17-03-2024, 10:13 PM
(17-03-2024, 09:26 PM)shropshireguy28 Wrote: They have been but why not announce it in the deal that the free to air broadcaster would get first picks? If the FA and TNT had both said the free to air will have the first pick it would have cleared up alot of confusion. I mean we might even end up where the draw for the FA Cup just ends up on radioBecause when there are so many details of a deal to work it’s much easier to just to be very general and then have to issues corrections or confuse the issue. Maybe they have said the FTA partner mist have first picks, maybe they’ve said it can be alternating first picks. There will have been some kind of ‘minimum quality’ clause, because much as they want / need the money (and despite their previous statements on a ‘fully FTA’ competition), they know the competition needs the exposure, not least because their sponsors will demand it.
What’s in it for Discovery is clear - quantity of games, being able to say they have X number live, more than ever before etc. That they are the ‘home of the FA Cup’. A single game like Man Utd v Liverpool being FTA isn’t going to do much (or any) damage to the rest of what they can sell to people, that’s not what it’s about because virtually nobody is taking out / continuing a subscription because of one single game. It adds to what they offer week in week out, that’s what matters to them.
You honestly think the draw is such a major event Discovery would want it exclusively? I mean, really?! Some of your claims / complete misreadings of the deal have been way off base, but this really takes the biscuit.