Flav goes to court today.
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No preferential treatment there then from Bernie!
I wonder if the action Mosley took against Flav is intended to cover the Spanish TV rights too? Not sure if their remit could stretch that far, but if so it would appear that Mosley really did have an axe to grind against his "friend" Flav, with whom he claimed he could have a perfectly normal dinner despite calling him a Loony. I would think that it probably would strengthen the argument Flav would have if this form of income was also restricted to him.
Not suggesting that we should feel sorry for Flav, he is hardly going to struggle financially in the future unless he has been incredibly reckless with his money. But I would love to see him expose the seedy world in which Mosley and Ecclestone have been operating and further discredit both of them.
I wonder if the action Mosley took against Flav is intended to cover the Spanish TV rights too? Not sure if their remit could stretch that far, but if so it would appear that Mosley really did have an axe to grind against his "friend" Flav, with whom he claimed he could have a perfectly normal dinner despite calling him a Loony. I would think that it probably would strengthen the argument Flav would have if this form of income was also restricted to him.
Not suggesting that we should feel sorry for Flav, he is hardly going to struggle financially in the future unless he has been incredibly reckless with his money. But I would love to see him expose the seedy world in which Mosley and Ecclestone have been operating and further discredit both of them.
andyps said:
But I would love to see him expose the seedy world in which Mosley and Ecclestone have been operating and further discredit both of them.
Yes! I'm hoping he fails in this court thing, then the gloves might really come off. OR if he wins the court rips the FIA a new one, but I think a nice bit of italian revenge would be better viewing.Edited by hairyben on Tuesday 24th November 21:27
zac510 said:
I didn't know that Flav owned the Spanish TV rights. There must be a million other deals like this going on beneath the murky F1 waters..
Team principle for RenaultSpanish 2 times WDC driving for Renault
Team principle owns F1 Spanish TV rights
Team principle is personal manager and boss to the No 2 driver.
So absolutely no conflict of interest there. Nothing could POSSIBLY go wrong...
Edited by plg101 on Tuesday 24th November 23:01
plg101 said:
zac510 said:
I didn't know that Flav owned the Spanish TV rights. There must be a million other deals like this going on beneath the murky F1 waters..
Team principle for RenaultSpanish 2 times WDC driving for Renault
Team principle owns F1 Spanish TV rights
Team principle is personal manager and boss to the No 2 driver.
So absolutely no conflict of interest there. Nothing could POSSIBLY go wrong...
Edited by plg101 on Tuesday 24th November 23:01
plg101 said:
Only integrity and the truth was the victim...
I'm not actually sure I agree with you. I don't believe Flav did anything wrong; he simply exercised the influence he had in order to achieve the result he wanted. This is the essence of business; it is just less usual for be in a position to actually do anything about it.skwdenyer said:
plg101 said:
Only integrity and the truth was the victim...
I'm not actually sure I agree with you. I don't believe Flav did anything wrong; he simply exercised the influence he had in order to achieve the result he wanted. This is the essence of business; it is just less usual for be in a position to actually do anything about it.(though the instigated crash may have technically illegal in the country where it happened but let's not dig that one up)
My point was more that from an outsiders perspective the conflicts of interest would not pass basic probity and integrity tests if compared to more open and transparent sports.
Don't get me wrong, Flav is a huge character and we need them in F1 (most dodgy things have been done in F1 many times before
), but I think you can have big personalities and slightly improved transparency across the sport from where we are now. No problem with entrepreneurs owning TV rights. Buy it, put it in a blind trust.
I don't think team principles should also be the manager for their driver. The drivers manager is a friend and useful arbiter (even better if they are an ex driver - eg Brundle)
PiB said:
Always admired the guy a little despite his critics. I'd like to read his autobiography more so than Bernie's or Max's.
Any autobiography on all 3 will be incredibly selective and not even slightly honest though.Spanky won't come out and admit to all the details of his seedy sidelines. The dwarf will probably just babble on about a load of old tosh, and Flabbio would just discuss his various conquests over the years.
A911DOM said:
So what happened?
Any update?
Jan according to F1liveAny update?
http://en.f1-live.com/f1/en/headlines/news/detail/...
PiB said:
Always admired the guy a little despite his critics. I'd like to read his autobiography more so than Bernie's or Max's.
I don't suppose any of his writings would include what While Bernie and Max are pretty seedy, Flabio is hardly a world away, and I don't imagine I'll ever want to admire them.
clonmult said:
PiB said:
Always admired the guy a little despite his critics. I'd like to read his autobiography more so than Bernie's or Max's.
Any autobiography on all 3 will be incredibly selective and not even slightly honest though.Spanky won't come out and admit to all the details of his seedy sidelines. The dwarf will probably just babble on about a load of old tosh, and Flabbio would just discuss his various conquests over the years.
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