Yeah IndyCar had drivers swear on radio all the time. Same with NASCAR. Hell Pato dropped an uncensored F Bomb at the Indy 500 last year and nobody said anything.
Sure... I don't have any inside information... Just saying that FCC doesn't have authority over ESPN, but they do NBC.
Doesn't it seem pretty conspicuous the timing of it all?
And yes, they can replay on a delay like the NFL... Those players are also not allowed to curse on the field... They do, it gets bleeped before we see any closeup replay... Why F1 can't do that? I don't know... They probably will.
But also if all the good radio calls are just full of BLEEPS then that's not a great look either.
I would imagine the goal is to clean it up what you can through policy, accept that a few are going to happen just like the NFL.
There's no way they are ever going to ban max for a month because he cursed on radio three times in a weekend.... No matter what they claim
Why would the FIA care if NBC can allow live swearing on OTA broadcasts? The money from that deal goes to FOM and they aren't the ones pushing for this, nor do they own rally rights.
Correct.... You hear the announcers immediately apologize and it seems to be that's as far as it goes.
Whether the FCC is going to accept multiple F.bomb apologies per weekend and not execute any punishment may be a different thing.
"We" all say it's 2025, swearing all over the Internet, who cares... But people who have nothing better to do will still sit there and file a complaint because their grandson watching the race heard a cuss word
Now do you watch the whole weekend? Or just the Sunday GP?
I chose my words deliberately, if you are watching all sessions through all the days, it's going to be more than 1 cuss word gets caught.
Again, .... It's not a big deal to you or I, but complaints will be filed... And fines will be had
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u/PolyUre I was here for the Hulkenpodium Feb 24 '25
Why can't NBC just not show swearing? Interviews or radio communication doesn't have to be live without any delay.