Darlo about to go under

A real shame for them, and football, and shame ON the greedy league.

I wonder how many Darlo fans now wish they hadn't forced out the safe breaking chairman they once had.

Not good, unlucky! I remember when we were in admin but that said, not overly arsed about them, i just want promotion out of this shit league.

Yes, shame on the greedy league. Apart from when players from the greedy league turned out in a benefit match to save Darlington the first time they got into trouble this century and raised enough money to help them out.

And shame on all those with a Sky subscription who help fund the greedy league.

For shame. Shame and blame.

Ironically they have struggled since moving to their new stadium - good luck them, looks like they are going to need it.

But if you're so morally offended then why not do something to make a difference?

What about the tv actors who you're helping to pay the wages of with that Sky subscription? I'll bet there are plenty of struggling actors who can't find work right now. If one of them bought a massive house using loans and thought they'd pay it back by getting tv work they weren't good enough for, would you blame the tv industry for their debts? Or would you say they're responsible for their own actions in some way instead of laying the blame at somebody else's door?

Clubs have been dropping out of the league and going bankrupt long before the 'greedy league' came along. Who did they blame?

If sky didn't pump money into the greedy league,
that wouldn't help the football league.
It is the greedy league not cascading money to help the football league that is the problem.
I'm not sure that sky not paying actors would help those struggling for work either.
If sky didn't exist, there'd just be less work for all actors.

Maybe if they ran the club properly and made sure their outgoings weren't more than their incomings

I agree with what you are saying danny - the problem is though that the terrestrial channels have no interest whatsoever in the football leagues and when the bbc pull the FLS there will be no highlights of anything other than the prem and the live championship games - this despite the bbc being a public body which is supposed to cater for the general public. There must be as many if not more attend FL games each weekend as there are greedy league but its certainly not reflected in bbc coverage thats for sure!!!
Sky have massively improved the coverage of sport on tv.....................but done untold damage to the fabric of football where the likes of scarboro and darlo go bust for sums less than John Terry earns in a month! It does however sadly reflect society in general.

I admit to having a bee in my bonnet about Sky but it is a wider issue for me. The amount of money pumped into football from Sky, and sponsorship and other sources, means we end up with players, across all leagues, disproportionally paid compared to the people who pay to watch them from the terraces.

When the TV deal floundered for the Championship a few years back many clubs struggled, including Town, and it was because of their outgoings, which had been ramped up by the money flowing in. Average players on stupid wages and clubs had to pay them out to retain league status. I know managing the club sensibly is a responsibility but if you cannot compete with other clubs on wages you are unlikely to progress very far, certainly in the top two divisions.

The knock on is still being felt, hence things like parachute payments because it costs so much to exist in the 'greedy league'. The whole business of football is quite surreal now and possibly why fans feel less connected and are quicker to round on underachieving players/managers/owners.

I know rose coloured specs are pretty blurry but the structure does feel pretty crap now.

There but for the departure of Rubery's millions and Ian Ayre go ourselves

No Stevvy. This is about people blaming Sky/Premier League for Darlington's demise. I don't blame them. I blame people at the boardroom level of Darlington. And the people I blame for so much money in the game is the people funding Sky.

I agree. It's human nature that people are getting upset with on some level, ie the look after #1 attitude. That's unlikely to ever change.

Maybe without the football on tele more would turn out to watch games. I think it has been a factor in less people watching 'live' football. Which is a shame. I know the quality is not the same but a good live game gives you a lot a TV one can't (Weak beer and scalding hot pies to name just two!)

To come out and say "shame on everyone who has Sky" is an overreaction. You're tarring everyone with the same brush, and basically trying to make them feel bad about it and say that if it bothers them that much they should make a stand (that's how I interpret your comment anyway). It almost seems like you're trying to claim some sort of moral high ground, along the lines of "I don't pay for Sky, so I'm not to blame and so I feel no shame in helping fund the wages of the PL players" etc.