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posted on 8/6/24

Boris

"The search began with 25 names, which was reduced to five before the League settled on Dinnage, who had her name as a highly regarded executive at Discovery, where she had responsibility for Eurosport.


Buck had sparked controversy by asking the 20 Premier League clubs to donate £250,000 towards a £5million golden goodbye for the outgoing executive chairman.

That overshadowed Dinnage’s appointment in November with the clubs inviting further criticism by then dressing up the Scudamore payment as a three-year consultancy arrangement.

While sources insist that was not a factor in Dinnage’s U-turn, it is understood that since accepting the position she has become aware of the size of the challenge facing Scudamore’s successor. It is not just the potential for problems with the top flight’s big six agitating for a bigger slice of TV revenue.

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Despite the last TV deal totalling a mind-boggling £5billion, there is concern about how competitive the sports broadcasting landscape remains when Sky have been so dominant, and how the future looks for the likes of BT Sport.

That was certainly on the mind of Crystal Palace owner Steve Parish, talking on BBC 5Live to Garry Richardson before the news broke.

Scudamore announced in June that he is stepping down as executive chairman
Scudamore announced in June that he is stepping down as executive chairman
Dinnage said she was 'excited at the prospect of taking on this fantastic role' last month
Dinnage said she was 'excited at the prospect of taking on this fantastic role' last month
He said: ‘There are challenges but fortunately for the Premier League it is so well received globally. The UK will be more difficult, interesting to see Amazon’s entry into it and hope we create more competition but the media landscape is changing.

‘The way we watch and consume is changing massively and quickly and it is a fantastic challenge for Susanna when she comes in at the Premier League and she knows a lot about that so we have someone who knows about that huge landscape.’

As one insider put it, that is ‘the legacy of Scudamore’, who received a CBE in the New Year’s Honours.

Further to that, Dinnage may have also got cold feet over the uncertainty being created by Brexit at a time when the Premier League and the FA remain poles apart over quotas and limits on foreign players."

You imply what you want because a meeting was held in private though.

posted on 8/6/24

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-6540363/Susanna-Dinnage-tells-Premier-League-not-replace-Richard-Scudamore.html

Hyperlink in the original article you posted from.the Daily Mail. I do wish you'd read what you post before claiming its proof of something.

posted on 8/6/24

Why were the meetings held in private though?

The media seem to think it's a question that needs an answer, it's not just me.

posted on 8/6/24

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 3 minutes ago
Why were the meetings held in private though?

The media seem to think it's a question that needs an answer, it's not just me.
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Where else are meetings held?

When you say the media needs an answer why is the article you posted from 2020? Needs an answer so much we've not heard much else of it since and.everyone moved on.

What proof do you have to refute the reasons cited, in the link you posted, for Dinnage changing her mind?

posted on 8/6/24

posted on 8/6/24

comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 2 hours, 26 minutes ago
comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 3 minutes ago
Why were the meetings held in private though?

The media seem to think it's a question that needs an answer, it's not just me.
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Where else are meetings held?

When you say the media needs an answer why is the article you posted from 2020? Needs an answer so much we've not heard much else of it since and.everyone moved on.

What proof do you have to refute the reasons cited, in the link you posted, for Dinnage changing her mind?
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Maybe the 18 clubs may have like to be invited to these cosy little soirées, obviously not deemed important enough within the wheels of democracy

posted on 8/6/24

comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 27 minutes ago
comment by FieldsofAnfieldRd (U18971)
posted 2 hours, 26 minutes ago
comment by Boris 'Inky’ Gibson (U5901)
posted 3 minutes ago
Why were the meetings held in private though?

The media seem to think it's a question that needs an answer, it's not just me.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Where else are meetings held?

When you say the media needs an answer why is the article you posted from 2020? Needs an answer so much we've not heard much else of it since and.everyone moved on.

What proof do you have to refute the reasons cited, in the link you posted, for Dinnage changing her mind?
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Maybe the 18 clubs may have like to be invited to these cosy little soirées, obviously not deemed important enough within the wheels of democracy
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Only in your head

This is going the same way as your concern for terrorism.

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