New Posts For Thread: Crickets died a death since all the live went to skyhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31904561/crickets-died-a-death-since-all-the-live-went-to-skyI remember when test matches were talked about everywhere, now nobody cares bar hardcore fans. Well done cricket big wigs signing it all over to sky..and taking it off terrestrial.Thats correct wonders -although some ,including the usual suspects on here , would that sexist Women ex players telling us what its like to bowl/face extreme pace is laughable when the fastest delivery clocked by a woman bowling is 82mph.https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31904561/crickets-died-a-death-since-all-the-live-went-to-sky?post_id=565456971#565456971Thats correct wonders -although some ,including the usual suspects on here , would that sexist Women ex players telling us what its like to bowl/face extreme pace is laughable when the fastest delivery clocked by a woman bowling is 82mph.Sun, 28 Jun 2026 15:06:22 -0500every sport seems to be full of women opining on the men's game that is also a massive turn off imohttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31904561/crickets-died-a-death-since-all-the-live-went-to-sky?post_id=565456915#565456915every sport seems to be full of women opining on the men's game that is also a massive turn off imoSun, 28 Jun 2026 14:51:09 -0500sky test comms box when gower, mikey, bumble, beefy, ath, nass, warne + an overseas, willis & (well) charles on verdicttop class coverage imo until they took an axe to itnow I don't watch any of ithttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31904561/crickets-died-a-death-since-all-the-live-went-to-sky?post_id=565456901#565456901sky test comms box when gower, mikey, bumble, beefy, ath, nass, warne + an overseas, willis & (well) charles on verdicttop class coverage imo until they took an axe to itnow I don't watch any of itSun, 28 Jun 2026 14:48:37 -0500They also get approx £2 billion extra revenue from other sources Sage, so £6 billion in total.There is a lot of wastage as you can imagine. The new DG is at least showing signs that he wants to sort things out, with cuts being made in some areas ofhttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31904561/crickets-died-a-death-since-all-the-live-went-to-sky?post_id=565441177#565441177They also get approx £2 billion extra revenue from other sources Sage, so £6 billion in total.There is a lot of wastage as you can imagine. The new DG is at least showing signs that he wants to sort things out, with cuts being made in some areas ofSat, 20 Jun 2026 07:53:14 -0500The BBC to be politically correct would have to give the same coverage to many other sports but point taken. Can't get my head round £4 billion. How much of that goes on light entertainment which should be scrapped.https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31904561/crickets-died-a-death-since-all-the-live-went-to-sky?post_id=565440973#565440973The BBC to be politically correct would have to give the same coverage to many other sports but point taken. Can't get my head round £4 billion. How much of that goes on light entertainment which should be scrapped.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 06:16:11 -0500Sage, Sky pay the ECB approx £220m annually at the moment for full cricket rights.The BBC collect nearly £4 Billion in Licence fees every year. So quite why you think the licence fee should treble to enable the BBC to bid to cover such sport escapehttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31904561/crickets-died-a-death-since-all-the-live-went-to-sky?post_id=565435979#565435979Sage, Sky pay the ECB approx £220m annually at the moment for full cricket rights.The BBC collect nearly £4 Billion in Licence fees every year. So quite why you think the licence fee should treble to enable the BBC to bid to cover such sport escapeThu, 18 Jun 2026 10:00:03 -0500The BBC can't afford any international sport apart from Snooker and Wimbledon. Do you want to pay £500 a year for BBC or not? I like Sky coverage.https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31904561/crickets-died-a-death-since-all-the-live-went-to-sky?post_id=565435453#565435453The BBC can't afford any international sport apart from Snooker and Wimbledon. Do you want to pay £500 a year for BBC or not? I like Sky coverage.Thu, 18 Jun 2026 06:27:16 -0500BBC used to share it with racing, show jumping, F1 and news bulletins and not bother with tours - even Ashes tours for the most part..so not sure it was that great but a non-exclusive deal with satellite tv would certainly have been better...they dechttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31904561/crickets-died-a-death-since-all-the-live-went-to-sky?post_id=565433447#565433447BBC used to share it with racing, show jumping, F1 and news bulletins and not bother with tours - even Ashes tours for the most part..so not sure it was that great but a non-exclusive deal with satellite tv would certainly have been better...they decWed, 17 Jun 2026 13:28:45 -0500I was a little lad when the John Player league started on BBC2. Our tv could only get BBC1 so every Sunday i would go round my aunt's place where she kindly let me sit glued to her TV all afternoon with my obligatory scorebook, never missing a ball.https://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31904561/crickets-died-a-death-since-all-the-live-went-to-sky?post_id=565433441#565433441I was a little lad when the John Player league started on BBC2. Our tv could only get BBC1 so every Sunday i would go round my aunt's place where she kindly let me sit glued to her TV all afternoon with my obligatory scorebook, never missing a ball.Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:27:47 -0500100%,agree . used to be great esp on bbc, ben &hed cup, gillettev cup. john playerb league on sundays, along the testshttps://community.betfair.com/cricket/go/thread/view/94046/31904561/crickets-died-a-death-since-all-the-live-went-to-sky?post_id=565433223#565433223100%,agree . used to be great esp on bbc, ben &hed cup, gillettev cup. john playerb league on sundays, along the testsWed, 17 Jun 2026 12:03:52 -0500