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Not great in terms of maximising revenue with Bradford (one of the fe teams I'd expect to normally bring 3,000) being on a Tuesday night and Wrexham (the other one who'd bring decent away support) being FA Cup 3rd round weekend and probably moved to a midweek

As for the suggestion that Wrexham (A) will be a TV game. I think that ship has sailed due to the already announced Championship games and the fact that this IS NOT their first league game. That's the reason why AFC and Salford got picked all those years ago.

I agree. I've just had another look at the fixtures and Wrexham are at home against Doncaster on the September international weekend - I reckon there's a good chance that will be televised.

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Why would it be shown before most Yanks have woken up?

Lets face it, it was to be moved for TV coverage, it would be to a teatime or evening slot.

Wouldn't make a difference, surely? Sky wouldn't be getting any more viewers or revenue from the game being shown in the US or not, would they?

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I agree, although with Sky owning the contract, I believe they sell it on to international broadcasters.

I don't think this would stop them moving it to 12pm on a Saturday though.

Ah, fair point. I guess an evening Wrexham game would be more appealing to ESPN674, then!

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So how does it work with Ifollow? Sky could put weekday games on their website or red button like they did or do with the Championship. Does that mean the EFL who I believe created Ifollow sell to sky then buy back the rights? That is a very confusing way of doing business or is it just Sky buy the rights to show games certain days like international weekends/ Easter etc. I am just curious how it works.

As impossible question for anyone on this forum to answer. Would entirely depend on iFollow’s contract with the EFL. They may have a clause in there that ensures only a certain percentage of games are shown by Sky and that iFollow have exclusive access to x percentage.

There may also be no clause, but iFollow take the risk that Sky will only show a small percentage of games across the season.

FWIW, red button games are still allowed to he shown on iFollow, I believe.

Wait until next year when iFollow live streaming is dead and the whole thing becomes a lottery in terms of Sky kick-off times!

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This is a good point. As nice as it is for them to put more games on the TV think about the Wednesday fans who were messed about on that Easter Saturday game against us (they had to run a shit load of coaches to make sure they could get back to Sheffield as trains were an impossibility) and then in turn our game against Oxford was moved to the Tuesday to give the adequate rest time. IIRC was there a game against Swindon that flipped and flopped between good Friday and Easter Saturday which was on Sky I believe we won 3-0. For the armchair fan it is brilliant. For the attending fan it is poop.