Originally Posted by DEmberton:
“You seem to be comparing F1 to all football, which is completely inaccurate.”
Yes, that's what I intended to do.
Football in this country does genuinely go a lot further than just the Premier League. There is motorsport life outside F1 in this country, but you couldn't say it was anything remotely as extensive as football outside of the PL.
Originally Posted by DEmberton:
“There's lots of other motor racing on TV, and lots of regular motor racing you can see to feel connected that never makes it on TV”
As someone else said, lots of motorsport that (in relative terms) nobody watches.
Originally Posted by DEmberton:
“I'd suggest motor racing is the second most relevant sport to most people”
I don't even think you could say F1 is the second most relevant sport to most people, let alone include other categories of motorsport.
Originally Posted by DEmberton:
“and whilst F1 is the pinnacle and may seem a bit elitist and out of touch it's hardly more so than the premiership.”
People like F1 in part
because it's elitist and the pinnacle of motorsport. People liked football before it was elitist and out of touch and for the main part continue to like it
despite (some of) it becoming increasingly elitist and out of touch.
Look, I'm not having a go at either F1 or football - just trying to explain why I think F1 will go an entirely different way when it is exclusively live to pay-TV.