R&A - Good Deal or Greedy

[HomerJSimpson]

One of the biggest bones of contention with BBC coverage has to be the number of presenters and reporters attached to the event. I still don't think it's a bad thing and to be honest if I was Westwood I wouldn't get involved. Surely he's only biting the hand that feeds him and if a deal with Sky gives the R&A more revenue (why else do it) then surely prize money will go up.

 

[Tongo]

One of the biggest bones of contention with BBC coverage has to be the number of presenters and reporters attached to the event. I still don't think it's a bad thing and to be honest if I was Westwood I wouldn't get involved. Surely he's only biting the hand that feeds him and if a deal with Sky gives the R&A more revenue (why else do it) then surely prize money will go up.

Maybe Westwood realises that its not just about him and how much dough he can earn. I can't imagine he's short of cash.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

One of the biggest bones of contention with BBC coverage has to be the number of presenters and reporters attached to the event. I still don't think it's a bad thing and to be honest if I was Westwood I wouldn't get involved. Surely he's only biting the hand that feeds him and if a deal with Sky gives the R&A more revenue (why else do it) then surely prize money will go up.

Find it interesting though as Westwood last week was all over Twitter promoting the advert him and Darren Clarke had done for Your Golf Travel, which upto now will not be seen on the BBC. So he'll be making money from Companies that advertise, so being on Sky might be good for future work for him?

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Maybe Westwood realises that its not just about him and how much dough he can earn. I can't imagine he's short of cash.

The point is, in my mind at least, that the deal is as good as done. It will happen (money talks) and to be fair I think its an inditement on the BBC sitting on its hands and doing precious little to push the game forward or protect the sport for the viewer. Its as simple as this. Let's not forget they managed to lose MOTD before when they sat back and didn't bid enough and I've an inkling that may happen when that contract next expires. They did the same with cricket and horse racing

 

[GB72]

I agree with this in that I have always felt like the BBC has a sense of entitlement, we are the BBC and so we deserve the biggest sporting events. Now the open has gone and if rumours are to be believed then the 6 nations rugby is next. The BBC is ideally placed to publicise lower level sport, a Saturday show like grandstand would have been perfect for sports of all kind to be publicised but the BBC has only ever shown interest in the glory events, the crown jewels and every event they do cover is populated by so many freeloaders as every tv and radio show decides it just has to be presented from there. I don't have sky sports at the moment but I am not upset that the BBC has lost out