SKY SPORTS have announced they will not be charging pubs subscriptions fees until a live sport schedule has returned amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
Premier League football has been postponed until April 3, with it unclear when games will be back underway as the deadly bug continues to wipe sporting events off the calendar.
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English football has been postponed until the start of April at the earliestCredit: PA:Press Association
But in a boost for pub landlords, Sky Sports’ Pub Twitter account has revealed that they will not be charged as they know they require sport to bring in customers.
A statement said: “We understand that these are challenging times for many of our Sky Business venues, who rely on showing live sport in a social environment to attract customers and revenue.
“Supporting these businesses and doing what we can to help them in uncertain times is very important to us.
“We would like to reassure our Sky Business venues that from March 14 we will not be charging them for their Sky Sports service until a live sport schedule returns.”
Fans were then quick to express their disappointment as they are still having to pay for their subscription with nothing to show for it.
Replying to their post, one user commented: “Yeah what about normal customers who can’t watch live sports.”
Another said: “And what about the millions of people like me do I still have to pay for live sport that I’m not gonna see for next month/months.”
A third added: “What about normal customers who are losing jobs and can’t afford your ridiculous bills????”
One simply stated: “What about ordinary people? You’re providing us with f*** all.”
It was announced on Tuesday that Euro 2020 has been delayed by a year as governing bodies look to stop the spread of the deadly bug.
And the Copa America has also had to be pushed back a year, while the Champions League and Europa League finals have been postponed by a month.
Euro 2020 postponed for year until 2021 due to coronavirus after Uefa hold crisis talks
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
