Too much football and sport on television

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Most days when I get home from work I prepare a meal and then turn on the television to catch up on the latest news headlines.  Unfortunately though, there is too much emphasis on sport on the news and TV in general these days, so much so that it sometimes seems to be taking over!

Instead of current affairs, you get the latest football news.  Man United scored these goals and Arsenal did this.  Not really the most important thing going on in the world today!!

It's an obsession in this country

I'm sick and tired of the obsession in this country with sports news and in particular football and rugby.  I don't have anything against sport and think that on the whole it is a positive thing; not only for the health benefits if you participate, but it can also be useful for developing effective teamwork skills.

My main gripe is really with the amount of time dedicated sports news in the media.  It's fine if they provide an update of the English premiership results at the end of the main news, you can just switch off when it starts and at least you have a choice.  What I do find infuriating however, is when the news bulletin starts off with some form of sporting drama.

Who cares if a football club sells a player for an extortionate amount of money, or that Australia kicked England's butt in the cricket again. This isn't newsworthy!  It's sport and as such should be scheduled with other sport related programming.

I think that real news should be shown first because our economy, politics, health and education etc. involve everyone; football on the other hand, is a recreational activity that is not appreciated universally.

Right, I'm off to watch the Grand Prix now, because it's time for my nap and I've had enough of all this bloody football news!!

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Pammie

There are other people on the planet besides sport fanatics perhaps you could show consideration for the wider public its sport or repeats .

17/03 Pammie

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Ann English..dont need a nickname

Football appears to be taking over TV ...Quite simply there needs to be a dedicated sports channel, absolutely sick of it !!!

16/03 Ann English..dont need a nickname

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Marge

I think it is awful how popular programmes suffer when football is on the TV. Why can't the BBC and ITV have special channels for sport. Why should we all suffer.

28/02 Marge

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Marge

Why can't the BBC and ITV have special channels for football etc, instead of everyone having to suffer for football fans.

28/02 Marge

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sprocket

My complaint is excessive live football coverage. 5.5 hours last night and again tonight during peak evening viewing on the main channels BBC1 and ITV1 (FA Cup). Its not even just the 90 minutes of the game, but 2.5 hours on BBC1 and 3 hours on ITV1. Womens and African Cup add to the excess. How many people really want to see live African football?

28/02 sprocket

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Grumpy

Both ITV & BBC have enough channels to dedicate one to football sport only why must we endure trash football , golf,tennis ect on main channels its dire enough with out this crap

28/02 Grumpy

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G.o away

Quite agree it's about time they stick anything to do with sports on there own channels and stop us normal people enjoying our channels you know the people that's not been brainwashed.

22/02 G.o away

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Skeletor

As an intelligent person who loves sport (especially Football).

I would just like to inform the Brainless minority who hate sport, the following:

SPORT HAS GOT EVERY BLOODY RIGHT TO BE SHOWN ON TERRESTRIAL TV ACCORDING TO BOTH

THE GOVERNMENT & OFCOM

So the brainless sport hating minority have LOST.

18/02 Skeletor

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SICKENED

After watching tv series AFTER THE FLOOD it was replaced by football fed up with tv companies doing just as they like no point in following a program if this happens will not bother in future .

10/02 SICKENED

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Susie

Fed up with sport on the telly, programmes being pulled off because of it
I don't pay a TV licence or cablelink for this rubbish

07/02 Susie

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Aylett 67

I can't stand the way football is treated like a tin god by the media and the fans drone on about it like it's the only thing in their lives. Do they think some imported player on 500k a week gives a damn what the fans think and will probably move to another club when they offer him 800k a week? Also the moron pundits the BBC employ on such riveting shows as Final Score should be given the boot and the programme reduced to the results and the tables like it used to.

07/02 Aylett 67

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Fed up

Seriously no need for football to be on itv channels. Ruining tv for people who are not interested. Create a channel just for it.

02/02 Fed up

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Bored of football

Get rid of it off normal channels. It is ridiculous stop. Create a channel and stop shovining it in peoples faces who don't want to know or care.

02/02 Bored of football

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Ikaros

And the other thing. Why BBC news channel is advertising other TV programmes and spending so much News time to tell them about like Strictly come dancing and Traitors etc. I'm not watching these and I'm not even interested watching them.

01/02 Ikaros

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Ikaros

I really agree with this. I don't watch football at all and it is like so much news is about football news and I'm paying my TV licence. Football news should be on sport channel.

01/02 Ikaros

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