The ECB have awarded SKY sports another 4 years of all cricket coverage.on top of the one year remaining.All tests,all ODI's,all 20/20 and all domestic matches.It's a disaster for people like me,ie cricket mad poor folk.Skys average viewing is 300,000.How will l live,how will l survive.Somebody,out there, offer comforting words
8 million people watched The Ashes on C4 in 2005. Cricket was gaining a large fan-base due to England's success. The whole popularity of English cricket has come to a halt for 2 reasons. 1. England's form and 2. SkySports.
Now i have SKY!! (i dont know how i can actually afford it) but i would be much happier if English cricket moved back on terrestrial TV. Its strange that the ECB dont want as many people as they possibly can watching English cricket.
You also have to blame the BBC and C4 for not bidding (BBC's excuse was that it wouldnt fit in with schedulling)
Words of comfort
* Dont worry you will win the lottery and then you can buy SKY
* Dont worry SKY will become bankrupt tomorrow and BBC will ahve to show it
* There's always C5 highlights
Sorry no comforting words here.The world is run by the men in suits and all they want is a bigger and bigger slice of the pie. The government is banging on about getting more children playing sport as are the cricketing authorities. How do they expect to interest the children when they don't get a chance to watch the game being played at the top level? Cricket in this country is doomed my friend soon Sky TV will have to beam the Mickey Mouse 20/20 game from Asia. How many will watch it then. A sad day for all sports fans Sky have tightened the noose on another sport soon they will rule the world. God help us all
No more TV cricket for another 5 years
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