England match not on terrestrial TV again?

Eddie

Eddie

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Could someone please explain to me exactly why it is that tomorrow's England game isn't on either BBC1 or ITV?

Here I was, looking forward to the game only to discover that Sky have the rights to the match and I won't be able to watch it. Club football I can understand, but your own national team? Takes the **** if you ask me.
 
Tummy said:
When was the last time England weren't on "normal" telly?
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It wasn't that long back iirc, probably a WC qualifier I'd imagine, don't remember exactly when it was just that I was ****** off then too.

divaboy said:
Its a choice if you want pay for sky sports or not.
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It's not a choice to me, I can't afford to pay for Sky Sports full stop.

I just think that the only criteria that should need to be met if you want to watch your own country play footy on the telly is that you actually own a telly, i.e. it should be freely available to everyone, regardless of bank balance.
 
The $6m Dan said:
Are there even any highlights on terrestrial TV tonight?
I'm looking on the Radio Times site, but can't see anything.
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Just looking at the TV guides myself and it does in fact appear that we're not even going to get the highlights.

Radio5Live for me then :(
 
divaboy said:
People can always afford it , its just a question of priorities and understandably Sky sports isn't high on that list for some people.

For example I chose not to have a car purely because of the expense , thats not to say you should give up your car for sky sports :p
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It's not about priority for everyone though is it, it's not always about 'ah I'll just go out one night less each month to pay for my Pay-Per-View footy', for a lot of families paying for PPV TV would mean less food on the table. Not a lot of choice involved there.
 
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