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Old 29-06-2013, 06:59   #2288
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by coulsontom View Post
Swansea v Aston Villa or Strictly? hmm Strictly.

The 5.30pm slot is GUARANTEED to be at most the 3rd best game of the week.

Therefore it will not, and cannot be a game that has wide appeal.
"Guaranteed" is a rather strong word, I guess you know something about Sky's schedule I don't.
So lets say BT show Spurs v Arsenal (or some such equivalent) at 12.45, and then show football from other countries or a big rugby game in order to keep viewers from switching over to Sky. Sky are are just gonna go "oh, you know what, lets pay massively over the top amount of money for football games and just play a third rate game on a Saturday night so we can let BT/ITV/BBC win the ratings on a Saturday."
For me Sky will show a decent match on Saturday and suffer a bit on the Sunday.

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Originally Posted by mike_gain View Post
This is exactly what I am doing for this season. I could afford both of them but I am refusing to shell out near enough £37 for Sky Sports and the presumed £15-£20 for BT on the basis that I think this is a ridiculous amount of money for just sports channels

Instead I'm going to put my money towards renewing my season ticket at my club and because my season ticket will be cheaper than the Sky/BT price for a season I'll spend the difference on my teams new top and a few afternoons in the pub watching some football when BT decide to stick my team on on a Friday/Monday night.

Television money and the power TV companies have gained, as a result of pumping stupid amounts of money in, is ruining football in the UK and I am no longer prepared to help fund this.

Rant over, back to a happy Friday afternoon
Great post sir, great post Just out of interest, who is your club? I will look out for their scores next season with a bit more fondness (sorry if thats a bit too soft for you all) - as long as it is not Peterborough Utd, as a Cambridge Utd fan, that would never work

P.S, money is killing football, you are spot on!
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