Quote: Mash Butty "You may see that R Murdock, the largest stakeholder in BSKYB has a few problems at the moment, Its Murdocks money that saved Rugby in this country remember? Theres no doubt he's going to have a lot of lawsuits from the UK and the US. Which means hes going to be short of money. Would he back out of funding football ? no way he has a huge global market to sell it to. However if he needs to save a few quid would he cut the funds to SL ? He wouldn't think twice about it,, therefore ALL SL clubs would be short of money, therefore you couldn't afford to sign any Ozzies.
Also look at the Maguire, legendary coach thread. Lots of mentions of DW and Nobby setting up all the facilities to develop the youth system. Lets make sure we take the lead should Murdock pull out....'"
Rupert Murdoch only owns 39% of BSKYB, which made close to £1billion profit last year, so if he has to pull out I'm sure there would be lots of potential buyers.
