chapylad:
2 more games chosen for Sky.
Oxford away GF and Stoke at home EM.
To make matters worse the Oxford game will now kick off at 8pm instead of 3 pm. The Stoke game remains a 3 pm kick off.
So Good Friday the team will arrive back early hours Saturday with a quick turnaround for the Monday game.
I’m not sure a club like Leeds are remunerated fairly for potentially having their season jeopardised by ridiculous kick off times. All clubs get a relatively small amount from Sky for rights to televise their games, and I just looked at some figures from January 2023 regarding how much clubs then got for being chosen as a televised game. For an away team it’s hardly worth it….£10,000. The home team fares better, up to £100,000 per game depending on the time slot. But even then, if they choose you for a Friday night home fixture your money is dropped because of the time slot and what if you’ve just played not long before that ? I don’t know if Leeds have a say in payments or have voted against such low amounts, but obviously the rest of the clubs have, I assume by a majority, agreed the deal. Have all these televised matches impacted our season negatively ? there’s a case to be put. Let’s hope it doesn’t define our season come May.