EFL MK Dons..........

[Sarge]

Hope you sent it to the FSA which has replaced the FSF. https://thefsa.org.uk/contact/

I did ... ( though I still think of the FSA as FSF )

 

[werthersoriginal]

That's 3 things...

Arguably, it's two things: a) selling subscriptions and advertising, and b) filling schedule gaps for the PL trough.

 

[Telforddave]

4 weeks was Friday 18th March for the games that have been picked for TV (Good Friday matches - 15th April)
We're a knock-on effect of those picks being late.

Although there were rumours on Twitter on Saturday that the MK Dons game was potentially being moved to the Tuesday so I suspect the club were contacted Friday 18th or Saturday 19th. Can’t remember who it was but someone had heard from one of the bars/restaurants at the Ozone or whatever it’s called next to the ground.

 

[captainox]

Although there were rumours on Twitter on Saturday that the MK Dons game was potentially being moved to the Tuesday so I suspect the club were contacted Friday 18th or Saturday 19th. Can’t remember who it was but someone had heard from one of the bars/restaurants at the Ozone or whatever it’s called next to the ground.

Either way - the wording of the process is "Public notice"
All Easter TV picks were announced at once yesterday so they were 4 days late on it, regardless of when clubs knew.
The amended other fixtures as a result of these followed within minutes.
It was clearly a joined up communications release from EFL and involved clubs.

Just a shame they couldn't have had this communication style when they missed the deadline to inform fans that there could still be changes.

 

[ECYellow]

I've heard that the very lovely and helpful ticket office staff are getting a lot of abuse over this fixture change. Please don't do that. Neither they nor anyone at the club chose to move the match. It's costing the club thousands in lost ticket revenue.
The EFL regulation 26.4 applies, with Thursday/Saturday being Saturday/Monday in our case.
26.3 However, where a Club is selected to play in a televised Match played under the auspices of The League on a Thursday evening, and that Club is also scheduled to play on the immediately following Saturday ('Saturday Match'), the Club shall have the right to request that The League reschedule the Saturday Match to the immediately following Sunday i.e. a 24 hour postponement. Approval for any such request shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

We are writing to the EFL to lodge a complaint on behalf of our fans in respect of them missing their own deadline. We know they do it repeatedly but still feel we should be calling them out on it. If anyone wishes to lodge a personal complaint with them as well please do so.

Any one of our supporters that thinks it is remotely acceptable to go out of their way, to call the ticket office and hurl abuse at the poor member of staff (most probably a fellow OUFC fan btw!) because of a decision that has absolutely nothing to do with the person receiving the call is bang out of order.

Quite frankly, you need to go and have a bloody look at yourselves! I thought some of the toy throwing on this thread was bad but that, no I'm sorry you're a joke and an embarrassment to yourselves.

Aim your displeasure at SKY and the EFL not our hard working team of employees.

 

[MarkG]

I've heard that the very lovely and helpful ticket office staff are getting a lot of abuse over this fixture change. Please don't do that. Neither they nor anyone at the club chose to move the match. It's costing the club thousands in lost ticket revenue.
The EFL regulation 26.4 applies, with Thursday/Saturday being Saturday/Monday in our case.
26.3 However, where a Club is selected to play in a televised Match played under the auspices of The League on a Thursday evening, and that Club is also scheduled to play on the immediately following Saturday ('Saturday Match'), the Club shall have the right to request that The League reschedule the Saturday Match to the immediately following Sunday i.e. a 24 hour postponement. Approval for any such request shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

We are writing to the EFL to lodge a complaint on behalf of our fans in respect of them missing their own deadline. We know they do it repeatedly but still feel we should be calling them out on it. If anyone wishes to lodge a personal complaint with them as well please do so.

So is it all down to MK? They are the Club in this situation, they can make the request to The League for a one day delay, and The League can't unreasonably say no.

 

[Essexyellows]

That's 3 things...

Shhhh.... nobody noticed.

 

[MJB]

Thought for a second that this email was the club apologising for the MK Dons change of date, for a minute there!

(Not that they have anything to apologise for!)

 

[NottsYellow]

What makes this whole debacle worse is I wonder how many people think great we can watch MK v Wednesday on TV on Easter Saturday evening - Not many, I can't see anyone benefitting from this, not even SKY, they are getting their subscriptions anyway.
And to add to the woes of the Wednesday fans:-
- If the game was on the Friday they could watch it on ifollow, but that option may be taken away from them for the SKY televised game.
- They are losing two, not one, 3pm KO's over Easter weekend, Friday & Monday, replaced by evening KOs on Sat & Tues. So 4 out of 5 days over Easter has totally changed for them.

 

[MJB]

What makes this whole debacle worse is I wonder how many people think great we can watch MK v Wednesday on TV on Easter Saturday evening - Not many, I can't see anyone benefitting from this, not even SKY, they are getting their subscriptions anyway.
And to add to the woes of the Wednesday fans:-
- If the game was on the Friday they could watch it on ifollow, but that option may be taken away from them for the SKY televised game.
- They are losing two, not one, 3pm KO's over Easter weekend, Friday & Monday, replaced by evening KOs on Sat & Tues. So 4 out of 5 days over Easter has totally changed for them.

