[Jon]

The law as it stands states the games must be covered for free in their "entirety", but it wasn't worth the paper it was written on when it came to this deal, yet has long been held up to prevent the BBC/ITV putting the simultaneous World Cup matches behind a pay wall.

I think the issue is it’s impossible for the BBC (or ITV) to broadcast everything on qualifying channels. But instead of doing the obvious things and say any overspill must be made available on qualifying broadcasters streaming services they’ve allowed it to be behind a paywall. But I’d say former idea would be in the spirit of the law.