BBC overkill on reporting proposed european super league

And perhaps the widespread coverage and the obvious distaste for the plan, made those clubs think again.

I'm a big football fan and my team was one of the 6 involved although we pulled out first. I didn't agree with it as most fans don't and the reason it was such a big deal is that English football doesn't just affect the top flight clubs, it filters down to the none league and grass roots teams too. Our owners have built a new academy to bring young players through from school age, created jobs, built new housing for local people and given millions of pounds to charity, so it's not always about making money.

Just because one item does not interest one person doesn't mean that it is not important news. Nor does the fact that that person is interested in something else make that frontline news.

Items that interest a lot of people are news whether they are reporting disasters or about sport. An enormous number of people are itnerested in football, even if they only watch it from their armchair. Plans that threaten to ruin an already badly run sport, are of concern to millions aand millians of people, not just in the UK but elsewhere. That is news and deserves wide coverage.

Cabbie21

We don’t hear enough about all the issues around the world. The media have got their priorities wrong.
So glad this is all over now.

Sadly I think the media have got exactly the right priorities - anything to stop us engaging in discussion of anything meaningful. The power of the media has always been in agenda setting.

I was relieved to hear something different for a change. And it wasn't so much about the sport, but how greed and profit drives everything.

My older brother was a professional footballer, played for his country. I detest football these days. Nothing other than money and fame sought by both clubs and players. Agree the news items were over the top.

TV companies seem to delight in overkill on ONE subject all the time !!! Last week it was Prince Phillip...now, I am a royalist and enjoyed SOME of the programmes about his life BUT NOT every hour of every day for a whole week ....and now this week its FOOTBALL....I hate football ...no interest in it whatsoever (apologies to those who do !) all seems to be about making money now and not sport, anyway ...............now, I wonder what next week;s ENTIRE TV coverage is going to be about ????

We don’t hear enough about all the issues around the world. The media have got their priorities wrong.
So glad this is all over now.

The role of football in the UK is tremendously important - for those who don't like it it is easy not to recognise this but in fact it's a huge part of society and it's not just about people kicking a ball around and others watching but also is part of our economic infrastructure and can be a showcase for critical issues like race, homophobia, sex, equal opps and in this instance, the power wielded by billionaires. It's had less than a couple of days' media coverage and it's not removed normal programmes. The coverage of Prince Phillip's death was pretty immense as is all news concerning the royals - personally I'm sick of hearing about the Sussex family but we still get this - completely overshadowing anything about the proposed Super League.

Alegrias1

I think the scale of the coverage is less about the actual football and more about the fact that half a dozen super rich club owners think they can mess about with a hundred-year-old system and undermine it for their own gains.

I'm not even going to mention Lucca's typo in case I get sent to the Tower.

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It`s all about money,the haves want more,pure greed.
And the BBC make money from it,so why not promote it for an hour or so,it`s what they do best.

I am not a football fan, but I recognise that it is very important to millions of people, and from what I can understand, this super league falling apart is a good thing. But, the cynic in me also recognises that Johnson grasped the opportunity for a bit of PR, not only does he deliver the vaccines, have a pint, he also saves the beautiful game! What a hero of the working class. Michael Heseltine summed Johnson up well Well, I think that you have to see Boris as a career map. He works it out, he decides which way the wind is blowing, and that wonderful phrase about a politician - a man who waits to see the way the crowd is running and then dashes in front and says, ‘Follow me’.

There is a lot of other things going on around the world that may possibly be more important - for instance, there has been absolutely nothing about the fact that Covid is now spreading through Thailand at a speed of knots, with very little health care available, and no vaccine .
So I guess after that, anything about football is news!
However, BBC now keeps repeating the same stories from 6am to 10pm plus, rather than updating throughout the day as they used to.
I often wonder just what all the journalists and staff are doing in the background are actually doing if not researching new items ???

EkwaNimitee I beg to differ. I am an avid football fan and have added my objections to the Super League. To millions of fans this was a very important issue and People Power has won. There were thousands of complaints about broadcasts on Prince Philips life and death but it was news at the time. Hopefully you can get back to listening to your radio stations soon.

What a great shame the same amount of media coverage hasn’t been given to the debacle concerning the pensions of women born in the fifties!

When I hear an issue which involves the government given such an amount of airtime as this....I do wonder what they have slipped under the radar. What are they trying not to talk about. What thing are we being duped on now!?
Oh.....and...no I am not a fan of football. I appreciate it is an extremely popular sport has changed the lives of many but I am appalled by the over inflated money these pseudo celebrities and their wags get. It is an insult to footballers of the past and to the hard working people who pay high ticket prices and get sucked into the merchandise of these people.

What would all these maniac fans do if these very rich investors withdrew their money. What would they do if no other rich investors wanted to put their money into football. Bet the fans wouldn't want to put their own money in

It all sounds rather tedious but not unlike the international rugby set-up where nations play each other and there's no promotion to or from a league. I don't know what all the fuss is about. It's just football involving large sums of money, apparently. Gosh, who'd have thought?

Alioop

I think Boris needs to sort out his priorities. A lot more pressing matters than super rich football teams thinking of leaving the Premier League.

I’m feeling slightly suspicious that this has all kicked off prior to these elections and Johnson has emerged as the saviour of British football ...

SW ???

Why is this super league not restricted to Sports News? It shouldn’t affect our regular important news reports. You will guess that I am not a football fan, but I do sometimes time the sports report v the ‘proper’ news, and guess which sometimes gets more time?

I think Boris needs to sort out his priorities. A lot more pressing matters than super rich football teams thinking of leaving the Premier League.

I agree. We are not the slightest bit interested in football and couldn't care less about the superleague but it was the lead story on all news bulletins, including Channel 4 news, which is usually more sensible.

This is a huge story. I’m not a footie fan but I do recognise the importance of this. If it’s not challenged it could be the beginning of the end for sport as we know it.

Mollygo

SW he’s the only footballer whose name I know. His earnings were well publicised when he raised the excellent matter of FSM.
Why pick out high earning footballers? I thought I’d only mentioned one, but I’ll explain so you understand, that they would be the ones in the teams picked for the Super League.
I was answering and agreeing with Henetha, but since you’ve quoted me, which is your right, which of the three outcomes do you think would be more likely out of the three I offered?

I think that in a free market economy with a Govt like ours, it’s absolutely ridiculous to discuss the idea of a cap on wages. And even more ridiculous to single out one particular group of earners.

SW he’s the only footballer whose name I know. His earnings were well publicised when he raised the excellent matter of FSM.
Why pick out high earning footballers? I thought I’d only mentioned one, but I’ll explain so you understand, that they would be the ones in the teams picked for the Super League.
I was answering and agreeing with Henetha, but since you’ve quoted me, which is your right, which of the three outcomes do you think would be more likely out of the three I offered?