Football is a game of currency: not just in terms of the money that changes hands for players and for TV rights, but also of the effect it has on fans. Excitement, apprehension, that tingly feeling on the back of your neck and of course, the unmistakable feeling that your club’s new foreign number ten is going to make all the difference to your beloved team.
Both types of currency are deeply invested in that final idea most of all – impact of a player is inevitably always compared with their real cost to the club – their emotional impact on fans and the real impact on the pitch judged against the amount of pounds it cost to secure their services. Inevitably, with the global expansion of the game, and the access given to other leagues and their foreign stars, as well as the relative inexpense of buying from abroad, rather than at home,...
Both types of currency are deeply invested in that final idea most of all – impact of a player is inevitably always compared with their real cost to the club – their emotional impact on fans and the real impact on the pitch judged against the amount of pounds it cost to secure their services. Inevitably, with the global expansion of the game, and the access given to other leagues and their foreign stars, as well as the relative inexpense of buying from abroad, rather than at home,...
- 3/29/2013
- by Ray McCartney
- Obsessed with Film
Ian Wright has launched a scathing attack on the BBC.
The former Arsenal striker quit as a Match of the Day pundit earlier in the month, claiming he was only employed to be a "comedy jester".
In an interview with The Sun, Wright expressed his anger at the BBC for losing the rights to screen England internationals and becoming reliant on reality TV.
He said: "Viewers want international football and it should be the BBC providing it for them. It just shows how out of touch they have become and it's a complete disgrace. Deep down, I don’t think the stuffed shirts there really know what they want.
"They put out these sinister adverts about what will happen if you don’t pay the licence fee, then serve up a load of rubbish.
"What do viewers get for their money? Cookery programmes, Strictly Come . . .
The former Arsenal striker quit as a Match of the Day pundit earlier in the month, claiming he was only employed to be a "comedy jester".
In an interview with The Sun, Wright expressed his anger at the BBC for losing the rights to screen England internationals and becoming reliant on reality TV.
He said: "Viewers want international football and it should be the BBC providing it for them. It just shows how out of touch they have become and it's a complete disgrace. Deep down, I don’t think the stuffed shirts there really know what they want.
"They put out these sinister adverts about what will happen if you don’t pay the licence fee, then serve up a load of rubbish.
"What do viewers get for their money? Cookery programmes, Strictly Come . . .
- 4/25/2008
- by Simon_Reynolds_imdb_@digitalspy.co.uk (Simon Reynolds)
- Digital Spy
Ian Wright has quit his role as a BBC football pundit - and branded its coverage "run-of-the-mill" and old fashioned.
The ex-England and Arsenal striker - a regular on BBC One for several years - complained he was made to take the role of the "comedy jester".
Wright told Broadcast he thought viewers wanted football coverage to take a new approach. "Times are changing," he said. "I don't know how long young people are going to want to sit down and watch that same old 'jacket, shirt and tie' format.
"They want people who are dressed like them. They've got no one to relate to and that's . . .
The ex-England and Arsenal striker - a regular on BBC One for several years - complained he was made to take the role of the "comedy jester".
Wright told Broadcast he thought viewers wanted football coverage to take a new approach. "Times are changing," he said. "I don't know how long young people are going to want to sit down and watch that same old 'jacket, shirt and tie' format.
"They want people who are dressed like them. They've got no one to relate to and that's . . .
- 4/17/2008
- by Dave_West_imdb_@digitalspy.co.uk (Dave West)
- Digital Spy
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