Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

Rangers already have an online channel. I expect them to tell BBC to take a hike permanently and go with their own channels to control all games, alongside the Sky / ESPN deal.

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I expect Craig Whyte to be long gone by this time next year...better for you

I expect Leggins tae be gone by Xmas

seven

do you ever post football threads

daviecooper
It cant happen without a major furore in Scottish fitba.
Everyone knows the common sense thing for Rangers and Celtic is to negotiate thier own TV deals. It would need a 11-1 SPL vote or one or both to take it to the European court.

hfh - I just post what is the most entertaining

Post a link tae Chump-Du-Ri's O.G then

Scot - but it already does. Rangers recently broadcast a home league game, live online. on their own channel.

They were the first team in the UK to do this for customers in the UK.

As it gets more & more expensive to go to games, this seems an obvious way to generate funds relatively inexpensively. Look at it this way - 3 or 4 quid to watch the game on good feed, or £25 to go to the game.

And I am not talking about RFC & CFC having their own deals - the Sky / ESPN deal is vital or the whole ball is bust anyway.

The BBC are fast finding that they are not a sports broadcaster - eg losing sole rights to F1, FA Cup, not having CL, only live football being the odd lower cup or league game.

dont need a link I saw it and wrote an OP on it

Seven - he will take action against allegations that he broke the law. If he DID break the law, why was he not arrested? If this "expert" the BBC had on was so confident and sure, then charges would have been laid years ago.

Has he had failures in the past - yep - most businessmen have.

Did the programme broadcast very selective, one sided viewpoints - without a doubt.

All of which is a bit ify when you are the national broadcaster, bound by a charter.

But the allegations of criminality will either have to be proven by the BBC, or withdrawn. If they ARE proven, Whyte will be arrested.

If they are not, the BBC are in trouble.

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It's always difficult to make allegations regarding financial matters stick, however I'd safely say that Whyte is bent. What's your hunch?

Mc - why would you "safely say" that?
What evidence do you have?
Me, I think that anyone is innocent until PROVEN guilty.

And the allegations against which Mr Whyte will tackle the BBC are not financial, they are allegations of criminal activity, in which the result has to be black or white (no pun intended).

Again, if there was a criminal act, why nothing mentioned until now? Wonder how long the unedited version of the interview was with the UK Insolvency Service guy?

Wonder where the companies in question were registered? If they were in Scotland, then he has no say in any matters as it is the Accountant in Insolvency who acts there.

But of course, selective editing, moody music & lighting, graphics, improbable links - all add up to basically a hatchet job.

And I still cannot see what the BBC seek to gain here.