Quote Originally Posted by Optimistic Nick View Post
Hmm. They were the obvious candidates in my eyes as they've pulled out early in recent rights bids.

And if it isn't them - who has the money to gamble on this working? Surely the ESL clubs didn't announce this before getting some commitment from a group of broadcasters?!
the club's have been sold the promise of 5bn a year revenue for this new league - that must have come from somewhere.
it didn't seem as though sky were involved by their reaction either.

there's always the option of making them all directly available ppv by each club, or on YouTube or something like that