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Originally Posted by wolfhound

Even though I am not a fan of Pitpass I like this article by Mike Lawrence. Its where he compares F1 teams to football teams and how soccer players are paid compared to F1 drivers.

http://www.pitpass.com/50876/The-Elastoplast-Technique

Ah Yes. Mike has a sharp tongue and an incisive pen.
Good article, and by that I simply mean I agree with his comments.
He's right.
There is something seriously wrong with F1.
The fact that the 100 year rights were sold by the FIA (the sport does not belong to the FIA executive, it belongs to followers, the fans) is a major piece of irresponsible management, and at the very least, incredibly short sighted.

In any professional international sport the governing body are the simply the managers for the public interest. they do it well, and succeed, or they do it badly and fail miserably.