In the Bahrain Jody mat video, Phil seemed to be hurried and his words short with comments like, it's been a long day, it's been quite a long day, alright put your bags down and then the greeter speaks.
Couple of questions on this interaction. Have previous years' spoilers revealed people following teams, cheering on a team at the mat and posting pictures and video? And, would CBS have any concerns returning to the country in future races because of leaks?
Maybe he had a plane to catch lol.
Sometimes there is a local crowd, we had that in TAR 29.
I think this was a case of perhaps an invited guest or business associate...and somewhere the importance of discretion was not emphasized. TAR has been much more lax about their vendors/associates signing NDA's so we have seen hotels etc posting as well. They do top notch work so cannot second guess their judgement.
But strange to me, I would think for SECURITY alone they would be concerned. We sure are, RFF tries hard to never says exactly where they will be in advance in public here, naming an exact position is too scary in today's atmosphere. Afterwards is safer.
Anyway we are probably the thorn in their shoe. We have to balance the fun of the chase with the safety of the teams and crew, and the GOOD of the show.
That is also why RFF choses
to NOT POST THE FINAL 3 FINISH ORDER as well. The SHOW is always more important than the spoilers, and while I think planes/trains/locations/tasks are all great fun to know and dissect, I am less happy with boot lists.
Our compromise is to protect the final 3 order as best we can. If we see the final 3 racing we cannot hide the teams. But if you are hoping to find out who wins here you will be disappointed. We want zillions of viewers watching so our favorite show lives long and prospers.
The SHOW needs some support from ALL of us ...Season 11 was spoiled top to bottom with a full boot list. The actual season was an RFF dud..no suspense, no anticipation, no thrills. We have since then chosen a different path and been much happier as a whole.
Shoot, now it is me who is off topic!!
We'll all sit down in the long wait till airing and figure this out.
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