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Originally Posted by Chad
I can see BT winning the EFL rights plus exclusive SPL when the Scottish football deal is up for renewal. Things could get rough for SKY. Not necessarily good for the customer though. Won't be long until BT Sport is as expensive as SKY Sports at this rate.
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It's going to be interesting, looks like BT are going to get all the European rugby (with some FTA on ITV) and they are going in strong for EFL and cricket.
However even all this is probably a fraction of the cost compared to what they pay for the 42 PL games.
They could increase content without a major increase in cost. Drop the midweek PL pack in the next tender to cover the cost and perhaps save more by taking the weakest of the main weekend packs. It would still give them 28/30 PL games which is more than ESPN had in their last couple of seasons.