ABC Canberra Sports Watch......update

Tim Gavel Mr ABC Sport Canberra is entertaining me once again.

Now I'm a ABC listener and always listen to the morning news and sport.

And anyone who's followed this blog will know Tim and the crew at the ABC are almost blind to the World Game....

and this morning this..

The Friday sports bulletin is short and snappy and goes for maybe two or three minutes.

Today it was a longer version, possibly Friday weekend sports version.

It started with Australia cricket
Then had a story on the new captain of the Indian cricket team.
Had the Wallabies Rugby Coach interviews
German Tommy Haas flying to New York to see if his blood was okay.
Willie Mason Rugby League, which club would he go to.
Basketball in Canberra.
Motor Cycling.

the list went on and I think maybe ten sports were covered.

But no football. Not a whisper

Can you imagine Tim not telling us about the AFL game'd coming up in Round 12 during the AFL season. Similarly for the Rugby or League seasons?

Can you imagine ANY other radio station in the World not mentioning football in the middle of the season when they mention up to ten other sports.

And not to mention the fact that after going to the Aussie A-League news he could cover something from the rest of the world of football.

Can you imagine any other radio station not mentioning the expected blockbuster game between Sydney and Melbourne at the Dome this weekend in their Friday bulletin. A game which includes a number of Canberrans if we want to be local.

Canberra is a city with over 16,000 footballers, more than the other three codes put together.

In recent World Cups the Socceroos in Germany, and Wallabies in France there was only one World Cup which generated amazing support and interest across the community. Even in this Brumbies town the Rugby World Cup didn't touch the hearts and minds of the broad Canberra community like the Socceroo did.

Everybody could see that.

Tim, are you doing it deliberately? Because it's hard to come to any other conclusion.

Or do you think Tommy Haas flying to New York for a blood test is of more interest to more people than ANY piece of football news, and hopefully a piece of Aussie football news.

Why don't you listen to Warwick Hadfield on the newsround-up just twenty minutes or so after yourself...you might learn something about this country and indeed this city.

And I'm thinking I should run the Tim Gavel Football Media coverage awards in Canberra on our radio show.....

and of course Tim I would love to have you my radio show to debate your coverage of Sport in particularly football. The invitation is open for you.

Justify to the people of Canberra, over 16,000 players why you choose not to include any football news in your Sports bulletin.span>