31-08-2011, 05:02 PM
Andrew McHarg Wrote:J*R Wrote:I could be wrong, but I can't recall any other events in England or Europe where expensive sensorary boards are used to broadcast games between players who could be as lowely rated as 1200.
Well then I think CS are being more innovative than these other countries.
I don't think people watch the lower graded live boards because they want to see brilliantly accurate Chess, I think they watch them for exactly the opposite reason. Surely something which generates more interest in the events, is worth giving a shot; and it seemed to be a bit of a hit at the last event.
Your viewpoint is like suggesting that we shouldn't watch women's tennis anymore because the men are obviously the best in the world! =) When I want to see good tennis I watch the top 5 men, when I want to see Maria Sharapova and Co. I watch the women. :U
A better comparision is to compare the ATP tour with the challengers. Can't really use men's and women's tennis because they don't play against each other. All ATP tour events with the best players in the world are broadcast live, where as the second teer challengers events are not. There is a reason for this, because people want to watch the best players and that is where the money is. It is pretty much the same in every sport. you don't have Sunday League amateur football games being broadcast on TV.