PrsosPonytail 170 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 ESPN have brought more money to the table allegedly. Sky will offer better exposure but you just know the SPLs fanny clubs will opt for ESPN the same way they did with Setanta, all because of greed and lack of foresight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClintonGrey 365 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 The other clubs better fucking vote for SKY this time. Fool you twice, shame on you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterC 12,288 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 Fuck Sky, imagine seeing Charlie Nicholas on as a pundit each week, he's as bad as Andy Walker in the skelpt-arse-face stakes. ESPN would be a s secure as Sky because they are owned by Disney, plus I would not want to subscribe to a sister company of the SUN and NOTW, those bastions of anti Rangers bile.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisMac1105 0 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 From a purely selfish point of view i'd like them to go with Sky, i already have a subscription with them and would be able to get rid of the cost of Setanta. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dramsay1 0 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 i think that ESPN are a better shot, they are huge abroad, especially in the US and latin America. Could work out very good for the SPL in the long run and they are a huge company, owned by Disney, and are finacially secure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
docspiderman 1,231 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 i think that ESPN are a better shot, they are huge abroad, especially in the US and latin America. Could work out very good for the SPL in the long run and they are a huge company, owned by Disney, and are finacially secure. Is ESPN available on any tv package in Uk? No option for it on my Virgin box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterC 12,288 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 i think that ESPN are a better shot, they are huge abroad, especially in the US and latin America. Could work out very good for the SPL in the long run and they are a huge company, owned by Disney, and are finacially secure. Is ESPN available on any tv package in Uk? No option for it on my Virgin box. It will be once they create a channel Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boss 1,941 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 BT Vision apparently do not expect Setanta to survive and are now worried about their own position with regard to what they are offering their own customers. http://www.btvision.com/sport/setanta/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangeclement 570 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 shame, i will miss my Friday football, some of the best boxing matches you'll see, the french football for when feck all else is on, monday night Prem games , getting to see the Gers just about every week and all for a measly £10 or i can pay 50 quid a month to watch MAn utd/ Liverpool games every week i know which i would rather have Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralCartmanLee 313 Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 Sky is the favourite to reclaim main broadcasting rights for the Scottish Premier League as clubs north of the border edge closer to terminating their present deal with Setanta. The SPL is understood to have been in talks with Sky for a number of weeks regarding a £90m rescue plan – £35m less than Setanta originally paid for the rights – as Setanta's financial problems become increasingly apparent. The American broadcaster ESPN has also indicated a willingness to screen Scottish football on a four-year deal but the level of exposure and perceived lower levels of risk attached to returning to Sky is likely to sway SPL clubs. A year ago Sky made an offer to screen live SPL matches for four years from 2010. Despite backing from Aberdeen, Celtic and Rangers, the other SPL clubs opted to extend their relationship with Setanta for an agreed fee of £125m. Yet Setanta defaulted on a £3m end-of-season payment to Scottish clubs and has subsequently lost its rights to screen English Premier League games after a rescue package led by the American tycoon Len Blavatnik failed. Although no SPL clubs are yet on the brink of extinction as a result of Setanta's troubles, the league's board are aware they must move quickly to safeguard future television income. Under the present Setanta deal, each club would receive £500,000 at the start of the new season. The SPL will make its position clear this afternoon. In the meantime, speculation will arise as to where Sky would schedule games if it took over SPL rights. Recently it has favoured Saturday or Sunday lunchtime slots when screening Scottish Cup games but Sunday evenings, with an extended contract to show Spanish Liga games still to be negotiated, is another possibility. Commercial sensitivity means none of the parties involved have been willing to comment on matters to date. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErnestWorthing 0 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 SPL ditch Setanta - 2009/10 matches WILL NOT be on Setanta - Setanta today notified the Scottish Premier League that it is unable to make the outstanding payment of £3 million to the SPL. Lex Gold, Executive Chairman of the SPL, said: “Setanta has been unable to meet our extended deadline for the outstanding £3 million payment to the SPL and, in terms of the notice previously issued, our British broadcasting rights for season 2009/10 and beyond revert to us. “We are now actively engaging in the process of selling our domestic broadcasting rights for next season and beyond." Source - http://www.scotprem.com/content/default.as...2&back=home Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralCartmanLee 313 Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 Setanta are done and I will shed no tears. Froma purely selfish point of view the service I have had from them over the last two years makes me glad I won’t have to have anything more to do with them. A cloud in the sky used mean to no service for me and meant me missing far too many games. I think sky are a certainty, no way we will take the same risks again, old firm games in HD would be nice…….. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy2212 151 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 So its official the (SPL - Setanta) relationship is no more. Lets look to the future , do the best to get a good deal , and learn a valuable lesson from this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgersfan51 0 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 setanta going bust thank fuck for that no more hartson scott booth or that fat cunt crocker girfuy setanta Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gersfan2233 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/s...rem/8113177.stm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralCartmanLee 313 Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 I hear setanta will announce at 6 pm they are going into administration……. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClintonGrey 365 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 If ESPN get the rights, where will we watch it? Do they even have a UK tv channel? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisMac1105 0 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 If ESPN get the rights, where will we watch it? Do they even have a UK tv channel? Would it would be another Setanta style subscription channel? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kplfishtank 4,657 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 If ESPN get the rights, where will we watch it? Do they even have a UK tv channel? Would it would be another Setanta style subscription channel? they have espn classics on sky but i dont know how easy it would be to just bang it on there Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgruntled_bear 157 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 The ideal solution is for the SPL to go with SKY lets not make the same mistake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisMac1105 0 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 If ESPN get the rights, where will we watch it? Do they even have a UK tv channel? Would it would be another Setanta style subscription channel? they have espn classics on sky but i dont know how easy it would be to just bang it on there If they were paying good money to get the games they would then need to negotiate with Sky to be given money to show their channel. Can only imagine it would be subscription. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kplfishtank 4,657 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 QUOTE ( @ Jun 22 2009, 04:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>The ideal solution is for the SPL to go with SKY lets not make the same mistake. i agree get sky to do it they do it so well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
flecky1 4 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 sell rights to sky and get on with it this is a boring story Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralCartmanLee 313 Posted June 22, 2009 Author Share Posted June 22, 2009 I think it would be subscription, premiership on a Saturday and us on a Sunday…who knows what they would fill the rest of the time with though. I would be stunned if this is the way we go though (which means that is probably what the idiot chairman of the SPL will decide) We will know by the end of the week either way though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaffbear 4,096 Posted June 22, 2009 Share Posted June 22, 2009 I think it's curtains for Setanta now... Would be better if Sky took over.IMO Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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