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22nd April 2009, 11:32 #21
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Originally Posted by Iskald
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22nd April 2009, 11:45 #22
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22nd April 2009, 13:07 #23
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Originally Posted by BDunnell
I know one thing for sure, (regardless of how we rate the TV-broadcasts in quality, enterntainment value etc.), rallying and especially WRC is being shown on television all around the world both more often and in much larger quantities than it was some years ago. Note that I am now referring to the world, not just Great Britain (where I understand you are used to good coverage since many years ago). I am also fully aware that coverage and broadcasts should have the potential to be even better, but this is in my understanding of the matter first and foremost a question about costs and the fact that rallying is a very costly sport to produce properly (as a TV-producer myself I know one or two things about that...)
I don`t know the facts about general public interest, except for what I have observed myself during WRC-events from 1981 and up to today. Longer (in duration) and bigger (in geography) events 20 years ago could possibly have generated more spectators that the WRC-events of today, but I don`t think so. There were so many stages in each rally before, and spectators were scattered over a much bigger area during a day af rallying. My first WRC-rally was Sweden in 1981, and it was a delight to follow as we had many more stages to chose from. Each stage was much less crowded than it is today. For the dedicated followers of rallying, this situation was of course much better than it is today. But then we are talking the proper fans, not the general public.
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22nd April 2009, 13:13 #24
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Originally Posted by Iskald
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22nd April 2009, 13:31 #25
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Originally Posted by BDunnell
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22nd April 2009, 17:11 #26
A rally with a wider geographic area would attract more spectators because people who’s not dedicated fans would go and watch (maybe) if they could reach the stages by 50-100 km driving instead of 200-300 km as it is today. Only true rally fans are ready to drive several hundreds of kilometres to go to a rally. Also people could say: “the rally is coming to our village/town”.
For the organizer a wider geographic area could be a problem. For example at NORF 2007 the organizer had difficulties to find enough volunteers to act as safety crews at Ouninpohja.
So I would say that it’s not possible to return to the good old days but there should indeed be more diversity than there are today.“Don’t eat the yellow snow” Frank Zappa
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22nd April 2009, 18:09 #27
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22nd April 2009, 18:40 #28
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Originally Posted by OldF
For this year, the solution was no Ouninpohja which is a loss to the sport.Photos: rallirinki.kuvat.fi | Twitter: @HartusvuoriWRC
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22nd April 2009, 19:00 #29
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Originally Posted by HartusvuoriThere are two rules for success
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22nd April 2009, 20:14 #30
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However I think one solution mentioned above with about 8-10 rallies every year (Monte, Sweden, Norway, Portugal, Argentina, Greece, NZ, Aussi, GB)and two more which will vary. How about that?
I think NORF this year will be the last real rally fom many years to come, especially if Juha will participate. We will talk about this last real rally in the future. Remember I said it first!"Reis vas pät pat kaar vas kut"
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