Leeds United: Sky Sports try to smooth relationship at Elland Road in new twist

Dan Plumley has insisted that Sky will be looking to smooth the relationship

between themselves and Leeds United after talks were recently held.

Phil Hay has recently shared that Sky Sports have asked members of staff at

Elland Road how to make peace with the fans, who regularly chant against them.

The football finance expert admitted that the broadcaster will be wary of the

PR surrounding incidents such as that, with fans often overlooked in these scenarios.

There is a PR element to this,” he exclusively told MOT Leeds News.

We have seen a lot of narrative around

changing kick-off times and it not being great for fans, especially with travel and

looking at when trains are available and the cost of things like that.

“They will be mindful of the PR exercise that sits behind it, of course, the other

side of that coin is that Sky are paying money to the league through the

broadcast deal which is then distributed to the clubs and every time you are

selected for a game on Sky, your revenue will increase because the fee-per-match

is not an inconsiderable amount of money.

“You’ve got to strike that balance between the fee you get for an extra

game on Sky, versus the fan argument to it and that’s what the broadcasters will

be looking at and trying to see how they can smooth that relationship in the

future, but again, the reality for a club like Leeds United, being in the

Championship and being one of the biggest clubs in there, the likelihood is

you’re going to be selected for Sky more often than not.

“That’s not great from a fan attendance point of view, the travel and cost that are

involved, but that’s the reality of where Leeds are at the minute.”

Leeds United against Sky Sports at Elland Road

It is clear that every time Leeds are on TV, which is every week at the moment,

the fans instantly chant against the likes of Sky, which is usually mooted.

Broadcasters do not care about the fan or the players, all they want is money,

and that was proven as they attempted to cut short the celebrations of Archie

Gray and Georginio Rutter against Leicester for a quick interview.

In other Leeds United news, Ally McCoist and Jeff Stelling have shared an

“unbelievable’ admission after the Whites’ win over Leicester