Yer I am having quite polar responses with the BG, some people love it and some like yourself cannot stand it..
Thanks for the feedback, i will take a look at how to make it less distracting.. (the idea needs to stay, as an expansion i am going to implement is the option to select different themese - the current one is an attempt at rugby, soon i will implement a pool theme for swimming etc..)
If you have any ideas apart from axing it to make it less distracting i would love to hear them..
and once again thanks for the feedback
Mike