For the first time since SABC television broadcasts began in 1970s, it seems that one of the country’s oldest sports events, the Comrades Marathon, will not be shown live on Sunday, June 9. This is after SABC and Athletics SA failed to reach an agreement
This is after the SABC and Athletics SA failed to reach an agreement at a crucial meeting in Auckland Park on Thursday afternoon.
The SABC offered R3.3 million but ASA wants R14 million annually for the package. The athletics body is not willing to unbundle the events and negotiate each race separately. Although the SABC’s executive is still to reach a final decision, it looks as if a blackout of the Comrades is on the cards – which will hurt athletics in South Africa.ASA’s chief executive, Richard Stander, told City Press: “It’s not us who are going to stop it [from being on TV], it’s the SABC. We said we cannot accept the offer because it was an embarrassment. ASA will consider the same offer as last year. That was our departure point.
“My interpretation is that [they thought] we were in trouble and that we would take any offer, so they deliberately gave us that weak offer, with the Two Oceans just ahead of us. We refused.” The Two Oceans race office, via its communications department, had promised to comment, but had not done so by the time of going to print.
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