[theo_luddite]

EFL announces new deal with Sky Sports. 4x as many games to be shown live, which when translated means 4x as many games moved from the original kick-off, often at short notice. It will still be all about them, but think of the money.....?

https://www.skysports.com/football/news/...per-season

4x the games, 50% more money over 5 years.

Hmm, 4x the games for 1.5x the money - who got the best deal here then?

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Each League weekend fixture round will see 10 live EFL fixtures shown. Five matches will be shown from the Sky Bet Championship (translate this into Thursday, Friday, Saturday lunchtime, Sunday and Monday kick-offs, every week. Sundays might mean Tuesdays given The Prima Donna League normally has all Sunday afternoon booked) and supporters of Sky Bet League One and League Two teams will now benefit from greater coverage than ever before with five of their games being broadcast live (no idea how these will fit in with Prima Donna League games as well, so expect two games in each time slot per the above). For the first time ever, fans will be also able to watch every match from the Carabao Cup and EFL Trophy. That should keep the gates down to 3 figures then for the early rounds.

All opening, final day, (the end of the 3pm Saturday curfew? or do they all get played on Sundays/Bank Holiday Mondays?) and midweek fixtures in the Sky Bet EFL will be shown live as will all games played on Bank Holidays including Easter, Boxing Day and New Year's Day alongside the matches played in Sky Bet League One and League Two during international breaks.