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BBC Scotland "Sport" coverage

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  1. kaputnik
    Moderator

    For some reason, I ended up on the BBC Scotland "Sport" webpage.

    I've always suspected known that this is basically a football website in all but name.

    I counted up the links (there are 75).

    84% football (73% of these, or 59% of the entire page is Premier league specific)
    8% Rugby Union
    3% Golf
    3% Boxing
    1% Tennis
    3% were general links to BBC's own sports services

    The Golf, Boxing and Tennis stories relate to specific matches (i.e. they're not generic / regular coverage).

    Kind of pathetic "balance", isn't it.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  2. amir
    Member

    It's strange, given which sports Scotland is world class in.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  3. Nelly
    Member

    kaps,

    I am also not a BBC Scotland fan.

    Their parochialism knows no bounds, and (if you delved deeper) you would see that it is barely more than a mouthpiece for both major glasgow football clubs (meaning they enjoy the lions share of the 59% total).

    So, IMO its not even as good as you suggest !

    I get so much more out of downloaded Guardian, or main BBC sport site, which (not perfect) but gives decent nods to other sports.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  4. Min
    Member

    "It's strange, given which sports Scotland is world class in. "

    Judo? Elephant Polo?

    I have never bothered with sports pages, not so much because they are almost exclusively football but because they are almost exclusively male. Nothing of interest for me.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  5. amir
    Member

    Cycling!!

    Also curling, tennis, golf ...
    (many including female)

    Football - perhaps not so good

    Posted 13 years ago #

  6. DaveC
    Member

    I too hate the BEEB for only having the post dinner show on FM. Dab has all the FM content until ~7pm when they switch to footie.... FM reception is pants in my office and we have Linux boxes so I can't even listen online as the permissions are restricted.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  7. Uberuce
    Member

    http://www.iplayerconverter.co.uk may help?

    Posted 13 years ago #

  8. DaveC
    Member

    Thanks Uberuce, but our PC accees is over Citrix with definately no access to sound.

    Posted 13 years ago #

  9. Smudge
    Member

    In our house "Sportscene" was generally derided as "Footballscene" and switched off/over at the first note of the intro theme!

    Posted 13 years ago #

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