FIFA and UEFA have lost an appeal against a
European ruling that the World Cup and Euro Championships must be shown on
free-to-air TV in the UK.
In 2011, the European General Court said the UK could keep the events on
a list of “protected” events of national sporting interest broadcast for free.
It means the two tournaments cannot be sold exclusively to pay-TV firms.
Finally a sensible ruling from a European court, you’d think both FIFA
and UEFA would want as many football fans as possible to have the opportunity
to watch the finest players playing on the biggest stage, but what am I saying
of course they don’t want that all they care about is wrenching every last penny
out of the game in exchange for its soul.
Thankfully they’ve been thwarted in their latest attempt at this and the
World Cup and Euros will remain where they belong, on terrestrial TV.
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