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Sky to sponsor BC
Gary72:
I liked the statement they made about the majority of british female olypians ending up out of pocket, even the bloke on the horse was spending his own money :wtf:
No wonder we dont do any good, our people have to pay for themselves. Sport and competion are stiffled at an early age in this country, My 2 boys got certificates for TAKING part in there sports day. Tried explaining this to the Aussie at work and she was like :wtf:
Would like to know the odds on Shanaze winning as I would put a tenner on her to win gold.
Flying_fox:
--- Quote from: Robo-Gary72 on July 24, 2008, 11:48 AM ---
Would like to know the odds on Shanaze winning as I would put a tenner on her to win gold.
--- End quote ---
Not very good now I should'nt think, everyone knows who she is. As soon as it was announced that BMX was going to be in the Olympics a few years ago I tried to get odds on her, not one bookie replied to my emails. I think I missed the boat there. >:(
dialledbikes:
I think Shanaze does nicely from her Redline, Oakley and Adidas contracts alone not to have to worry about the funding she gets from BC. She was also driving a nice new BMW 1-series last time I saw her.
If she wins gold in Beijing she'll do even better through endorsements and tv appearances. Not bad for a 19 year old lass from the mean streets of Crewe.
And she deserves every penny of it. Just wish we had more like her and some male equivalents as it would be great to see Brits kicking world and euro butt in BMX again.
Flying_fox:
Anyway back to the thread subject…….
This years Brits are going to be shown on SKY (as were last years). See here : http://www.britishbmxchampionships.co.uk/news.html
SKY money will make a difference, even if not directly to grass roots level.
SKY = exposure = more people joining clubs = move revenue.
SKY = exposure = more awareness of the sports for local councils = more tracks = more clubs/places to ride.
bmxmatt1974:
they just showed a bit about this on sky sports news, when they went back to the presenters they were talking about how shanaze would win gold
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