23-12-2021, 22:23
Yup, original tellybox rules drawn up so the BeeB and ITV couldn't show (then 1st Division) games live on Saturday when everyone kicked off at 3pm as it was felt it would affect attendances lower down the leagues.
Hence there's rarely more than a couple of Prima Donna League matches these days that kick off at 3pm on Saturday as they are nearly all money spinners here and abroad. Of course the Prima Donna 3pm kick-off's that do happen are shown all over the world and in some pubs in the UK with dodgy interweb feeds or satellite dishes that don't necessarily point at Sky's satellites. Pubs in Rochdale/Oldham within walking distance of the home ground will (or have in the recent past) suddenly start to fill up at 2:30 in the afternoon rather than empty when the home team kicks off at 3pm if a certain team in Red or the other one in Sky Blue just down the road happens to be kicking off at the same time.
The PL and the EFL are shutting down more of these "unpaid for" feeds but they (or their broadcasting "partners") put them up there in the first place with initially little security to stop them being, er, borrowed by folk who are either more interweb or satellite TV savvy than their own anti-piracy chaps.
Hence there's rarely more than a couple of Prima Donna League matches these days that kick off at 3pm on Saturday as they are nearly all money spinners here and abroad. Of course the Prima Donna 3pm kick-off's that do happen are shown all over the world and in some pubs in the UK with dodgy interweb feeds or satellite dishes that don't necessarily point at Sky's satellites. Pubs in Rochdale/Oldham within walking distance of the home ground will (or have in the recent past) suddenly start to fill up at 2:30 in the afternoon rather than empty when the home team kicks off at 3pm if a certain team in Red or the other one in Sky Blue just down the road happens to be kicking off at the same time.
The PL and the EFL are shutting down more of these "unpaid for" feeds but they (or their broadcasting "partners") put them up there in the first place with initially little security to stop them being, er, borrowed by folk who are either more interweb or satellite TV savvy than their own anti-piracy chaps.
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