At Sky the ball is rolling again! During the Corona compulsory break in the Bundesliga, the TV station offers fans a conference and top game every Saturday at the usual time.
- Because of the corona crisis *, the ball is resting in the Bundesliga.
- As a consequence, this also means for the media partners *: they cannot broadcast live games.
- Sky is now going a special way and shows the pairings scheduled by the DFL on Saturdays.
Munich - Football casts a spell on millions of people around the world - far more than any other sport. For many of them, it's not just the most beautiful thing in the world . One of the reasons the 1954 world champion coach Sepp Herberger had mentioned in his sentence: "People go to football because they don't know how it ends."
Sky now wants to override this fact and still score with football broadcasts during the almost worldwide compulsory break due to the rampant corona virus * . Because the TV partner of the DFL has not secured the rights to the Belarusian elite league, which, despite all the dangers, holds its games before full ranks. Rather, from this Saturday (April 4), Sky will be broadcasting a historic Bundesliga conference on Sky Sport Bundesliga 2 HD weekly and, as an additional treat, a top game from the canned food afterwards.
Bundesliga in the Corona crisis: Historical conference is commented on
Which, in turn, is only half the truth. Because the games are commented on and the moderation in the studio is also broadcast live. This kills two birds with one stone: This is how journalists' colleagues, who are currently tied up and who spend their time commenting on what is happening on the street , can pursue their actual work and passion. This time, Kai Dittmann, Hansi Küpper, Roland Evers, Toni Tomic and Jonas Friedrich are in action.
To kick off the new program entitled “The HisTOOOR Sky Conference” , moderator Michael Leopold and expert Didi Hamann will take over the preliminary reporting from 3 p.m. in the studio - of course at a reasonable distance from one another - from 3:30 p.m. there will be pure football for two hours . The review with "All games, all goals" follows at 5.30 p.m. And to top it off, the game Borussia Dortmund against FC Bayern from the 2011/2012 season - i.e. the BVB double year - will be shown again from 6.30 p.m. Above all, the end of the encounter could be quite spectacular - rumored. The top duel of the Bundesliga should have taken place on April 4 for the 102nd time.
Bundesliga in the corona crisis: Sky shows pairings actually applied
The pairings actually scheduled for this Saturday will also be shown in the conference - only with games from the past 20 years. Sky promises 27 goals in the games Bayer Leverkusen against VfL Wolfsburg, RB Leipzig against Hertha BSC, 1899 Hoffenheim against 1. FC Köln, Union Berlin against 1. FSV Mainz 05 and FC Augsburg against SC Paderborn. And also "current" interlocutors from back then.
Sky thus offers a quasi- normal Bundesliga Saturday , as subscribers know from before the Corona mandatory break. For many fans the best medicine against boredom in the weeks of bans on contacts and exit restrictions.
Bundesliga in the corona crisis: idea for Sky broadcast goes back to Rettig
According to the Unterföhringer broadcaster, the idea for this special Bundesliga conference came from former DFL boss Andreas Rettig , who also worked for various Bundesliga clubs such as 1. FC Köln and FC Augsburg. The historical footage that is used comes partly from the German Football Archive , in which the DFL has collected the Bundesliga and 2nd division games since 1992/1993.
Bundesliga in the corona crisis: season should continue as soon as possible
“The HisTOOOR Sky Conference” should remain in the program until the current interrupted season is resumed - at least until the end of April. The Bundesliga wants to continue the season as quickly as possible, as several clubs will reach their financial pain limit in the coming weeks - according to a kicker report, 13 bankruptcy cases are threatened by the end of June among the 36 professional clubs. Some virologists have recently shown how difficult it can be to resume the season in terms of preventive health care and fairness. So only ghost games * are responsible.
It will have to be seen whether the financial incentive will ultimately overcome all concerns. After all, thousands of jobs and thus entire livelihoods depend on the Business Bundesliga. Sky is setting a good example and has been able to generate some of its employees in the Corona crisis with the new program and thus generate income. The station had previously given its customers free access to films and series.
* merkur.de and tz.de are part of the nationwide Ippen-Digital editors network.
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