News Article Comments : Luff "suspicious" of pubco promises

They Simple Don't Get it.

SKY have a monopoly on live Premiership games, simple as.

I'm not a big football fan - even less, a fan of SKY. Believing in their hype cost me £500-plus per month and it didn't help my business one little bit. But PRECISELY because they have the monopoly on live Premiership games I had little choice but to sign up for it.

ps I don't think Liverpool are playing a Premiership game tonight.

This post replies to Rachael Barnes > They Simple Don't Get it.

They Simple Don't Get it.

Yes Peter, and you'll notice only one of them has the exclusive UK rights. No one else can show it in the UK.

The same applies to the Premiership. A whole array of broadcasters have the rights to show in their own countires. Sky has part of the exclusive deal in the UK.

Stephen, Sky are NOT the only broadcaster who shows live Premiership games, so do ESPN.

This post replies to peter giles > They Simple Don't Get it.

They Simple Don't Get it.

You're both missing the point the thread is about Luff "suspicious" of pubco promises

This post replies to peter giles > They Simple Don't Get it.

They Simple Don't Get it.

Indeed, back on thread;

Luff accused pubcos of playing a “political game” over their reaction to the OFT report on the tie.

The OFT said the tie did not cause competition concerns. However, the competition body did not examine the treatment of tenants by pubcos.

“The industry thinks that in some senses it’s off the hook. They are emphatically not off the hook,” said Luff.

“It will get more and more uncomfortable for them if they keep playing those games.”

“[The reaction] makes me very suspicious of how much to trust the undertakings given.

The pubcos are guilty of 'playing politics' in an effort to disguise their unethical ways. Their 'codes' and 'contracts' are designed specifically to help them in gaining maximum cash from their 'retail partners'. No wonder they 'welcomed' the result of the OFT report as instigated by CAMRA - it was never going to find against them because CAMRA represented the pub customer NOT the pub-co customer!

Mr Luff's re-named Committee sit again on Dec 8th:

The Committee would be interested to hear views on:

RICS' Pub Industry Forum Report and Recommendations;

BBPA's agreement with BII and FLVA to revise its Framework Code of Practice on the Granting of Tenancies and Leases;

The Independent Pub Rent Review Scheme (PIRRS); and

The formation of the Independent Pub Confederation.

To inform the Committee and its evidence session, interested parties are invited to submit comments. Comments should be e-mailed to biscom@parliament.uk no later than Wednesday 18 November and should be no more than 4,000 words.

Now's the time for tenants and lessees to play politics!

This post replies to Richard Yates > They Simple Don't Get it.