Whenever I've watched half an hour of it on C4

I've been lucky to see five minutes of live sport. Ads, mindless chatting and the odd replay.

I've not been impressed.

Posted By: duke of york on September 5th 2012 at 17:51:07

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I must say, I'm a little underwhelmed by the wheelchair rugby - so called 'murder ball' (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Sep 5, 17:05:43
- The slight difficulty I have with the paralympics (Other Sports) - paulg, Sep 5, 17:31:48
  - I agree (Other Sports) - Old Git, Sep 5, 18:30:47
  - Went to the wheelchair basketball on Sat (Other Sports) - Surrey Yella, Sep 5, 17:55:01
    - Perhaps I was caught in the moment (Other Sports) - Surrey Yella, Sep 5, 18:53:22
    - In what way? Just out of interest? (n/m) (Other Sports) - UtterlyHuckerby, Sep 5, 17:55:40
  - Have you watching any wheelchair basketball? (Other Sports) - RootunTootunHootun, Sep 5, 17:47:02
    - do you mean better than able bodied basketball players? (Other Sports) - paulg, Sep 5, 17:50:44
      - Best in the world at wheelchair basketball (Other Sports) - RootunTootunHootun, Sep 5, 17:57:32
  - as hard as they try (Other Sports) - Charles21, Sep 5, 17:41:23
    - I agree with this. I think it is more about saying that you can still be active rather (Other Sports) - UtterlyHuckerby, Sep 5, 17:48:38
    - i haven't watched any of it (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Sep 5, 17:43:58
      - Why is channel 4 so tricky? It's just button 4 on my turneroverer. (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Sep 5, 17:50:14
        
        because it's not a channel i often switch to (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Sep 5, 17:53:17
        
        Maybe, but BBC only bid ?3m and were going to show 50 hours (Other Sports) - RootunTootunHootun, Sep 5, 18:04:56
        
        it just doesn't have the same "feel" on Ch4 (Other Sports) - Charles21, Sep 5, 17:58:48
        
        yeah they just devalue the event (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Sep 5, 17:59:45
        
        would be awful (n/m) (Other Sports) - Charles21, Sep 5, 18:03:20
      - I turned Ch4 on and within 20 seconds there was adverts (Other Sports) - Charles21, Sep 5, 17:46:13
        
        Whenever I've watched half an hour of it on C4 (Other Sports) - duke of york, Sep 5, 17:51:07
        
        Ch 450, 451 or 452 if you have Sky. No ads! (n/m) (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Sep 5, 17:55:03
        
        doesn't help that ade adepitan is a truly hopeless commentator (n/m) (Other Sports) - paulg, Sep 5, 17:47:36
        
        did they bring that otis guy back from the world champs? (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Sep 5, 17:49:01
      - well apart from the interview with pistorious (Other Sports) - SCC 28, Sep 5, 17:44:53
  - Some of the basketball matches have been exciting spectacles to watch - close scores and (Other Sports) - Bravo win or die, Sep 5, 17:35:31

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