Massimo Cellino blocks Sky Sports from Elland Road

[El Presidente]

The Sky contract is worth £65 million a season (and that includes the League Cup), compared to the new Premier League BT/Sky deal worth £1,712 million a season from 2016/17. On top of that the overseas rights for the Premier League are worth £743 million a season but are expected to rise by about 50% next year.

 

[El Presidente]

I was talking to a Leeds STH last night who said that Leeds have improved substantially since signing Liam Bridcutt, who has been their best player.

 

[Driver8]

Hopefully they will show our game instead seeing as I can't go due to it being moved from yesterday.

 

[Springal]

Hopefully they will show our game instead seeing as I can't go due to it being moved from yesterday.

This game was never moved was it ? It was set as this when the fixtures came out.

 

[SAC]

Every time Dirty Leeds or Forest are on TV someone will post about it as a bad thing. Now someone is making a stand about it and it appears that this is a bad thing too.

 

[8ace]

This game was never moved was it ? It was set as this when the fixtures came out.

It was moved.

 

[Bigtomfu]

This game was never moved was it ? It was set as this when the fixtures came out.

It was moved.

Groundhog Day.

 

[Driver8]

It was moved.

Indeed. The fixtures that I downloaded to my outlook had it as 3.00pm yesterday and I only realised it had moved when reading the Middlesbrough programme!

 

[Hampster Gull]

Indeed. The fixtures that I downloaded to my outlook had it as 3.00pm yesterday and I only realised it had moved when reading the Middlesbrough programme!

Barber OUT

 

[atomised]

Think it was moved within a week of the fixtures coming out

 

[vegster]

If anyone in football is bonkers enough to actually stand up to Sky no matter what the consequences then it's Cellino.

This could be an awesome binfest.

Marvellous scenes.

 

[TomandJerry]

Leeds

 

[El Presidente]

Someone from NSC has just referred to Leeds on Radio Five Live as a Keystone Kops comedy club.

 

[8ace]

Someone from NSC has just referred to Leeds on Radio Five Live as a Keystone Kops comedy club.

Rachel Burden - Y or N

 

[Mackenzie]

I approve of what he's doing......power to the people!

 

[Bigtomfu]

Every time Dirty Leeds or Forest are on TV someone will post about it as a bad thing. Now someone is making a stand about it and it appears that this is a bad thing too.

Yep but Cellino isnt doing it for the right reasons. He's not standing for disruption to fans he's just doing it for the publicity.

They must be on TV 10-15 times a season which is worth about £4m a season extra to them so he will back down...

 

[Gwylan]

I approve of what he's doing. Let's bring down Sky....power to the people!

Well, if the people wanted to bring down Sky, it would be the easiest thing to do. The trouble is that the people don't want to bring down Sky. Perhaps Cellino could start banning Sky subscribers from Elland Road, it's the sort of bonkers thing he would do

 

[Peter Grummit]

Yep but Cellino isnt doing it for the right reasons. He's not standing for disruption to fans he's just doing it for the publicity.

They must be on TV 10-15 times a season which is worth about £4m a season extra to them so he will back down...

His rationale is that the compensation they receive for a Sky home game is less than the loss of gate receipts. As they are such a MASSIVE club, the average compensation rate discriminates against them since the absolute gate loss is greater for them.

None of us really know what the detailed contractual position between the clubs and the FL is re. Sky. However, if he doesn't back down then the FL are likely to fine Leeds heavily. The only winners will be the lawyers.

PG

 

[Rugrat]

Yep but Cellino isnt doing it for the right reasons. He's not standing for disruption to fans he's just doing it for the publicity.

They must be on TV 10-15 times a season which is worth about £4m a season extra to them so he will back down...

I agree your first point but £4M? I thought the fee was £150K a game. He's suggesting that he's losing out on the ticket revenue that would have been generated if the TV weren't there .... so if he loses about 4000 matchday sales then he's likely losing money.

He's still a wanchor though!

 

[atomised]

Fee is 100k to the home club rising to 110k for a Thursday and 120k for a Sunday.