The Boat Race(s)
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NYboro
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What channel's that on?
chocolate_sandwich
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I’d have Albanians versus Afghans next year…
different kind of boat race though…
different kind of boat race though…
Honey_Glazed_Sausages
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Imagine being angry about two universities taking part in competitive sport 
Will probably quite happily sit there and watch horses being whipped into running faster so people can gamble at the 2.45 at Carlisle though
Will probably quite happily sit there and watch horses being whipped into running faster so people can gamble at the 2.45 at Carlisle though
The Ruthsayer
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It is for Oxbridge. Check out the recent Chancellors. And Spitting Image.
The Ruthsayer
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Institutions that actively perpetuate the worst excesses of the class system.
SmallTown
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I know it's de riguer to be a class warrior on this site, and fine. But the boat race? Really?
The Ruthsayer
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Yes really. Why would you make a particular exception for this cynosure of snobbery?
BoroMart
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education isn't elitism, Oxbridge is elitism.
BoroMart
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you imagine wrong. The BBC do pay for it.
SmallTown
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Because it's a great day out, a great sporting competition and a great tradition. Like I said, I totally get it, this place is a haven for class warfare, always has been. It's just a strange target
BoroMart
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in your view.
An alternative one is that it's a symbol of rich trust fund blue blood old etonian kids moving on to their coveted world of creating life long relationships to ensure their rise to the top, built on their foundation of personal family wealth.
I go with this view rather than yours, but hey each to their own.
SmallTown
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I can't find any evidence of this? {Paying for the boat race itself that is) I imagine they pay for the COVERAGE? Which makes it the same as every single program on the BBC? I find tennis dull and elitist. Yet I understand MY taxes also go on showing a tennis tournament every summer?
SmallTown
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In the view of 10 million people who either attend or watch.
How many of the crews yesterday came from Eton? Just curious. Are you making things up or is this a fact?
BoroMart
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I'm sure you are aware that is exactly what I meant.
If you don't know how google works I can provide a link where the BBC signed a 7 year deal for coverage of the boat race. It wasn't signed for free.
BBC extends Boat Race rights to 2021
The BBC will continue to broadcast live coverage of the University Boat Race until at least 2021 after signing a new seven-year deal to keep one of Britain’s longest running sporting events o…
sport-onthebox.com
The Ruthsayer
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I'm not a class warrior ST. Before I left the City most of my friends had been through the public/private school, Oxbridge (or at least Russell League) route. I did, hopefully, allow them to see that they were genuinely fortunate and appreciate that lack of opportunity did not equate to lack of intelligence or high moral standards. Often the reverse.
That does not prevent me from disliking the overt display of wealth and privilege.
SmallTown
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I wasn't know. Because you seemed to be upset about it. So I presumed it wasn't just for the coverage, which is obvious. So, jsut to be clear, they don't PAY for the boat race.I'm sure you are aware that is exactly what I meant.
If you don't know how google works I can provide a link where the BBC signed a 7 year deal for coverage of the boat race. It wasn't signed for free.
BBC extends Boat Race rights to 2021
The BBC will continue to broadcast live coverage of the University Boat Race until at least 2021 after signing a new seven-year deal to keep one of Britain’s longest running sporting events o…
They pay for the coverage. Ergo they pay for the & million people who watch? That's kind of how TV works mate. You pay for things and they get views. If they don't, you don't pay for them
SmallTown
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It's a boat race? They aren't driving their ferraris around council estate. You claim not to be a class warrior yet think a few people rowing is an overt display of wealth and privilege?
de rigueur (he said snobbishly)
BoroMart
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I'm not upset about anything, I merely stated my viewpoint, it's a messageboard, that's what people do.
The BBC use taxpayers money to pay for a bunch of toffs to show off their elitism and exceptionalism. That doesn't sit well with me. You are entitled to your opinion, but it doesn't make mine less valid.