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“BBC Furious at Final Day Premier League Coverage
Added: Friday 29th May
BBC Radio 5 Live are aiming to change the terms of the Premier League radio rights after being forced to commentate on the second biggest game of day: Hull v Manchester United on the final day of the season, reports the Daily Express.
According to the newspaper, sources at the BBC admitted they would rather have been at Villa Park for Aston Villa against Alan Shearer’s Newcastle last Sunday rather than Hull against Manchester United. However, the terms of their agreement with talkSPORT, who own one package of games as opposed to the BBC’s seven, are that the selections for games must be made ten days in advance.
At that stage, there was still the chance of Manchester United needing something at the KC Stadium to clinch the Premier League title so the BBC felt they could not afford to miss out on that, hence talkSPORT enjoying a clear run at undoubtedly the real story of last Sunday, despite having a second choice of the fixtures on offer.
Management at BBC Radio 5 Live are said to be “mystified” that the arrangement should be there when the television choices between Sky Sports and Setanta, including the logistics that, can be sorted in the final week of the season. But talkSPORT are say they are happy with the arrangement: “The BBC took a punt on the outcome of the title race and got it wrong. Simple as that.”
BBC Radio 5 Live’s and talkSPORT’s contracts with the Premier League to provide national commentary of matches is set to expire at the end of the 2009-2010 season.”
“BBC Furious at Final Day Premier League Coverage
Added: Friday 29th May
BBC Radio 5 Live are aiming to change the terms of the Premier League radio rights after being forced to commentate on the second biggest game of day: Hull v Manchester United on the final day of the season, reports the Daily Express.
According to the newspaper, sources at the BBC admitted they would rather have been at Villa Park for Aston Villa against Alan Shearer’s Newcastle last Sunday rather than Hull against Manchester United. However, the terms of their agreement with talkSPORT, who own one package of games as opposed to the BBC’s seven, are that the selections for games must be made ten days in advance.
At that stage, there was still the chance of Manchester United needing something at the KC Stadium to clinch the Premier League title so the BBC felt they could not afford to miss out on that, hence talkSPORT enjoying a clear run at undoubtedly the real story of last Sunday, despite having a second choice of the fixtures on offer.
Management at BBC Radio 5 Live are said to be “mystified” that the arrangement should be there when the television choices between Sky Sports and Setanta, including the logistics that, can be sorted in the final week of the season. But talkSPORT are say they are happy with the arrangement: “The BBC took a punt on the outcome of the title race and got it wrong. Simple as that.”
BBC Radio 5 Live’s and talkSPORT’s contracts with the Premier League to provide national commentary of matches is set to expire at the end of the 2009-2010 season.”




, I managed to avoid radio commentary and reports (as I was out for the day) and watch MOTD without knowing what had happened earlier in the day.