Töm87 wrote:Manoah2u wrote:
FIA has no dealing nor interest with Television rates, at all. Never has, never will be.
The entertainment part is Bernie's responsibility. So i don't get why FIA at any point should be either worried or feels the need to change anything, at all.
So what excactly is the goal/purpose of FIA then? Why exactly are they organizing racing series when they don't care about audience.
Sorry but this doesn't make much sense.
It makes all the sense. first of all, you skip the Bernie's responsibility part. That is regards to audience. You confuse public entertainment with the actual racing. there are many forms of racing that get zero media attention but still get organised.
How many people actually watch (live) GP2? How many tv viewers do they have? You think FIA cares? they don't.
what FIA does?
sorry, but don't you have internet?
http://www.fia.com
About the FIA
The FIA is the governing body for world motor sport and the federation of the world’s leading motoring organisations.
Founded in 1904, with headquarters in Paris, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) is a non-profit making association. It brings together 236 national motoring and sporting organisations from 141 countries on five continents. Its member clubs represent millions of motorists and their families.
One of the core responsibilities of the FIA is the development of motor sport worldwide. Through its national member clubs the FIA is involved in every level of motor sport and its remit extends to the millions of amateurs and professionals who enjoy motor sport in all of its variety.
The FIA has been dedicated to representing the rights of motoring organisations and motor car users throughout the world via campaigns and activities that defend their interests. On issues such as safety, mobility, the environment and consumer law the FIA actively promotes the interests of motorists at the United Nations, within the European Union and through other international bodies.
The FIA is also the governing body for motor sport worldwide. It administers the rules and regulations for all international four-wheel motor sport including the FIA Formula One World Championship, FIA World Rally Championship, FIA World Touring Car Championship and FIA World Endurance Championship.
* before somebody get's their panties in a bunch:
A non-profit association doesn't mean they do things for free. Even more, the designation as a nonprofit does not mean that the organization does not intend to make a profit, but rather that the organization has no owners and that the funds realized in the operation of the organization will not be used to
benefit any owners.
Simply put, money going to FIA is intended to pay for the costs involved. If for example the FIA president has a salary of 100.000 dollars a year, then this is generally the 'cost' of the service he provides. You could argue he 'benefit's from this job, but that's not how it works, and not relevant to this thread.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A9d%C ... Automobile
Headquartered at 8, Place de la Concorde, Paris, the FIA consists of 213 national member organisations in 125 countries worldwide [ hence the Concorde Agreement, for those who were unaware to why it's called 'Concorde']
Its most prominent role is in the licensing and arbitration of Formula One and World Rally Championship motor racing
The President coordinates the activities of the Federation and proposes resolutions to the various commissions and committees. The President also acts as the representative of the FIA to external organisations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_One
FIA Formula One World Championship..... is sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA)
The racing drivers, constructor teams, track officials, organisers, and circuits are required to be holders of valid Super Licences, the highest class of racing licence issued by the FIA.
Beginning in the 1970s, Bernie Ecclestone rearranged the management of Formula One's commercial rights; he is widely credited with transforming the sport into the multi billion-dollar business it is now.
The formation of the (FISA) during 1979 set off the FISA–FOCA controversy, during which FISA and its president Jean-Marie Balestre disputed repeatedly with FOCA over television revenues and technical regulations. The result was the 1981 Concorde Agreement, which guaranteed technical stability, as teams were to be given reasonable notice of new regulations
FIA is responsible for making rules to combat the spiralling costs of Formula One racing and for ensuring the sport remains as safe as possible. To this end the FIA have instituted a number of rule changes, including new tyre restrictions, multi-race engines, and reductions on downforce. Safety and cost have traditionally been paramount in all rule-change discussions. More recently the FIA has added efficiency to its priorities.
In the interest of making the sport truer to its role as a World Championship, FOM president Bernie Ecclestone has initiated and organised a number of Grands Prix in new countries
FIA does not care whether germany has 1 million or 10 million viewers. FIA does not care whether italy has 1 million viewers or 10 million viewers. FIA does not care whether there are 10 million viewers worldwide or 100 million viewers worldwide.
FIA does not care because it's not FIA's job to care. FIA organises and governs the F1 races. In other words; It recognises a class of formula to exist and it organises events so its existance can be maintained by providing the neccesecity for their existance; race events. In the meanwhile, it comes paired with governing so that there are fair rules existant and that participators comply with these regulations, which includes safety.
F1 PROMOTION is a whole other piece of cake and that is organised by Bernie ecclestone.
Bernie makes F1 [highly] profitable and Bernie is the one who handles the promotion. Bernie owns the television rights, well, through CVC, but basically Bernie is the man who controls the strings.
TV figures going down and less viewers thus is something Bernie Ecclestone worries about. IF he worries about it, and if he doesn't, he has his reasons for this.
Like it or not, it's Bernie's job, not FIA's.
again; never has, never will.
It makes sense if you actually know about it. You could have used google to know this instead of stating it doesn't make any sense - because it does make sense.
