The Premiership say “We are great, really”, Ireland enter A1 Grand Prix team.
Top flight football has transitioned from a sport into an entertainment industry, but someone needs to coach their employees on how to promote their product subtly. Frank Lampard thinks the title race is wide open and Wayne Rooney says he doesn’t think the league is getting boring . Well duh lads, you kind of have to say that.
People definately seem to be turning away from football in the same way they got bored with Formula 1 during the mid ’90s – the cause is obvious. The illusion of competition could only ben maintained by the media (predominately Sky) for so long – eventually people realise what they are watching (hint: it is no cooincidence that the three wealthiest clubs finished in the top three positions last year).
Domination achieved in a league through commercial wealth just isn’t interesting. Which is why I’m getting all curious about the new A1 Grand Prix circuit that starts this weekend. The World Cup of Motorsport they’re calling it and Ireland have entered a team. All teams get the same cars, all of which have identical Zytech V8 3.4 litre (540bhp) units. Zytech have a history of supplying performance engines – they have supplied the Formula 3000 circuit for a number of years now
The only thing is Sky have the TV rights…
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