iwright71 206 Posted December 30, 2018 1 hour ago, Tsunami said: Yes, but was explained as being they had spent too much money on the Football Premier League TV rights, and had to cut out several small sports such as Speedway. It was not because they had a problem with Speedway or it's viewing figures. That all sounds warm and fuzzy. This is the same Sky with no money who are setting up their own horseracing channel. Its a bit like when a football manager leaves by mutual consent, it sounds better than being sacked but we all know what's happened. Even after dropping speedway like a stone they continue to broadcast such big hitting sports as Women's netball , Irish GAA, Major League Soccer, National Badminton League, Horse of the Year show and the Hickstead Derby. Without the rose tinted glasses it was excuse to drop a declining sport they no longer wanted . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tsunami 10,219 Posted December 30, 2018 (edited) On 12/30/2018 at 6:04 PM, iwright71 said: That all sounds warm and fuzzy. This is the same Sky with no money who are setting up their own horseracing channel. Its a bit like when a football manager leaves by mutual consent, it sounds better than being sacked but we all know what's happened. Even after dropping speedway like a stone they continue to broadcast such big hitting sports as Women's netball , Irish GAA, Major League Soccer, National Badminton League, Horse of the Year show and the Hickstead Derby. Without the rose tinted glasses it was excuse to drop a declining sport they no longer wanted . Think you have the wrong attitude to discuss these things on here. There was a thread on here at the time, discussing the issues, and one of the forum members was a senior SKY guy who keeps the BSF upto date with events and developments. If you have your own issues on these events, far enough, but I'll stick with the facts that were revealed during those discussions introduced by people with actual knowledge, rather than voicing their own warm and fuzzy obsessions. Edited January 3, 2019 by Tsunami 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Byker Biker 468 Posted December 30, 2018 4 hours ago, iwright71 said: Sky did cancel their contract with British speedway, Halfway through their last deal For budgetary reasons but they paid the contract up, their saving was on production costs 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
