Staging the Paralympics straight after the main event does lead to 'sport fatigue' as well. I think that the BBC has got the coverage about right. The Paralympics could be enhanced if they conceded to amalgamating with the World Transplant Games. I was outraged to find, the day after Steve Redgrave won his fifth gold, to find one particular headline about how exciting Man Utd's draw with Chelsea was - what contempt for a true achievement. But its still not good enough.
Sport is sport no matter who's taking part.
I think that the lack of coverage by the BBC of the Paralympics is disgraceful. We had virtually 24 hour coverage of the Olympics, with repeat upon repeat. All we get for the Paralympics is an hour in the evening. If newspapers don't print it and TV stations don't show it then the public is not going to get that excited. The BBC's coverage of the Olympics was superb, but now that it is finished it feels as if everyone involved in the broadcast has packed up and gone home, except for a few left behind to staff the phones.