"bert" wrote in message ...
Yes but it's a cartel of 20 member companies in a monopoly position and my point is
that would not be allowed outside sport and you still haven't come up with an example
to contradict me but keep trying.
It sits on top of another cartel the Championship with strict rules on entry and exit.
The further down the chain you go the less attractive it is to TV and so becomes of
lesser consequence.

The Royal Horticultural Society is equally strict as to who it will
admit and who it will allow to exhibit at the Chelsea Flower Show.
Which is the only horticultural show to be shown on national TV
every year. And for which the two up market(ish) broadcasting
organisations - the BBC and Channel4 regularly bid.

Crufts was in the same position until all the broo-hah-hah about
in-breeding, and in-bred faults, which cost it its popularity and
relegation to a minority channel.

So there are two examples for a start.



michael adams

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