Japanese Media Love Selling their Athletes

I have just finished watching a 3-hour delayed Japanese broadcast of the 2006 China Grand Prix. Right after the race, I came to a conclusion that Japanese media just love selling their athletes. Constant commentaries on theiralready lagging Japanese drivers, especially Sato Takuma, didn't bother me much. The seemingly useless comments on Sato was fine even when the heat of battles between top drivers and car-makers were more important. I was watching, erh, a Japanese broadcast after all. What bothers me is the fact that commentators as well as anchor people, whom I believe were talking "live" in a Fuji network studio, didn't mention about Sato being disqualified "for blocking faster drivers in the Shanghai race." I know because I also look at updates on the net.