Dear sirs, Thank you for making it both very expensive and very complicated to watch live MotoGP in the UK. Thank you for thinking in terms only of money and not in terms of how racing fans can engage with the sport. As of 2014 I will not be watching MotoGP due to BT's monopoly and there are many other people in the same situation. Why don't you try and ruin WSB too as I also enjoy watching that. Regards Tom
I took a couple of pensioners to prison once for refusing to pay their licence, or rather refusing to pay the fine for not having the licence. Serious stuff.
TV License £145 and I guess plenty of my hard earned pounds found their way in to one of the many nonces employed by the BBC's pension pots!!. I pay sky about £490p/A for TV, BB and phone. I very nearly cancelled it other other day going to freeview. But didn't because I like the bike racing on Eurosport. 9/10 I watch a recorded version anyway. No freaking way am I going to pay BT an additional £30 a month for MGP and WSB (They will do that) So I like many pay a lot for not a lot. TBH I don't really watch much TV so would not miss it.
Who remembers the day when you could watch an Ali-Frasier fight live on free to view TV? And then Murdoch came along and ruined the Prem - amongst other things.
Will be interesting to see if this move is perceived as restricting TV access to MGP, and how it may effect team sponsorship? How many potential sponsors may reconsider if they feel Moto GP coverage will decline in the UK? Of course Dorna will have carried out a thorough 'due diligence' process before accepting BT's bid, won't they??
Probably true. The promoters like putting their eggs in one basket and don't seem able to develop the series. Four races in Spain and three in the US, out of eighteen? I understand the Spanish punters can fill the grandstands, but some balance needs to be brought in - preferably two rounds rotated between the four circuits (ideally three and get rid of Valencia). And where would the whole thing be without Red Bull?
I hope the manufacturers use this as an excuse to walk away from Dorna and motogp and make a new championship with a focus on true prototype racing with few restrictions. Let the CRT teams battle it out and jump through Dorna's hoops. I'd rather watch the manufacturers' association ultima-GP, no-holds-barred speedfest. What ever tyres you want. What ever engine you want. No electronics or everything electronics - what ever is decided to be better. No weight limit. No testing restrictions and no budget limitations. Enter the bike you build. Founding principle must be that it will never ever get sold to BT or Dorna
