My mini rant to Sky

There has been a headline this afternoon that has made me the most upset man in Britain. From the 23rd August which is in three weeks time, Freeview will no longer be broadcasting Sky Sports News. This, to some may make people happy but for sports fans who are students with low income, this news is like losing a cat.

Where did I hear this? On the Sky Sports website where there is a video clip guiding people to the new football league season. It's a tragedy. Especially when news broadcaster, Jim White also announced that "Sky Sports News will be better than ever".

This will also mean that there will be no Jeff Stelling's Gillette Soccer Saturday on Freeview. May I be biased by saying it's my favourite television programme. Spending six hours with him and the likes of Matt Le Tissier and Charlie Nicholas is golden. Absolutely golden. But from the 23rd August, the times when I laugh so hard it hurts - those days will be now a living memory. It's what got me going on a Saturday afternoon when I'm at North Wales doing coursework, revising for exams.

This decision will possibly effect my career. I am doing a Journalism degree at University and sports is one of my strongest points. I'm passionate about it and I relied on Sky Sports News to give me "breaking news first". Now it looks like as if I don't feel that special anymore.

Now the next steps. More people will join Sky, pay £50 a month for channels they don't really want. And to top that, if people don't want the sports channels yet want the news channels, they still won't get Sky Sports News. At home, we have that package and I have to rely on the pub so I could get the latest news effecting the world of sport.

I think I'm done. This did come to a shock, a nation in devastation. I'm not influential or anything but Sky have to sort themselves out and make decisions which are good for the people of Britain rather than their budget.

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