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Thyedefaulted on a 3million payment to the spl ...

 

Who cares about SPL anyway :yep

 

Would be a shame for boxing fans... Setanta have been great for us showing some brilliant fights and the Bunce boxing hour would be a big loss.

 

Lets hope they pull through this tough time.

 

Difficult to see this happening. The football season has just finished and it's common knowledge that they're in trouble so nobody new is going to sign up. And indeed, some of the football subscribers may cancel their subscriptions.

 

well a good question ,but outside showing ireland games on ppv in pubs in London ,this was setantas bread and butter for a long time ,which lead in the station being what it is itoday and the 'home of boxing'

also mate im assuming your english?coming away with an opnion like leads me to think that (if your not i didnt mean to insult you ) but at least our league is a two horse race unlike the premiership which is a one horse race ..:yep

 

The big worry for boxing fans will be the fact that Setanta invested heavilly in Boxing. If investors, Sky or anyone else sees that as a big reason for there failure expect to see less and less Boxing.

 

I sincerely hope they pull through.

 

It isn't seen as a big reason for their trouble. The big problem is the English prem deal the season after next gives Setanta so few games then the current business model just isn't viable. They just will not retain/gain enough football fans with only the Sat PM games.

A case of 'wait and see' really. Lets hope they turn it around somehow.

 

Doesn't Frank Warren (Sports Network) owe Setanta money? Along with Joe Calzaghe and Millennium Stadium plc?

 

Sports Network are in the middle of a legal case with Setanta yes.

SN have also lost court cases vs and owe Joe and Millenium stadium money.

Now that SN has convieniently gone into administration who knows where that leaves any money owed. I hope they all have good lawyers and that they follow the Directors of SN to their new home.

 

I hope I will be able to see the Haye-Klitchko fight on setanta !

 

Setanta paid big money for Hatton vs Castillo and for Calzaghe vs Jones Jnr. They also paid big money to Warren thinking they would get Amir Khan. Add to that the reported 15mil they have given Hayemaker for there promotions and the Haye fights.

They have said that Calzaghes fights got them big subscriber numbers but did they manage to retain any of them???


Personally I think that Setanta should of focused all the funds on everything but Premiership, FA Cup and Inrternational Football. Become a station for hardcore sports fans.

If i did not have setanta and liked football, Spurs the team I support might play a match on setanta once a month so I ca jsut go to the pub, most of the FA Cup and England games are on ITV and if its a big one I can go to the pub again.

I am not going to go to the pub to watch a boxing or tennis match because they wont be showing it, and I am not going to go to the pub or a mates house to watch the cricket or golf because it goes on to long.

Setanta should do foreign football and other sports only. They get hardcore fans of those sports who will pay a premium amount. All the other sport is cheap compared to FA Cup, Premiership and England games.

 

Everyone has an opinion on what setanta should and shouldn't buy. It gets a bit boring.

Trevor East is a very clever man. He was previously a top man at Sky Sports. It was his Business plan Setanta have followed. Without the EPL you do not get the man on the street. Without the man on the street you will not grow into a business as big (note: not neccessarily profitable, yet) as the private equity owners wanted.
And without growing into a big business, it can't be sold at a big profit for the owners.

Call it bad timing re the recession. Call it a bad bid just coming short for the Monday night EPL package. Call it growing too quickly. Probably all of the above.

It is easy to forget that although this is important for us a lot of peoples livelihood depend on this. If it goes under I will miss Andy Kerr, Bunce et al. There has been a real sense of fun at Setanta.

In the meantime, lets support them in the only way we can, by continuing to pay the subs!