'Understand the true value of what you have in your hands, and don’t dispose of something with more cultural heft than you will ever have in your here-today-gone-tomorrow career.' JohnnyTheNic
The BBC have p*ssed away one of the few precious moments that unifies fans nationwide…Johnny Nic is dismayed at the decision to pull the 5pm reading of the classified results. The BBC must think again and restore a cultural cornerstone…The BBC’s decision to abandon the reading of the classified results at 5pm in 5Live’s Sports Report on Saturday is a terrible decision. Some traditions are worth keeping.
These simple exchanges of information may seem small and insignificant to those who work out the cost of everything but know the value of nothing. Yet, they are part of simple warp and weft of our community lives. It is not as if the five minutes it occupies can cost the corporation any money. All you’re doing is paying someone to read out some scores. Hell, if you’re short of the cash to pay Charlotte, we, the people, the people who you are broadcasting for, will pay her to do it.