Originally Posted by sporter92:
“I don't think this will happen after the disaster of the Premiership on ITV but I think as part of the rights deal the BBC are not allowed to show highlights before 10pm but I am not 100% sure about that”
Originally Posted by Glenn A:
“I agree, I think it's timed after 10 pm for men in pubs or returning from the pub. The Premiership was in the wrong place at the wrong time.”
Originally Posted by GeorgeS:
“The rights have chnged. You now have the time delayed Fottball First on SS2 from 8.30 to 10pm preventing terrestial highlights before that finishes. That didnt exist when ITV showed the premiership highlights at 7pm.”
You all miss the key phrase in my post "on Sundays" there. I agree Saturdays is a non-starter now, especially with the 5.30pm kick-off, but Sundays is a different matter - and also with fewer games to edit (though actually that's probably not always the case) a 7pm slot on BBC2 shouldn't be too bad for MOTD2, especially on days when it's just 2 or 3 big games.
As for the main highlights on Saturdays as nobody other than the BBC seems to want them they're not going to go anywhere, and if ITV, C4 or C5 did snap them up they wouldn't go into primetime, though I suspect they'd all probably aim for a fixed 10pm start.