Isn't this the racism that is discussed here?MadMax wrote: ↑10 Nov 2022, 12:05Do you think Dutch commentators spend lots of time talking about Hamilton or Alonso instead of Max, or are they concentrating on Max? It's hardly a shock that people talk about people like them more than they talk about people that aren't.RonMexico wrote: ↑10 Nov 2022, 00:24You'd think they would spend more time talking about the most talented one considering he is the reigning championPlatinumZealot wrote: ↑09 Nov 2022, 23:56
It's normal that the most popular, most exciting driver will be talked about more.
Every sport has this. I'm sorry you have to go through so much pain.
It has to cater to the Irish market also. I have no option but to pay sky UK & ROI for F1 coverage.MadMax wrote: ↑10 Nov 2022, 12:39Other domestic broadcasters can overlay their own commentary if they so wish.RonMexico wrote: ↑10 Nov 2022, 12:26That is not correct.littlebigcat wrote: ↑10 Nov 2022, 12:22No. Sky has just the UK to cater to. If other broadcasters decide that it’s in their interest to pay Sky for their feed then your issue with the content is with that broadcaster not Sky.
Yeah and actually knows these cars cars and he is not biased to his old team or anyoneaMessageToCharlie wrote: ↑31 Oct 2022, 12:59Yeah, same. It's a shame Rosberg got exiled from the paddock for not taking the flu shot. He's one of the best commentators you can get but who cares about providing quality service to the paying fans.maxxer wrote: ↑31 Oct 2022, 09:34Who else noticed all of them using the same words:
"Loud pedal"
"under rotation"
They look like a bunch of gypsy's on the pit walk now no one like to talk to a pensioned guy who never did well in his career
I like the W Formula lady and Rosberg when he joins he knows these cars
Well Scots would be still be British if they gain independence so British driver glorification applies to them too. But please do tell me more of what the Scottish would think.mendis wrote: ↑10 Nov 2022, 17:10Remember, there are rumors of a second Scotland independence referendum doing rounds and even in the first one, there were 44% people that wanted independance. Under such circumstances, assuming all the Scots would love to see the British driver glorification is far fetched and Scots also have to watch Sky F1.
You can find any number of online streams for free from all over the world if you don't wish to take Sky's coverage.
You omitted the first part of my post, that means you agree that part.littlebigcat wrote: ↑10 Nov 2022, 19:45Well Scots would be still be British if they gain independence so British driver glorification applies to them too. But please do tell me more of what the Scottish would think.mendis wrote: ↑10 Nov 2022, 17:10Remember, there are rumors of a second Scotland independence referendum doing rounds and even in the first one, there were 44% people that wanted independance. Under such circumstances, assuming all the Scots would love to see the British driver glorification is far fetched and Scots also have to watch Sky F1.
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-44361867?At the same time, there has been a long-term decline in Scots defining themselves as British, although more than half of the people in the survey saw themselves as British. In the 2011 Census in Scotland: 62% identified themselves as Scottish only. 18% identified themselves as Scottish and British.
Scots are British because Great Britain is the Union of Scotland and England (with Wales who were annexed by the English back in the 1284 and are thus technically part of England.). The UK is Great Britain and Northern Ireland. So the Northern Irish are not British, although some claim to be.
I am not Brisitsh. Sky is British and Formula 1 is British. When I watch F1 I take it as ingesting a little bit of British culture. And I like it. I am under no illusions that the coverage won't be British biased.littlebigcat wrote: ↑10 Nov 2022, 12:22No. Sky has just the UK to cater to. If other broadcasters decide that it’s in their interest to pay Sky for their feed then your issue with the content is with that broadcaster not Sky.
This is not about the theoretical definition of what a British is. This is about what people living in Scotland are currently associating with as an identity and the potential lack of unanimous acceptance in their buying of British driver glorification by Sky F1, which people are peddling as a norm acceptable to Brits, including Scots.MadMax wrote: ↑11 Nov 2022, 01:07Scots are British because Great Britain is the Union of Scotland and England (with Wales who were annexed by the English back in the 1284 and are thus technically part of England.). The UK is Great Britain and Northern Ireland. So the Northern Irish are not British, although some claim to be.
And, no, you can't say "English" as convenience for "British". Unless you're USian, of course, who regularly get that wrong. The English and the Scots are different. Both are British.
I think historically.... There was a place called "Britannia" and another place north of that.. The land of the "Celts" or somehting to that effect.MadMax wrote: ↑11 Nov 2022, 01:07Scots are British because Great Britain is the Union of Scotland and England (with Wales who were annexed by the English back in the 1284 and are thus technically part of England.). The UK is Great Britain and Northern Ireland. So the Northern Irish are not British, although some claim to be.
And, no, you can't say "English" as convenience for "British". Unless you're USian, of course, who regularly get that wrong. The English and the Scots are different. Both are British.
Hold up.mendis wrote: ↑11 Nov 2022, 03:40This is not about the theoretical definition of what a British is. This is about what people living in Scotland are currently associating with as an identity and the potential lack of unanimous acceptance in their buying of British driver glorification by Sky F1, which people are peddling as a norm acceptable to Brits, including Scots.MadMax wrote: ↑11 Nov 2022, 01:07Scots are British because Great Britain is the Union of Scotland and England (with Wales who were annexed by the English back in the 1284 and are thus technically part of England.). The UK is Great Britain and Northern Ireland. So the Northern Irish are not British, although some claim to be.
And, no, you can't say "English" as convenience for "British". Unless you're USian, of course, who regularly get that wrong. The English and the Scots are different. Both are British.
If I am a Scot and do not associate myself as British and not interested in British driver glorification but I only get Sky F1 to watch, you are not representing me when you say it's perfectly normal that Sky F1 glorifies British driver and I don't have a problem as a Scot.
It's not a theoretical definition of "British". It's a legal one. A Scot, like an Englishman and a Welshman, will have "British" in their passport. A Scotsman is British until Scotland secedes from the Union. At that point, Scotland can call its citizens whatever it/they want. Until that point, they are British.mendis wrote: ↑11 Nov 2022, 03:40This is not about the theoretical definition of what a British is. This is about what people living in Scotland are currently associating with as an identity and the potential lack of unanimous acceptance in their buying of British driver glorification by Sky F1, which people are peddling as a norm acceptable to Brits, including Scots.MadMax wrote: ↑11 Nov 2022, 01:07Scots are British because Great Britain is the Union of Scotland and England (with Wales who were annexed by the English back in the 1284 and are thus technically part of England.). The UK is Great Britain and Northern Ireland. So the Northern Irish are not British, although some claim to be.
And, no, you can't say "English" as convenience for "British". Unless you're USian, of course, who regularly get that wrong. The English and the Scots are different. Both are British.
If I am a Scot and do not associate myself as British and not interested in British driver glorification but I only get Sky F1 to watch, you are not representing me when you say it's perfectly normal that Sky F1 glorifies British driver and I don't have a problem as a Scot.