31 Mar 2018 14:32:15
I was 7 in the augural season of the premier league so forgive my ignorance please. I am always hearing people refer to sky as sly and bemoaning Rupert Murdoch's influence on football. Whether that is just the English game i do not know, but i would just like to know the reason why people are against Sky and Murdoch? Is it due to the sudden influx of money or the 'destruction of the soul' of the game, for example? If it is money i would just like to point out that in 1979 Trevor Francis was bought for just over £1million and in 1991 David Platt was bought for £5.5million. It's not as if money wasn't being spent at a much more progressive rate anyway. As far as Murdoch goes, there aren't many more vile people in the world, in my opinion, but what harm has he actually done to football? I'm not saying he hasn't been or that Sky hasn't been detrimental, I would just like to know why they are so disliked?

1.) 31 Mar 2018
31 Mar 2018 14:39:43
Sly are associated to the newsgroup who have the infamously inaccurate newspaper that won't and shouldn't be mentioned on here.
There's more to it, but that's the standout.

2.) 31 Mar 2018
31 Mar 2018 18:05:44
Ah yes, sorry everyone. I had a rather large brain freeze there and didn't ask my question with all due respect. Thank you for your answers.

There does seem to be a wider dislike of modern football practices/ finances/ culture etc that often seems to get blamed on Sky and the Premier League since its inception and I just wanted to know why? If it is purely for those reasons then fair enough, but it seems like there's more to it. I guess I've asked a question before working out exactly how to phrase it.

3.) 31 Mar 2018
31 Mar 2018 20:43:01
What bothers me most is that they are allowed to advertise their own betting company which means there must be a conflict of interest when they're just making up stories about player x and team y. No one seems to ever talk about it.

4.) 01 Apr 2018
01 Apr 2018 22:50:17
Agreed Nick.