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Originally Posted by johnathome
That's not how it was reported in The Telegraph at the time from what I remember? In regards to the UEFA rights Sky pleaded for 3 days to be allowed another bid but were denied.
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I agree with you about Uefa.
Regarding the Premier League, everything I read said it was closed bids and both parties were invited to rebid.
This Telegraph article confirms it is done by blind bids.
When Sky won its first-ever Premier League rights it was favoured to the extent that it was invited to raise its bid once ITV had put its bid in. However, things have changed a lot since then but very understandably some people believe Sky gets special treatment. As we've seen in an earlier post here, some believe that even if it bid less than BT it would secure rights.