The FA Cup 2014/15
Andy55
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I know BBC/BT Sport have the rights for The FA Cup next season, but have they announced how the games will be split yet (pick's , number of games per round etc.)?
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we already have a thread about this...
Which you created 3 months early!
The answer to the original question is that no one appears to know.
I think the BBC has 1st and 4th pick per round and i think they have about 12 live matches before replays ( 11 exclusive +final shared). They will also air some replays
Bt have 2nd, 3rd and 5th per round + replays. This results in about 17 live matches per season before replays( 16 exclusive + final shared)
The 1st and 2nd round seems to be 1 match on bbc which will be 1st pick.
Bt seem to have two games in the 1st and 2nd round which will be 2nd and 3rd pick.
Then from 3rd round to semi final the pattern becomes bbc 1st & 4th and bt 2nd, 3rd & 5th.
then final shared
This is following the details of the ITV/BT deal.
MAY BE WRONG
Source? Or is this just a fantasy order which you have a habit of doing?
Until the competition proper starts, the only two things we know for certain are that both will show highlights and the final. The live game allocations are still a mystery.
Not at all necessary.
Just because its BBC doesn't mean they will automatically have first pick.
Sky had first pick games way back when they had rights.
Until we have an answer from either The FA or the broadcasters themselves, its nothing more than guessing & fantasy..
So it depends on what money was offered in the BBC/BT joint bid.
It may very well be that the BBC were willing to do a joint bid with BT knowing that was the only way they could win the rights, even if it meant that BT would get 1st pick.
However unless the amount of money is much higher I guess BBC do have 1st pick.
It's almost certain the BBC have first pick. The Guardian seems to think so - http://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/jul/17/bbc-bt-sport-fa-cup-tv-rights - and Media Week also says that and says they paid the most - http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/article/1191666/bt-sport-muscles-sky-fa-cup-100m-deal
Yes, Sky had first picks in 1997-2001 but that was a dreadful deal which did more than anything to damage the standing of the FA Cup and it's highly unlikely they'll be returning to that idea. In addition, it was confirmed on a Sky presentation a few years back that Sky had actually bought exclusive rights to the FA Cup in that period and were sub-licencing games to ITV so they were clearly the dominant partner. All the statements for this deal refer to "the BBC and BT Sport", not the other way around.
A1 1st pick rounds 1-6 (6 matches)
A2 1st pick replays Rounds 1-6 (6 matches)
B1 2nd pick rounds 1-6 (6 matches)
B2 2nd pick replays rounds 1-6 (6 matches)
C 3rd picks rounds 3-6 (4 matches)
D 4th picks rounds 3-6 (4 matches)
E 5th picks rounds 3-5, and 3rd pick rounds 1-2 (5 matches)
F FA Cup Semi Final 1st pick (1 match)
G FA Cup Semi Final 2nd pick (1 match)
H FA Cup Final (1 match)
Total = 40 matches.
R1/2 - 1 game each (2)
R3-6 - 2 games each (8) + 1 replay each (4)
R7 - 1 game (1)
Final - 1 game (1)
= 16
But still no word on pick order.
Main points from the press pack:
Returns to BBC Television – 16 live matches and highlights of every round
Interactive Final Score and Football Focus roadshows
Extra prominence to early rounds - eight matches kick off at 2pm Sunday with goals and highlights available as they happen on BBC One via Final Score
Downloadable FA Cup catch-ups
FA Cup draw returns to Mondays, with new evening slot
All the action on Radio 5 live
BBC Local Radio charts journey to the first round proper for local teams
http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/bbc-football-2014-15/fa-cup
Does this mean they'll still be showing a full live match in the first few rounds?
I like this idea.
FA Cup draw returns to Mondays, with new evening slot
Live football on a Saturday at 3 !!!!
About time they moved with the times with streaming at 3pm on a Saturday.
Based on the above, I think the amount of games that the BBC are showing live from rounds one and two is actually zero.
I'm not sure how 16 games breaks down otherwise. Unless there isn't a uniform number in each round (e.g. maybe it's 3 in R3 but only 2 in R5 because there's more games in R3). But that would be odd.
Live game on Saturday?