Comments on: ITV And Setanta Rings Death Knell for BBC TV’s Football Coverage http://www.epltalk.com/itv-and-setanta-rings-death-knell-for-bbc-tvs-football-coverage/675 Daily News & Analysis of the English Premier League Fri, 19 Mar 2010 23:37:44 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kartik http://www.epltalk.com/itv-and-setanta-rings-death-knell-for-bbc-tvs-football-coverage/675#comment-1663 Kartik Fri, 30 Mar 2007 15:58:00 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/2007/03/30/itv-and-setanta-rings-death-knell-for-bbc-tvs-football-coverage/#comment-1663 Yes a very sad day for the BBC, the passing of something that was once great. Mark Lawrenson has long been one of my favorites and the fact that he no longer did EPL matches on TV, but I still listen to him from time to time via itunes on 606. <br/><br/>Much like the passing of some american sports contracts, most notably the decision by ABC to terminate all PGA Tour coverage when NBC came in with a huge bid this past year (The great Jim McKay was a staple of ABC's golf coverage for years)and the end of Monday Night Football on ABC, the end of the BBC's domestic football coverage will be hard to take. Yes a very sad day for the BBC, the passing of something that was once great. Mark Lawrenson has long been one of my favorites and the fact that he no longer did EPL matches on TV, but I still listen to him from time to time via itunes on 606.

Much like the passing of some american sports contracts, most notably the decision by ABC to terminate all PGA Tour coverage when NBC came in with a huge bid this past year (The great Jim McKay was a staple of ABC’s golf coverage for years)and the end of Monday Night Football on ABC, the end of the BBC’s domestic football coverage will be hard to take.

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