Bristol!

[Clogston29]

From Jayski:

Why #1 Crew Chief not fined: FOX Sports used the same excuse for profanity creeping into Sunday's broadcast of the Nextel Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway as CBS did for Janet Jackson's breast being exposed during halftime of Super Bowl XXXVIII. Equipment malfunction. "We've talked to FOX Sports and they told us there was a malfunction, that it wasn't deliberate,'' NASCAR spokesman Jim Hunter said Tuesday. "They told us there's some sort of system in play where there's a delay. For whatever reason, it didn't work. They assured us they're looking at ways to make sure that doesn't reoccur.'' The incident occurred when the in-car radio conversation between crew chief Kevin Manion and his driver, Martin Truex., Jr., was broadcast. Manion was caught using the same word that earned driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. a $10,000 fine and the loss of 25 points two years ago at Talladega Superspeedway. Hunter said Manion was not fined because "this was a glitch that occurred.''(NASCAR.com)(3-29-2006)

[seabass]

Well, at least it was true

[basswipe]

There's one major differance between Janet's boob and this weeks race and that is the 5 second delay.It has been in affect since the boob.
The "censors" at Fox were sleeping at the wheel but that's not a reasonable excuse.Why?

One of the major differances between Nascar and all other sports is that crew to driver conversations can be intercepted by a scanner and that's why the innappropriate language rule as defined by Nascar was adopted.Simply put no exceptions,well except in this case obvisiously.
Geez I wonder why Nascar would allow that?

The 1 team should be fined $10,000 and 25 driver points just like any other team would be penalized.Period.

[Clogston29]

Then shouldn't teams be fined for swearing over the radio even if it doesn't get put on TV, they'd have to fine the whole field every week almost? Personally, I just think that this is Fox's fault and that they need to be more careful. Junior was different because he did it in an interview that was meant for TV, although I still don't think he should have lost points.

[Jenn]

Originally Posted by Clogston29

Personally, I just think that this is Fox's fault and that they need to be more careful. Junior was different because he did it in an interview that was meant for TV, .

Exactly...an interview MEANT for tv is way different than teams talking on the radio....you CHOOSE to listen to that on the scanner than thats not their problem and if they want to air it on tv then they have plenty of time to "bleep" it out...that is on the networks shoulders if you ask me.

oh and I dont care if its DEI, Rousch, or whoever!!!!!!

[basswipe]

Originally Posted by Jenn

Exactly...an interview MEANT for tv is way different than teams talking on the radio....you CHOOSE to listen to that on the scanner than thats not their problem and if they want to air it on tv then they have plenty of time to "bleep" it out...that is on the networks shoulders if you ask me.

oh and I dont care if its DEI, Rousch, or whoever!!!!!!

Don't get me wrong I agree it should be on the networks shoulders but the networks broadcast crew to driver transmissions,which means live tv hence the 5 second rule set by the FCC.Nascar itself has set the policy about inappropriate language.Basically what it comes down to is this:if the language gets broadcasted the team gets penalized.This is the modern era you can't use foul language even on crew to driver radio transmissions.

The 1 team violated the rule and the penalty should have been enforced. There's only one reason it wasn't...Nascar itself.Nascar does not want to be in an unfavorable position especially when it comes to the opinion of the majority of fans.Period.

This is a good read: http://www.nascar.com/2006/news/head...lle/index.html

But I digress its Martinsville weekend and we all know JG's gonna win provided Truex can control himself.

[Clogston29]

Originally Posted by basswipe

But I digress its Martinsville weekend and we all know JG's gonna win provided Truex can control himself.

I wonder if Martin learned his lesson about playing around with the big boys last weekend when Tony put him in the wall. I love when their are two short track races in a row. And Jimmy Spencer is running on Sunday also. Should be a good one.

[Jenn]

[QUOTE=basswipe.Nascar itself has set the policy about inappropriate language.Basically what it comes down to is this:if the language gets broadcasted the team gets penalized.

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Are you saying that only broadcasted stuff should be penalized? That wouldn't be fair at all. If they are going to penalize then they should listen to all radio communication for all teams and go that route. Why should a particular team get ruled against just because their stuff was broadcast and another team may have said the same things but not penalize because it didnt get broadcast. Thats not fair...???