[TV] Sky Sports+

[Official Old Man]

Starting in August, it will have 100 feeds, all on t'internet I guess.
EFL ifollow to shut down as Sky will show every EFL club at least 20 times a seaon.
It's too early in the day to do any sums but that would mean half of each clubs games on TV, but the 3pm blackout still is in force. So how many games each weekend and in what time slots and will any games be left at 3pm?
Here we go, brain in gear.
72 clubs, 20 games each.
72 x 20 = 1440 games
Obviously when two teams play that's 1 notched off for each team so half that to 720 games.
720 / 40 weeks is 18 games a week out of 36 played. That's half the games to be shown on TV every week!
That's also going to annoy a lot of fans when KO times are messed about again.

 

[Guinness Boy]

They’re showing 3pm Saturday games.

Sky to screen 3pm Saturday kick-offs among 1,000 EFL live games in 2024-25 | Football League | The Guardian

Sky Sports has announced plans to broadcast football during the 3pm Saturday slot as it gets set to increase its live sports coverage by 50% from next season

amp.theguardian.com

 

[Official Old Man]

They’re showing 3pm Saturday games.

Sky to screen 3pm Saturday kick-offs among 1,000 EFL live games in 2024-25 | Football League | The Guardian

Sky Sports has announced plans to broadcast football during the 3pm Saturday slot as it gets set to increase its live sports coverage by 50% from next season

amp.theguardian.com

Really, are you sure?
They can do this as there will be NO EPL games played at 3pm. So it's going the other way in that we may never see a Saturday 3pm KO next season.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Really, are you sure?

Read the link. They are any time there are no EPL games.

 

[Springal]

if the EFL want more money and a better tv deal something has to give. Personally I’d get rid of the 3pm black out

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

The 3pm blackout is ridiculous and needs to go. If they can't get rid of it completely then just have it apply to the PL. No fan of a PL club is going to stay home to watch Sunderland vs Portsmouth or Bradford vs MK Dons on a Saturday at 3pm because they are live on TV when their team is playing.

Equally they can't be that worried about attendances in the EFL if around half the games are now going to be televised each week, if anything the fact that the games will have to move from the traditional 3pm Saturday slot, often at late notice, will have far more effect on people deciding to go to games than just the fact it's on TV.