Elvis
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The BBC even had the Stevie G testimonial game as one of the main stories on their sport website yesterday.
You mean he's retiring? This is Stevie G's last season. Why haven't the BBC mentioned this before?
The BBC even had the Stevie G testimonial game as one of the main stories on their sport website yesterday.
Sky showed Fleetwood v Preston as a replacement for its usual Super Sunday.
One game over Friday Saturday and Sunday, they normally show 4/5
Yeah, but who the **** wants to watch 4 or 5 lower league games? As SAC says above, I wonder what the viewing figures were? I bet they weren't even a patch on a 3rd rate Prem game such as Stoke v Hull.
Face it, apart from a few anoraks no one gives a stuff about bog-standard lower-league football. People would rather watch top-flight Spanish or Italian football as opposed to Hartlepool v Grimsby.
Hmm. Certainly as far as broadcasting is concerned I think he's 'right' to blame the BBC as opposed to Sky. At least the BBC are supposed to produce programmes that are of minority interest (to justify their compulsory, legally-enforceable 'subscription fee') whereas Sky are unashamedly commercial and will only broadcast what people are prepared to pay to watch.I'm not going to lie, I wouldn't unless it was a relegation or promotion 6 pointer/spurs player was involved.
My point was the opening poster is directing his anger at the wrong people.
Hmm. Certainly as far as broadcasting is concerned I think he's 'right' to blame the BBC as opposed to Sky. At least the BBC are supposed to produce programmes that are of minority interest (to justify their compulsory, legally-enforceable 'subscription fee') whereas Sky are unashamedly commercial and will only broadcast what people are prepared to pay to watch.
And Sky did actually broadcast at least one other non-league match - Scotland v Gibraltar!
Yeah, but who the **** wants to watch 4 or 5 lower league games? As SAC says above, I wonder what the viewing figures were? I bet they weren't even a patch on a 3rd rate Prem game such as Stoke v Hull.
Face it, apart from a few anoraks no one gives a stuff about bog-standard lower-league football. People would rather watch top-flight Spanish or Italian football as opposed to Hartlepool v Grimsby.
Think Channel 5 should have a punt on it. It would probably pull in bigger audiences than they normally get. The BBC just take everything for granted.
I don't think they have a 'responsibility', no. Like I say they're a commercial channel and they don't show that many for the reasons we both agree on. And last weekend football-wise their focus was on the Euro championshipsI would laugh massively if Scotland are the only home nation to get to the finals.
That's true, but surely when the purchased the rights they had a responsibility to show lower league games?
Play some of the games involving play-off contenders and last year's relegated teams and you increase the interest to include fans of championship clubs ("oh.. how are so-and-so doing?", or "who are we playing next year?") and similarly for the L1/L2 cross over clubs.
No one is asking the Beeb to create a special programme, just run the show that airs every week normally. The FLS should appear on a non-international weekend because there are FL games played, albeit not the Championship ones.
I don't think they have a 'responsibility', no. Like I say they're a commercial channel and they don't show that many for the reasons we both agree on. And last weekend football-wise their focus was on the Euro championships
With regard to your first point there's still the fact that Sky are a commercial channel and will broadcast what people want to watch. My view (and I have no information to back this up just a hunch) is that most people aren't interested in bog-standard lower league games, even given the reasons you've stated. Sky's focus over the weekend was on the Euro qualifiers, the Grand Prix and the cricket World Cup final. I would guess those events were of more interest to sports fans that fourth division football,
I agree with your second point, but that wasn't really what I was discussing with Kinky though.
I know everything is ruled by money these days, but surely its then up to the League to make sure they get the best deal in terms of money and exposure?
As someone said, it would be good if another channel got some of the games, even if it was league 1/2 stuff only, people would watch it - it's football. I was dragged out bed shopping Saturday morning... I would watch anything to get out of that!
I don't think we are too far off having a separate deal for PL, Championship and then Lg1/2
Hats off to BT Sport, showing North Ferriby v Wrexham at Wembley is the nearest thing to pub football that I'm going to see on telly this season.
Great match though.
Channel 5 have had more than a punt on it - they have bought the rights for the Football League highlights from next season for 3 years. They'll be putting out a 90 minute show at 9pm every Saturday night (so it'll be done and dusted just before MOTD starts).
Obviously this will be chock-full of ad breaks, and I can't see the 9pm prime-time timeslot being overly condusive to a harmonious evening with the missus. So most weeks I'll probably record it and watch it after MOTD whilst zipping through the ads and waffle. If I'm still conscious by then anyway.
Technically speaking they didn't. His contract was up in the next few months and they came out and said they were not renewing it. They also took the decision to cancel the rest of the series. I suppose to James May and Hammond, it would have been untenable to continue without the "star" of the show.
Still, get jody Kidd, Nigel mansell and nick knowles as the presenters and it will be ok!
Therefore looks like C5 have repeated the trick as C4 did when 'stealing' cricket from the BBC ?