Phuzzy wrote:
On the face of it this could be a great move. It all depends on Channel 4s attitude towards it. If it's along the lines of their Cricket/NFL coverage it will go a long way to growing our game.
If I have a concern it's that (I'm assuming) they have got it on the cheap so to speak and that could go one of two ways. Either that will leave more budget for the production or they could regard it as "cheap filler".
With only a 10 game season for them, will that be enough to throw everything at it? I hope so...
Their CEO has said that because they don't have a lot of money to spend, that when they do they get behind it 100% as it's still a lot of money to them. The production has was put out to tender to gather ideas on how it's presented to get new fans but keep existing ones entertained too.
10 games is ok the gap between them us the worry they're front loaded then with a play off game. However their intention is a more long term this 2 year deal will be to test the water and see how it is received. I'm excited to see what they come up with their sports coverage is normally good.
