[Humphrey Hacker]

It’s usually much later on alright. As you may know the ROI rights sale is done unlike any other international sale - uniquely, the rights are always divided into the same packages as the UK, with an additional package of Saturday 3pm games. The expectation is that the UK rights holders will obtain “mirror” rights to the games in Ireland, which has happened in all but one instance (Amazon failed to obtain mirror rights to its packages in Ireland, which went to Premier Sports). Would expect Premier to retain the 3pm package barring a surprise bid from VMTV.

Again with the 3PM Kickoffs I feel that a chance has been missed to rectify what I think is a silly restriction. I know why the  blackout is in place but the truth is many people are able to bypass the blackout by certain means. A dedicated Man City fan will travel to Old Trafford, St James Park etc irrespective of whether its being shown on TV.