My assumption is that they often choose EFL games where the away team has a big set of fans who are more likely to boost the TV figures.

 

[MarkG]

My assumption is that they often choose EFL games where the away team has a big set of fans who are more likely to boost the TV figures.

The EPL don’t play fixtures on Good Fridays / Easter Monday. Also FA Cup weekend.

So that’s why Sky have picked EFL games more than usual.

 

[MJB]

The EPL don’t play fixtures on Good Fridays / Easter Monday. Also FA Cup weekend.

So that’s why Sky have picked EFL games more than usual.

Yeah I just mean that when they do pick EFL games, they seem to choose games where the away team would have a big fanbase.

 

[Wallop]

Yeah I just mean that when they do pick EFL games, they seem to choose games where the away team would have a big fanbase.

Of course they do, it’s so they can seek a bigger crowd and sell advertising space more easily. Same reason Man U v random Championship Club is always a FA Cup pick.

 

[MJB]

Of course they do, it’s so they can seek a bigger crowd and sell advertising space more easily. Same reason Man U v random Championship Club is always a FA Cup pick.

Then we’re agreed then.

 

[SteMerritt]

Arguably, it's two things: a) selling subscriptions and advertising, and b) filling schedule gaps for the PL trough.

The original sentence proves the usefulness of the humble comma and the more exotic Oxford comma in written statements. All of this confusion could have been avoided

 

[MJB]

The original sentence proves the usefulness of the humble comma and the more exotic Oxford comma in written statements. All of this confusion could have been avoided

Pipe down, Ezra.

 

[Sarge]

I did yesterday ... no reply as yet
also I personally emailed Football Supporters Federation... no reply as yet

response from EFL arrived
IMO its a' polite' interpretation of the words to the song that goes ' my old man said be a sw*nd*n fan, I said.....

EFL - response to my email complaint :-

Thank you for your e-mail, we note your comments.



First of all, it is of course regrettable if a change in fixture schedule affects any supporters ability to attend a match.



Whilst we aim to confirm all TV selections as soon as possible, the announcement dates provided are illustrative and subject to change. There are a number of factors influencing when a final announcement can be made, including considerations to other competitions that are shown on Sky Sports also.



As you have now seen, all the TV selections for the Easter weekend have now been confirmed, as per the article released on our website yesterday, which you can view here.



Thank you for contacting the EFL and your comments have been passed onto the relevant team for their information.



Thank you for contacting the EFL.

Kind Regards

Danny
Supporter Services Department
EFL

 

[Marked Ox]

response from EFL arrived
IMO its a' polite' interpretation of the words to the song that goes ' my old man said be a sw*nd*n fan, I said.....

EFL - response to my email complaint :-

Thank you for your e-mail, we note your comments.



First of all, it is of course regrettable if a change in fixture schedule affects any supporters ability to attend a match.



Whilst we aim to confirm all TV selections as soon as possible, the announcement dates provided are illustrative and subject to change. There are a number of factors influencing when a final announcement can be made, including considerations to other competitions that are shown on Sky Sports also.



As you have now seen, all the TV selections for the Easter weekend have now been confirmed, as per the article released on our website yesterday, which you can view here.



Thank you for contacting the EFL and your comments have been passed onto the relevant team for their information.



Thank you for contacting the EFL.

Kind Regards

Danny
Supporter Services Department
EFL

 

[horseman]

What makes this whole debacle worse is I wonder how many people think great we can watch MK v Wednesday on TV on Easter Saturday evening - Not many, I can't see anyone benefitting from this, not even SKY, they are getting their subscriptions anyway.
And to add to the woes of the Wednesday fans:-
- If the game was on the Friday they could watch it on ifollow, but that option may be taken away from them for the SKY televised game.
- They are losing two, not one, 3pm KO's over Easter weekend, Friday & Monday, replaced by evening KOs on Sat & Tues. So 4 out of 5 days over Easter has totally changed for them.

Think you'll find that Ifollow has the sky feed on those occasions

 

[horseman]

response from EFL arrived
IMO its a' polite' interpretation of the words to the song that goes ' my old man said be a sw*nd*n fan, I said.....

EFL - response to my email complaint :-

Thank you for your e-mail, we note your comments.



First of all, it is of course regrettable if a change in fixture schedule affects any supporters ability to attend a match.



Whilst we aim to confirm all TV selections as soon as possible, the announcement dates provided are illustrative and subject to change. There are a number of factors influencing when a final announcement can be made, including considerations to other competitions that are shown on Sky Sports also.



As you have now seen, all the TV selections for the Easter weekend have now been confirmed, as per the article released on our website yesterday, which you can view here.



Thank you for contacting the EFL and your comments have been passed onto the relevant team for their information.



Thank you for contacting the EFL.

Kind Regards

Danny
Supporter Services Department
EFL

Somewhat lacking and no explanation from Sky the "Home of Entertainment" how they dismissed the most Entertaining team and scorers