Has Football Become Too Big For Its Boots?
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It’s everywhere. There’s at least one match on television every day, up to half a dozen over the weekend. The newspapers that used to devote a page to football now devote three. Radio5 Live exists, like Sky Sports, to broadcast football to the people who clearly want it. But, the panel ask themselves, is this media domination a good thing for the game and its supporters?  If less is more would they really swap life in today's saturated market for the rationed football coverage in the media of their youth?   And at the end of this episode, Jon, Paddy and Colin remember Franz Beckenbauer who died on 7th January 2024. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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