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Originally Posted by jfman
Inflation at 7.5% RPI. If Sky/BT bung in those sort of price rises the decision by the EPL to roll over the Premiership rights and not stick it to an auction looks quite flawed. Unless of course there really was nobody out there interested.
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At the time EPL took that decision there was a great deal of uncertainty due to Covid.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing - I would imagine they also took into account the fact BT were pulling back from buying rights.
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Three years is a long time time to have rolled them over for.
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3 years is the standard term for EPL rights in UK