16-05-2024, 08:27 PM
(15-05-2024, 01:20 PM)shropshireguy28 Wrote: There are no laws but I doubt UEFA will be very happy as "As part of the broadcaster’s rights deal with UEFA, it makes the fixtures available to all viewers"It is doing exactly that, so if UEFA do care then that is being satisfied. The viewers who watch will get a better quality stream (at the right frame rate) than they would have any previous year on YouTube.
I don’t believe the source of that information says “makes the fixture available to all viewers on a platform or service that is acceptable and approved by one particular poster on internet forums”.
Especially if that poster seems to have oddly specific issues with Discovery / TNT verses any other pay broadcaster and, as others here have observed, not much understanding of how sports broadcasting rights work in the real world.
(16-05-2024, 06:57 PM)Brekkie Wrote: Not just down to the BBC - presumably Talksport don't feel the price tag is worth it either and don't blame either. Boxing has basically become a pensioners game in recent years with the same fighters just going round in circles taking easy fights, retiring then taking a pay day in Saudi Arabia, if they don't bottle it.The Times article suggests the organisers saying they would have affected the number of PPV buys, although it also cites industry sources saying the promotion by a radio broadcaster actually helps drive people to pay.
They also say TalkSport aren’t likely to get it because of a poor relationship with Fury and not being popular with the promoters for previous criticisms of the atmosphere at fights there.