Don't watch anything on Sky ports (I don't subscribe). Sort of assumed it would be Sky coverage (and on Sky if I wanted to watch it there) that was bought by the mainstream channels because it was one of those protected events (like home test matches used to be). Is that not the case?
That would be a really feeble gesture. Fans would still go, and many would get hurt, and Sky would still pay huge money (and rake in huge money) beaming it back to England.
The BBC commentator has announced that he wants nothing to do with the World Cup in Russia in two years time -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03y5x5j
Good for him, I say. Could this be the first little pebble to fall in an eventual landslide leading eventually to England (and hopefully a...