Sport - Bringing Back the Arena!

I have been quite taken with the idea of making Formula One (F1) more interesting by equipping the tracks with sprinkler systems which come on at random times within the course of a race. The idea of having an F1 race with everyone on slicks when suddenly the water appears is excellent, it will make racing much more exciting and the potential for shunts and even deaths will only raise the standing of F1 in terms of bloodlust and the increased potential for peril.

As one who (many years ago) used to frequent the race tracks I was always appalled at those who thought the race day had been poor because there had been no spectacular crashes and where a shunt did happen, all walked away unscathed!

But why should we stop there, in the film, Micmacs, there is a sequence where an anti-personnel device is planted somewhere on the football pitch. As the game progresses, one of the players 'finds' the device, and is blow to pieces. This would, like Ecclestone's F1 idea, make the sport much more exciting and think of the betting potential (more generated income?) that naming the dead of injured correctly might bring to the further enjoyment of the game. After all, my complaint to the ASA over football betting advert's fell because 'It showed betting as bringing excitement and joy to the couple in the advert', think of the potential here.

What else? How about every now and then the umpire passing the bowler a grenade?

Putting loose boards on the ramp of the ski jump and waiting to see who finds it?

There must be so many opportunities to spice up our sports and increase the excitement and betting potential. Not only that, think of the new opportunities for sponsorship . . .