Setanta on the brink of collapse!

[alexxxxx]

Setanta are reported by the BBC to go into administration in days, after they couldn't pay the SPL the £3M they owe them and now the EPL are asking for thier £30M. The backers can't/won't pay.

Going to leave a big gap in SPL fianances and I guess they will be looking for a new broadcaster and so will the EPL. Will ESPN come and swoop up Setanta?

[Wolverhampton]

Maybe were gna get a version of the yanky "ESPN SPORTS CENTERRRR" - haha, would rival SkySports though.

But anyway, they won't go out of service, their owners are pretty rich, they're the main sports broadcaster in Ireland to, they'll get the money if they wanted.

[alexxxxx]

I'd love a UK version of sports centre. It's be woth the subscription just for that aha. But apparently the backers don't want to waste any more money on it... But I think ESPN would have a crack at UK Sports Broadcasting with ESPN America and ESPN Classic now on the listings. But I think it would need a radical shake-up. They should lose the EPL rights cause they are too expensive for the rubbish games they get.

[Wolverhampton]

Yeah, SkySports will soon have all PL games available on the red button anyway, IMHO, and then sell rights to foreign broadcasters to view the games also.

ALL PL games should go back to Sky TBH.

[alexxxxx]

I actually dislike sky's coverage sometimes because they bum off the top 4 too much. The EPL were actually thinking about setting up their own TV channel (with some, not all, games on). The big US sports have done it, NFL Network, NBATV & MLB Network.

[Immenseman]

That's what happen when you take on Sky.

[Wolverhampton]

Lmao, agree'd.

[alexxxxx]

Setanta are no longer accepting new subscriptions at the moment. I think it says all. I read someone's 3-word description of setanta:

Sky is better.

True.

[Wolverhampton]

Setanta fails, they've wasted most of their money on all the boxing and ufc fights, bundesliga, holland footballs league, SPL which fails, crap PL games which are... crud, Setanta Golf which no one watches, Setanta Sports News which just fails compared to SSN.

They need a major re-shuffle.

[alexxxxx]

Setanta fails, they've wasted most of their money on all the boxing and ufc fights, bundesliga, holland footballs league, SPL which fails, crap PL games which are... crud, Setanta Golf which no one watches, Setanta Sports News which just fails compared to SSN.

They need a major re-shuffle.

Agreed. But I think UFC and foreign football is probably the only good bit about setanta. Setanta News is terrible.