13-07-2022, 10:27 PM
(13-07-2022, 04:17 PM)Brekkie Wrote: It technically already is on the crown jewels list, which states such events are protected in their entirety, but that seemingly counts for nothing. I think other than a couple of recent womens events the list has remained largely unchanged since the 90s despite things slowly moving towards pay TV that were taken for granted as being on free to air, such as The Ashes, The Open, Champions League Final etc. I think there is a strong argument to add one match per round of the FA Cup (3rd round on) for live coverage and also Premier League highlights on the B-list too.
Something that should be looked at 100%, only real change in last few years is Women equivalent of events being added such as the Women's World Cup & Euros and the Paralympics. There was a review in the dying days of the Labour Government under David Davies and it was proposed to add Home Nations European Qualifiers, the Ashes Home Tests, the Open and Wales 6 Nations matches and drop Challenge Cup, the Derby and Winter Olympics but the election in 2010 stopped this in the track.