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Re: Andy Holt
We all know that real power in football today is in the hands of Sky & other big media interests, not the EPL or EFL.
He who pays the piper calls the tune!
Match times are dictated to suit TV schedules & beggar the inconvenience for fans.
Who decided that the last games in league 2 should kick off at 5.30pm?
Or that the final Championship matches should be mid-day on Sunday?
Was it some suit from the FA, or was it perhaps a TV executive?
The football authorities are in the pockets of the TV companies.
They pay lip service to football via the so-called 'solidarity payment', but they're scraps compared to the millions being generated.
It doesn't matter to those armchair fans watching live Premier League games that they can't pronounce half the names of the players they're watching, or that the manager needs an interpreter for a post-match interview.
What matters is that they keep paying for their Sky armchair 'season ticket'.
Andy Holt is right! League 2 clubs have to rely almost entirely for revenue from their gate receipts, whereas EPL clubs are handed money on a plate.
The top of the tree is in full bloom, but the roots are being starved.
One day it will come crashing down.
I know what I'd do with their letter Andy - somebody turn the shredder on!
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