Yep, same boat...I think sky is about 50 quid a month, my wife bought it for me as soon as C4 stopped covering the live cricket
I don't know whether this BT coverage is long term or not, Sky puts in a lot of money to the ECB and the age old question is would it harm cricket at grass roots if the SKY money was removed and replaced with something else
the question of whether the SKY money has been used to 'develop' cricket in this Country is another matter, and could someone one else do better?
I think we all know what happened is County club chairman lined their pockets and SKY is the cash cow no one wants to stop giving milk....but that's a whole different subject.
Personally I hope the fan benefits, and I know that may be a simple view but unless TV is affordable for kids to watch cricket, the amateur game will continue to go downhill...and it is rapidly going down
How that balances with a money orientated sport is very difficult to see.
The new Chairman of the ECB and Strauss however has indicated they want cricket coverage to be wider.
How much do they want to expand coverage? do they REALLY want that? if so, SKY's monopoly needs breaking up and replaced with something the normal average fan can afford...
Attending Test matches in this Country is massively expensive...the only way forward is cricket coverage for the majority, not the minority as it is now
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