Betting it All on the Cup

No Question About That - a Manchester United podcast

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Sports, Soccer

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2018

⏱️ 70 minutes

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#330. Another challenging week José Mourinho's side: a crushing defeat at Newcastle followed by victory over Huddersfield in the cup. Defeat in the north east drags United into a five-way race for Champions League qualification, although a place in the FA Cup quarter-final comes with a favourable home draw. Also on the show this week a look ahead to United's Champions League game against Sevilla in Spain and the weekend's fixture with Chelsea.No Question About That is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, YouTube, Amazon Music and all good podcast apps. We really appreciate your support. Please hit that subscribe button, leave a rating and write us a review! Talk to us on Twitter and Instagram. No Question About That is produced by the award-winning Tom Jenkins. If you are interested in supporting the show and accessing some cool rewards, check out our crowdfunding page and become a Patron! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The So, Paul, were you excited about the Premier League TV deal?
0:30.6	So I, it was only when we were just discussing the show 10 minutes ago that you said
0:35.8	we should talk about the new Premier League TV deal. I did not know that had happened. What's happened?
0:41.1	Well, the very, very short story is they just sold the Premier League TV rights again for a
0:47.3	spunk load of cash.
0:48.3	So more?
0:49.3	Another?
0:50.3	No, no.
0:51.3	It's interesting because there's a, there are a few different ways to look at it.
0:55.0	I think the narrative, the main narrative that's been played out in some of the presses,
0:59.0	oh bubbles burst, but it's not really true and I think everyone was kind of looking for that story.
1:05.5	So basically they cut the packages into seven blocks.
1:12.0	They're slightly more games on offer this time round and
1:15.6	slightly weird sets of packages, some of them anyway. Five of the seven blocks were
1:21.1	sold for about 4.5 billion pounds. This is for
1:27.1	seasons 18 19, 19, 20 and 20, 21. Right.
1:33.0	So we've got a little time to go on the current deal first.
1:36.0	And the other two packages will get sold.
1:41.0	They're just, I think they're negotiating with parties how they'll be sold. They're just I think they're negotiating with parties how how they'll be sold so
1:44.8	they can be sold as blocks on on midweek blocks, simulcast and on some bank holidays and stuff like that, or they can actually be split up, so it's like 40 games or so, and potentially near live and
2:05.0	bite-sized content packages and stuff like that anyway. I think they're hoping to entice Amazon into it.
2:08.0	So I think the total deal in the end will be 150 million short of the previous deal
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