Dmac

This is very bad for the UK viewers in my opinion because okay they don't have the best of coverage but they show us sport that other channels don't including some stuff that they only picked up recently. They have Premier League games, England internationals (full and junior), FA cup, the community shield which is always a season starter and they just aqquired the former UEFA cup that is now Europa league. That is a lot of missed viewing and to be fair that is just football, they show more than just that.

This is worst for MMA fans in the UK because it is quite if not very likely that all of the football coverage will just get picked up by Sky Sports so that isn't really much of a problem other than there will probably be less coverage than there was spread over two networks. When it comes to MMA, it isn't really that big in the UK as of yet, the popularity is growing fast but it just isn't there yet. Setanta shows all live UFC events and also show the Ultimate fighter replays, along with other UFC shows. If Setanta goes bust then there is no guarantee that the UFC coverage will get picked up, because I mean, Sky Sports didn't want it before Setanta took it.

Then there is smaller factors for me such as NRL which is Aussie rugby league which I love to watch being a huge rugby league fan. I think I have pretty much covered that this will be bad in a few different directions.

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