Don't you love cricket

gclark8

I was watching the cycling on LCN3, then the bloody cricket came on,
checked LCN33 news channel, a rotating globe no live news,
Checked LCN31, no EPG just a program on beach shacks,
checed back on LCN3, still the bloody cricket!!!

Why can't SBS use one of their spare channels for the cricket when the TDF is on the main channel??? Why do I bother with digital TV??

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runna

The worst thing is that they interrupt the last stage just to say "It's raining and the cricket is on at the moment". So the cricket is interupting Le Tour even when they aren't playing!!!! WTF?

neon

The impression I got last night was that the TdF was something of annoyance to SBS, and that they would have been much happier to show just the cricket. Perhaps SBS should reminded that TdF is only second to Olympics and the World Cup in the world of the sport. It wasn’t like it was the last day, of the test, with series tie at two all.

SBS have made a mockery of its say called commitment to cycling. Every stage of the TdF live on live SBS has been hammer into its viewers all year long. That statement should have been a foot noted with, unless some other sporting event is on, then we’ll show that. I really is false advertising. They have betrayed the trust of the their viewers (consumers), which is not good thing to do in any business.

rooman

My Post to SBS Cycling Central Forums is down below Choatus's bleet

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Originally Posted by choatus The Ashes takes over and so it should!!!!

yeah, but in its place, not as SBS have done with the first test...they had a prior commitment to the Tour de France, a much bigger world wide event than the Ashes can ever hope to subscribe to be....and during the over-lap of the end of the Tour and the First Ashes test of just three days it made sense to tape the Ashes and have highlights or delayed telecasts straight after the Tour coverage.... BUT no, we got disjointed fractured coverage of both with a strong emphasis on boring studio commentary and ads for hair replacement by cricket hasbeens....
The Tour this year had huge significance for Australia, a record number of Ozzie riders, three stage victories already, two riders vying in the final stage for the Green jersey, and oh yeah some guy called Armstrong just happened to be about to claim an unheard of super human effort beyond the imagination of any of the criketers at Lords of 7 consecutive Tour wins.....7, in the hardest most grueling challenging human endeavour known, in the world's largest annual sporting event.....
Cricket??? what is that...some kind of insect...in comparison to the Tour, it most certainly is..... and I grew up playing cricket since I was two....I have watched every Ashes series televised and gone along to the SCG and MCG whenever I could... but on this occasion, in doesnt rank even close to what the Tour is, what the Tour means, and the Spectacle it delivers to us.
Vivé leTour...... in 2006 SBS, please get it right...we make a committment to you to watch the show you promise to deliver, you broke your committment to show it to us as promised again and again.
Your program schedulers/controllers need sacking or at least have nothing to do ever again with the Tour and its airtime planning and delivery to us..., hopefully next year you'll get it right....
meantime well done, Stuart, Matty, Alan, Simon, Brad, Baden, Robbie, Cadel, Luke, Michael...... huge effort from all of you to finish the tour, as great ambassadors for Australia, you rode 3800+ kilometers HUGE....oh and Lance and his team, Jan, Ivan, Vino, Rassmussen , Tricky, Big George, Floyd, and all the others who braved this magical and arduous event....you guys are amazing and deserve greater respect from SBS for what they did to you on stages 19, 20 & 21.....
Cycling is more than an event, more than just sport, it is a lifestyle choice that can enhance and enrich mans presence on earth, it is wholesome, ecologically sound and delivers to more of mankind in so many ways that those followers of cricket could never understand...and from an Australian perspective it delivers huge benfits to our communities daily, much more than cricket can ever seek to do.... I personally love the swack of red leather on the willow, but I put it in perspective...it isnt in the class of cycling, never will be and that is all that can be said.....
* A moment of silence for those riders who arn't with us RIP*

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fatboy61

Rooman for PM!

kaeotee

The annoying thing was that it was advertised as being on. If they had said the cricket took precedence I wouldn't have minded so much.

Patrick88

Maybe because cricket is better. Don't get me wrong, the tour was cool but cricket is just above it.

gclark8

Patrick,

What about sheep dog trials? Where would you place them, above cricket or below cycling?

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jcjordan

or grass growing

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fatboy61

Q: What's a hindu??

A: It lays iggs eh bro..

runna

If I was a New Zealander, just for pride, it would have to be above cricket and cycling. Hehe.

Although you do have Sarah Ulmer, she's a champion.

jcjordan

So did anyone who complained to SBS even get a reply?

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fatboy61

Ahh yes, Sarah Ulmer, (sigh). I want Sarah Ulmer to have my children.

Oh and jcjordan, yes I did, and no I didn't

peterlip

I e-mailed them towards the end of week 2, when they went to commercial just before O'Grady in the 2nd group was about to sprint at the end of a stage. I was one of many.
Received an appology the following morning, and (surprisingly) they seemed to take more care with commercial placement after that.
However, over the last two days of the tour, with all the cricket interuptions, I e-mailed them 3 times, never got a response. I should actually write them a letter, because then it has to treated as an official complaint. This is stated somewhere on the web site. E-mails have no official status.