Greg Dyke new FA Chairman

HenryVIIIHenryVIII Posts: 800
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21877945

On that basis, I suggest Harry Rednapp as the next DG of the BBC.
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  • Dan's DadDan's Dad Posts: 9,880
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    HenryVIII wrote: »
    Is that Mr Bernstein anything to do with the founders of Granada TV ....

    if so, I can see a pattern emerging!
  • henderohendero Posts: 11,773
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    I always suspected the FA were clueless. No sensible candidates with a career in football?
  • tedjrrtedjrr Posts: 2,934
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    hendero wrote: »
    I always suspected the FA were clueless. No sensible candidates with a career in football?

    What on earth has football got to do with it?
  • mossy2103mossy2103 Posts: 84,307
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    tedjrr wrote: »
    What on earth has football got to do with it?
    Surprisingly, quite a bit: actually:
    "Dyke has had a long background in football. He was a director of Manchester United in the late nineties and since 2006 he has been non-executive chairman of Brentford Football Club, the team he supported as a boy. He will relinquish this role at the end of the season to take up his new post at the FA."

    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/news/9945798/Former-BBC-director-general-Greg-Dyke-set-to-become-new-chairman-of-the-FA.html


    Now if Harry Redknapp has a background rooted in broadcasting, the first post in this thread might have a point to it.
  • exlordlucanexlordlucan Posts: 35,375
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    What's this got to do with broadcasting?
  • ftvftv Posts: 31,668
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    What's this got to do with broadcasting?

    After Brian Barwick, the ex-Head of ITV Sport, moved to the FA as supremo the TV rights passed from the BBC to ITV.
    Watch this space.
  • mossy2103mossy2103 Posts: 84,307
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    What's this got to do with broadcasting?
    Somewhere between "not much" and "nothing"
  • GeorgeSGeorgeS Posts: 20,039
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    ftv wrote: »
    Watch this space.

    Ok i'm watching...........:eek: When can I stop?


    I suspect any deal will be done based on money, not favourism.
  • GeorgeSGeorgeS Posts: 20,039
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    mossy2103 wrote: »
    Somewhere between "not much" and "nothing"

    ex broadcaster becomes head of organisation with coveted broadcasting rights perhaps?
  • Bill ClintonBill Clinton Posts: 9,389
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    Because Greg Dyke was once DG of the BBC itself so there is a connection with broadcasting, weird but not totally surprising that he gets the post as chairman at the FA, but I guess it shows top managerial skills with the history at the BBC. Life is strange like that.

    On The Apprentice, Kate Walsh became a TV presenter and Nick Hewer Alan Sugar's advisor with no background in broadcasting before The Apprentice, got a job presenting Countdown.
  • henderohendero Posts: 11,773
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    mossy2103 wrote: »
    Surprisingly, quite a bit: actually:



    http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/news/9945798/Former-BBC-director-general-Greg-Dyke-set-to-become-new-chairman-of-the-FA.html


    Now if Harry Redknapp has a background rooted in broadcasting, the first post in this thread might have a point to it.

    He was a non-exec at Man Utd for two years. He is apparently a lifelong fan, which is just what English football needs, someone senior to give Fergie and his players even more licence to flout the rules.

    As you note, he has been non-exec at Brentford since 2006. He's never had an actual job in football, so I'd hardly describe that as a background rooted in the sport.
  • mossy2103mossy2103 Posts: 84,307
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    GeorgeS wrote: »
    ex broadcaster becomes head of organisation with coveted broadcasting rights perhaps?
    Maybe, but highly speculative at this stage
  • ftvftv Posts: 31,668
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    Because Greg Dyke was once DG of the BBC itself so there is a connection with broadcasting, weird but not totally surprising that he gets the post as chairman at the FA, but I guess it shows top managerial skills with the history at the BBC. Life is strange like that.

    On The Apprentice, Kate Walsh became a TV presenter and Nick Hewer Alan Sugar's advisor with no background in broadcasting before The Apprentice, got a job presenting Countdown.

    I seem to remember when Richard and Judy were advertising for a reporter on their show, by then on satellite, out of hundreds of applicants the only one sufficiently experienced was......Chloe Madley who had never worked in TV.

