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Originally Posted by Flavio Galtieri
Mark Thompson just confirms what we already suspected.
He doesn't give a damn about the fans, the sponsors, or anybody at all apart from saving his own neck.
Not talking to any other FTA broadcaster was a cynical, cowardly decision that has cast F1 into the wilderness of Sky's tiny viewing figures.
He should be sacked.
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Harsh! Mark Thompson has had his hand forced by the cuts the BBC have been forced to make by the current government. The people who are at fault here are FOM for having an unrealistic and greedy view of the world and government policy for reducing expenditure.
Remember that the BBC is a publicly funded body and has had to renew it's charter recently.
Other organisations are willing to pay the fees demanded by the "professional" bodies running sports.
The BBC has to provide a diverse range of programming and content from the World Service to Cbeebies. looking at the big picture; Formula 1 is not important.
Whilst I am saddened that F1 will not be totally Free To Air it is not the end of the world.
And demanding the sacking of a civil servant who is trying to please everyone doesn't help matters.