick luck has….and the dreamy affectionate betting analysis from…a betting specialist….aka somebody payed borderline minimum wage to discuss…fixed odds bett….fantastic days racing and what a story that would be for th…
“Certainly agree that the main reason so many people on this forum and elsewhere dislike Nick Luck, Clare Balding and Oli Bell so much is good old-fashioned inverted snobbery and class prejudice. It’s always acceptable, it would seem, to sneer at such people and brand them patronising and smug.”
Certainly no inverted snobbery from me.
I think Balding is an all-round professional broadcaster and I certainly would not be outraged if she was chosen as the “anchor”.
Bell – I have no opinion of as I have never seen him broadcasting.
Luck – I just cannot take to him and just let’s leave it at that.
We will just have to wait and see and then moan again.
Here’s a hypothetical example: let’s suppose president Obama, the most important man in the world, has a racehorse in training in America, is over here on a visit, makes a visit to Ascot, and then gets slagged off in an interview about letting his horses run on lasix. How do you think that would pan out?
Personally I think it would be a valid line of questioning – nobody should be exempt from probing questioning just because of the position they hold – the only people it would effectively pi$$ off are those who have something to hide.
Your argument gets to the nub of what is wrong in racing – asking difficult or probing questions or making adverse comments is not encouraged.
I know from personal experience that anyone who writes articles which dare to show Sheikh Mo in his true light or heaven forbid actually crticise him, or anyone who criticises racing for climbing into bed with corrupt, immoral states, is given a very difficult time.
I’m not disagreeing with you about Sheikh Mo and I’m all in favour of interviewees in racing being given a much harder time than they currently are.
However, if president A or premier B cancel some treaty or trade deal because they felt insulted by a sports interviewer, then in that instance it’s probably not worth it. “We may have lost out on a few thousand jobs, but I really stiffed him over his campaigning of horse X”, isn’t the smartest approach. Racing, like all sports, remains just a great triviality.
..it wouldn’t surprise me if Paul Ostermeyer proves to be correct in his view that, like me, John Hunt could be a very likely front runner for senior race commentator.
Me neither. I’m sure he’d jump at the chance of not having to work longside the abysmal Lysaght any more.
as all races are covered by Racing UK or At the Races, why don’t ITV save a fortune on presenters and commentators and just pull it from whoever is showing and fronting. i’m sure that the odd saturday on ITV is for occasional punters and the serious ones watch Racing UK and ATR
It’s very sad when anybody sees criticism of balding,luck etc as snobbery. The fact is they don’t engage the audience so aren’t fit for purpose. Matt c and Sean Boyce would be great as they have a great knowledge of racing and I’m sure will engage more folk into watching itv. I’ve no idea who will get the jobs but as it’s itv I fear the worst. Channel 4 coverage is poor on any level but whether itv is better depends on who they hire and how it is produced. Fingers crossed for a decent programme.
http://www.racingpost.com/news/live.sd?event_id=16961324&category=0
Chamberlin moves closer to ITV Racing switch
THE final stumbling block to Ed Chamberlin becoming the new face of horseracing on ITV has been removed as it is understood Tuesday evening’s match between Manchester United and Bournemouth was his last for Sky.
The Racing Post revealed last month Chamberlin was ITV’s number-one target to take on the coveted role anchoring its racing output when Britain’s principal commercial network takes over from Channel 4 on January 1.
For that to happen Chamberlin needed to leave Sky, for which he has worked as principal football presenter having first appeared on its programming 16 years ago.
ITV Sport bosses have been seeing a large number of potential recruits in recent weeks with Francesca Cumani, Oli Bell and Matt Chapman among those believed to be high on the wishlist of the sport’s next exclusive mainstream broadcaster, which will show nearly 100 days of racing across ITV and ITV4 in 2017.
He’s not a football presenter, he’s a top class TV sports presenter, who happens to have worked on a football program most recently. His background includes plenty of racing connections, and in any case, he won’t be offering tips or providing form analysis, but fronting the program. And if you’ve ever watched Monday Night Football, you should know that he’s excellent at drawing out specialist knowledge from expert pundits.
What he’ll provide is middle of the road continuity that won’t turn off any section of the potential viewing public, unlike some of the other names mentioned. Vanilla, not marmite.
Exactly AP. This is a BRILLIANT appointment. Imagine how much ITV must be paying to prize him away from Sky!
Ed Chamberlin would be an excellent choice. As a front man, far more important than any racing knowledge (of which he has plenty) is an ability to be fluent, extract information from taciturn interviewees and link well. Chamberlin does this, as do the likes of Nick Luck and Clare Balding.
I’m always bemused by those who claim to know some geezer down the pub, bookies etc who apparently have far more knowledge and/or personality than these people if only they were given the chance.
Of course if they were given the chance, they would stare at the camera mouthing ‘Errm, errm..’ and so on, which would look dreadful. This is known as the Nevison-Scudamore Paradox as first recognised by Dickie Davis in 1974.
Google it if you don’t believe me.
Mike
Don’t watch football so he’s a totally unknown quantity as far as I’m concerned. I’ve never heard of him so he could be a name pulled out of a hat for all I know.
Ed will present football & rugby coverage for itv as well as racing.
I find him very dull so he won’t entice me to the channel but seeing the itv today are wanting to make their news teams more “entertaining” than the BBC it could be itv want to go for being entertaining over substance in their coverage.
I’m always bemused by those who claim to know some geezer down the pub, bookies etc who apparently have far more knowledge and/or personality than these people if only they were given the chance.
Of course if they were given the chance, they would stare at the camera mouthing ‘Errm, errm..’ and so on, which would look dreadful.
I’m always bemused by those who seem to believe that television presenters have some magical “talent” which isn’t simply the ability to talk and the luck to get the job in the first place. Almost anybody can do the job.
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