    On another thread it's been pointed out that the BBC1 series The Syndicate, written by Kay Mellor, seems to employ most members of her family in one role or another.
  • GeorgeSGeorgeS Posts: 20,039
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    mossy2103 wrote: »
    Maybe, but highly speculative at this stage

    true but the rights are up quite soon so that will be one of his tasks as it is their main source of income
  • henderohendero Posts: 11,773
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    ftv wrote: »
    After Brian Barwick, the ex-Head of ITV Sport, moved to the FA as supremo the TV rights passed from the BBC to ITV.
    Watch this space.

    And we all recall fondly what a triumph Barwick was in the role. However, given Dyke's departure from the BBC I'm not sure his appointment gives them much more chance of getting the rights to England matches. Sports programming is becoming increasingly valuable to advertisers due to reduced fast forwarding through the ads, so I'd be surprised if the BBC outbid their commercial rivals.
  • mrblankmrblank Posts: 5,687
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    no one could say this move sexes up the FA lol
  • JudioJudio Posts: 11,720
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    HenryVIII wrote: »
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/21877945

    On that basis, I suggest Harry Rednapp as the next DG of the BBC.

    Greg Dyke has been involved in the game

    He has just had to finish a stint as Chairman at Brentford to take up this new role

    http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/news/article/greg-dyke-fa-chairman-21.03.13-727180.aspx

    Greg has a long background in football.
    He was a director of Manchester United in the late 1990s and was appointed non-executive Chairman of Brentford in 2006.
  • TassiumTassium Posts: 31,639
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    Nothing much "qualifies" a person to be the boss of any organisation.

    You could point to a hundred things in their background, but the only way to access a persons suitability for a top job is by letting them have a go.

    On that basis I wonder why any of these ex broadcasting executives ever get employed again in the same (or similar) capacity. I mean, who keeps giving Jay Hunt a job?

    Greg Dyke excepted, he did pretty well at the BBC.
  • ftvftv Posts: 31,668
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    Tassium wrote: »
    Nothing much "qualifies" a person to be the boss of any organisation.

    You could point to a hundred things in their background, but the only way to access a persons suitability for a top job is by letting them have a go.

    On that basis I wonder why any of these ex broadcasting executives ever get employed again in the same (or similar) capacity. I mean, who keeps giving Jay Hunt a job?

    Greg Dyke excepted, he did pretty well at the BBC.

    Greg offered his resignation from the BBC confident the governors would reject it. Unfortunately for him they didn't:eek:
  • HenryVIIIHenryVIII Posts: 800
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    Judio wrote: »
    Greg Dyke has been involved in the game

    He has just had to finish a stint as Chairman at Brentford to take up this new role

    http://www.brentfordfc.co.uk/news/article/greg-dyke-fa-chairman-21.03.13-727180.aspx

    Greg has a long background in football.
    He was a director of Manchester United in the late 1990s and was appointed non-executive Chairman of Brentford in 2006.

    Then that sounds like a reasonable justification. Thanks.
  • joshua_welbyjoshua_welby Posts: 9,017
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    I hope Greg Dyke introduces new technology to the game like Goal Line sensors or something to tell us and the referee if the ball passes the line for example or maybe not
  • henderohendero Posts: 11,773
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    I hope Greg Dyke introduces new technology to the game like Goal Line sensors or something to tell us and the referee if the ball passes the line for example or maybe not

    Already in the works at FIFA and the Premier League. Not sure about the other leagues in English football, it's apparently very expensive to install and operate. Why they don't just rely on TV cameras, which settle the debate in 98% of instances, I really don't know, but that's for another forum.
  • degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    One line they keep trotting out is that they want the same resources and technology to be available at every level of the game from Sunday League to the Premier League.


    Pretty sure though in the past they have used video evidence to retrospectively ban or rescind a card so not sue how that argument works.
  • Object ZObject Z Posts: 1,871
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    ftv wrote: »
    After Brian Barwick, the ex-Head of ITV Sport, moved to the FA as supremo the TV rights passed from the BBC to ITV.
    Watch this space.

    Of course Dyke also `worked at` LWT, so his loyalties may lie with ITV.

    I expect money will be the key to where the rights end up.
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 375
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    hendero wrote: »
    He was a non-exec at Man Utd for two years. He is apparently a lifelong fan, which is just what English football needs, someone senior to give Fergie and his players even more licence to flout the rules.

    What does who he supports have to do with anything? Brian Barwick was a big Liverpool fan and the man Greg Dyke is replacing, David Bernstein, was involved with Man City for years.
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