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From: Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org>
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Subject: Re: OT: Sports (Was: Amazon to take over James Bond)
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 21:17:34 +1100
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On 28/02/2025 3:01 am, Blueshirt wrote:
> The Doctor wrote:
>> In article <xn0p2iloz1ercc4006@post.eweka.nl>,
>> Blueshirt <blueshirt@indigo.news> wrote:

<Snip>

>>> I don't know enough about the financial side of it, but every
>>> business is about making money. The NHL like FIFA, UEFA, the
>>> NFL, MLB (etc.) is geared to maximising its profits. With
>>> football [soccer] I think it has gone beyond that to the
>>> stage where the large amounts of money is destroying the
>>> game. FIFA are more corrupt than the Mafia.
>>
>> As for the BBC ...
> 
> The BBC are worse than the mafia! As they have a law in the UK
> that means everyone with a TV has to pay the BBC money each year
> regardless of whether they watch a BBC channel or not...
> 
> In regards to sport, the BBC can barely afford to show the top
> sports live anymore as they squander a lot of their money on big
> name presenters and bureaucracy.
> 
Blueshirt, as you don't actually live on Britain (or even the U.K.!!), 
YOU don't actually pay the BBC money each year, do you??
-- 
Daniel70