And people say US TV deals stink

Discussion in 'Business and Media' started by monster, Aug 2, 2002.

  1. monster

    monster Member

    Oct 19, 1999
    Hanover, PA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    - A league is about to blow up over TV rights (Scotland)
    - A league may have its season delayed due to TV issues (Serie A)
    - A country may have to PPV many if not all of its national team's games (Ireland)
    - An entire league structure is threatened by failed TV deals (Nationwide)

    Things could be worse. They could easily be worse.
     
  2. Parkhead_Faithful

    Parkhead_Faithful New Member

    Dec 19, 2001
    Glasgow,Scotland
    10 clubs have resigned from the SPL as of today but it isnt over TV rights, there is a 12 million deal with the BBC in place, its over the voting structure of the league as a whole.
     
  3. QPR Kevin H

    QPR Kevin H BigSoccer Supporter

    May 23, 2001
    Silver Spring, MD
    Club:
    Queens Park Rangers FC
    Nat'l Team:
    Ireland Republic
    Yeah - they could have Jack Edwards calling games ;)
     
  4. GoDC

    GoDC Member

    Nov 23, 1999
    Hamilton, VA
    SPL, why compare us to that minor league??
     
  5. monster

    monster Member

    Oct 19, 1999
    Hanover, PA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    I stand corrected. But the earlier battle over TV rights couldn't have helped the relationships between the Old Firm and the other 10.
     
  6. Parkhead_Faithful

    Parkhead_Faithful New Member

    Dec 19, 2001
    Glasgow,Scotland
    When someone wants to buy the rights to televise youre league without having the world cup tacked onto the deal come back and talk. :D
     
  7. Parkhead_Faithful

    Parkhead_Faithful New Member

    Dec 19, 2001
    Glasgow,Scotland
    Im undecided on that, the way the other 10 wanted to go would have been a disaster in my eyes, 1 look at ITV digital proves that, so the old firm's stubborn stance may have worked in the leagues favour as far as the TV deal goes.
     
  8. monster

    monster Member

    Oct 19, 1999
    Hanover, PA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Regardless of who is right and who is wrong in Scotland, the US deal isn't causing public battles between clubs or investors or anything like that.
     
  9. sachinag

    sachinag New Member

    Jun 19, 2001
    Saint Louis, MO
    That's because there are, what, three total investors in the States? Saint Phil, Hunt, and whassisname, Kraft, as far as I can remember. (And the PDL teams don't count 'cause they're not part of the "deal" even if they are or are not part of SUM.) That's not enough people to have a game of spades, for chrissakes.
     
  10. kenntomasch

    kenntomasch Member+

    Sep 2, 1999
    Out West
    Club:
    FC Tampa Bay Rowdies
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    [not helping]
    Serie A will be fine. Fox Sports wants to televise their games and it will be so much better.
    [/not helping]

    Whhhhaaaat? What PDL teams in what? There aren't any PDL teams as a part of SUM, unless you count the flimsily-related "Reserve" teams that the Fire and Rapids have.
     
  11. DAKCrew

    DAKCrew New Member

    Jan 8, 2002
    Columbus, OH
    A little off the subject but does anyone know if the SPL games are going to be on FSW next week?
     
  12. SoFla Metro

    SoFla Metro Member

    Jul 21, 2000
    Ft. Lauderdale, FL
    You forgot to point that Mr. Kraft is indeed not part of the SUM framework. Only MLS (which has a number of investors that are not I/Os by the way)
     
  13. Northside Rovers

    Jan 28, 2000
    Austin TX
    Club:
    FC Dallas
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Not on the schedule yet.

    http://www.foxsportsworld.com/world/

    You will need acrobat to read the schedules linked on that page.
     
  14. monster

    monster Member

    Oct 19, 1999
    Hanover, PA
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    And the people who were in SJ and Horrorwitz and the old DC people.

    MLS hasn't been broken over squabbling over TV issues. Other leagues are. Checkmate.
     
  15. jackistheman

    jackistheman New Member

    Jul 21, 2002
    Re: Re: And people say US TV deals stink

    Ho hum, let's kick a man when he's already down and bleeding from wounds administered by those whose job performance ratings likely fall somewhere in between the categories of "stoned" and "in over his head while standing in a parking lot puddle." Bloody damn hypocrites. Wankers, all of you.
     

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