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Post by schumi on Sept 29, 2008 8:28:08 GMT
I've seen many posts on the BSF talking about how they feel when they see a crash. Obviously no-one likes to see a rider injured, but in any motorsport it's accepted it goes with the territory.
However, on Sky's advert for tonight's Elite League play-off fixtures, they've put together a compilation of crashes. So my question is this: do the crashes form part of the interest, or should we be avoiding using this kind of footage to advertise speedway?
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Post by zonkers on Sept 29, 2008 8:52:09 GMT
I've seen many posts on the BSF talking about how they feel when they see a crash. Obviously no-one likes to see a rider injured, but in any motorsport it's accepted it goes with the territory. However, on Sky's advert for tonight's Elite League play-off fixtures, they've put together a compilation of crashes. So my question is this: do the crashes form part of the interest, or should we be avoiding using this kind of footage to advertise speedway? No, I don't think we should be avoiding showing this kind of footage to advertise speedway. It is part and parcel of the sport. It's the same with any sport - the trailers will always show the best and the worst of the sport. Football for eg. will show the best goals, along with the worst tackles and injuries. F1 will show highlights, as well as crashes, cars bursting into flames etc. It is fact - these things happen in sport, especially motorsport, therefore trailers should show it how it is. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 29, 2008 8:56:39 GMT
I've seen many posts on the BSF talking about how they feel when they see a crash. Obviously no-one likes to see a rider injured, but in any motorsport it's accepted it goes with the territory. However, on Sky's advert for tonight's Elite League play-off fixtures, they've put together a compilation of crashes. So my question is this: do the crashes form part of the interest, or should we be avoiding using this kind of footage to advertise speedway? Club shops have for years sold compilation crash videos and dvd's because they are popular, we all have to accept as well, that many people attend matches hoping to see accidents and that has always been the case. Personally i hate to see accidents and presume most people on here would agree, but they are part and parcel of the sport and i am vehemently against censorship, and the politically correct idea that saying something that may offend is taboo |
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Post by zonkers on Sept 29, 2008 9:06:43 GMT
I've seen many posts on the BSF talking about how they feel when they see a crash. Obviously no-one likes to see a rider injured, but in any motorsport it's accepted it goes with the territory. However, on Sky's advert for tonight's Elite League play-off fixtures, they've put together a compilation of crashes. So my question is this: do the crashes form part of the interest, or should we be avoiding using this kind of footage to advertise speedway? Club shops have for years sold compilation crash videos and dvd's because they are popular, we all have to accept as well, that many people attend matches hoping to see accidents and that has always been the case. Personally i hate to see accidents and presume most people on here would agree, but they are part and parcel of the sport and i am vehemently against censorship, and the politically correct idea that saying something that may offend is taboo I agree. I hate to see crashes - it turns my stomach. But (forgive me if this sounds wrong) I find myself being amazed when watching some of them. Amazed how the human body copes with such trauma and how, thankfully, the majority of riders walk away relatively unscathed from most of them. I still feel sick to the stomach when I think of Kim Jansson, Garry Stead etc, and poor Adam Shields (whose crash I witnessed from the stand at the EOES, but who is one of the lucky ones and will recover). But back to the point - the point of being politically correct in saying it's something that may offend is ridiculous. People who watch motorsport have to accept the dangers. It annoyed me watching the GP on Saturday. During the heat 2 crash the cameras were on the crowd for ages, and didn't focus on the 2 hurt riders until they were getting up. I wanted to see if they were ok,and was getting impatient just looking at the crowd..... |
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