El Pistolero said:Why would they care? Tour, Giro, Vuelta and all important classics would still exist.
Not as we know it.
It's money. "Hey Mr Conatador, we'll give you a million Euros to ride the Tour of London instead of the Tour de France"
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El Pistolero said:Why would they care? Tour, Giro, Vuelta and all important classics would still exist.
MatParker117 said:If News Corporation write a big enough check why would ASO and RCS care?
Not if they throw enough money at the riders.El Pistolero said:Why would they care? Tour, Giro, Vuelta and all important classics would still exist.
The Hitch said:Lol
Son, this is business. The only hope is that they think they can get more out of continuing to run things themselves. But if the bad guys make a high enough offer, everyone has a price.
Ferminal said:How will ASO and RCS earn more whilst most of the TV money is supposed to go to the teams?
Waterloo Sunrise said:You're assuming the pie is the size it is and the only thing left is a fight over who gets which slice.
If the French TV rights for the Tour are really that low, then the sport is grossly mismanaged and underselling itself, and everyone could be doing better with a little coordinated action.
Christian said:I told you when Sky joined cycling, in a couple of years we will only have cycling on PayTV. Dimlylitspace laughed at me. Too bad he is gone now.
Christian said:I told you when Sky joined cycling, in a couple of years we will only have cycling on PayTV. Dimlylitspace laughed at me. Too bad he is gone now.
El Pistolero said:Yeah, why would you want to watch HD cycling over a crappy stream online that will fall out more than Abondany himself?
Parrulo said:this would kill cycling.
ASO, RCS, Unisport and the flandrien classics won't let this happen, particularly RCS and the flandriens.
El Pistolero said:Why would they care? Tour, Giro, Vuelta and all important classics would still exist.
Christian said:I told you when Sky joined cycling, in a couple of years we will only have cycling on PayTV. Dimlylitspace laughed at me. Too bad he is gone now.
Ryo Hazuki said:I'm sure aso want them to f*** up paris nice, dauphinee, fleche, lbl etc besides aso want to distribute wildcards, this new system would stop that. no chance in hell
Waterloo Sunrise said:You're assuming the pie is the size it is and the only thing left is a fight over who gets which slice.
If the French TV rights for the Tour are really that low, then the sport is grossly mismanaged and underselling itself, and everyone could be doing better with a little coordinated action.
Just like in F1?Ferminal said:Yes and their model assumes willingness to pay 2, 3, 4, 5 times more than broadcasters currently pay for cycling.
Is the World Tour a league in its own or is it part of the UCI? There must be a clear decision on where we’re going, let’s say for the next three seasons. Teams and riders must be united to go in the same direction. We want the public to understand our sport. We want a world ranking that determines who is the best rider and which is the best team. The ranking must sanction the season and qualify for the WorldTour the following season. The sporting evaluation system is very confusing. We need clarification
El Pistolero said:Yeah, why would you want to watch HD cycling over a crappy stream online that will fall out more than Abondany himself?
Christian said:I watch most races on TV for free, dunno about you, clearly I seem to have struck a nerve with this
Christian said:I told you when Sky joined cycling, in a couple of years we will only have cycling on PayTV. Dimlylitspace laughed at me. Too bad he is gone now.