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You may have noticed that\nthe Rugby World Cup is on television at the moment, although since it is being\nplayed in Japan some of the kick-off times are little anti-social. Also,\nbecause it\u2019s being played in Japan, typhoons can get in the way, which has done\nfor the England v France game tomorrow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

But what you will have\nnoticed if you have been watching is that the rugby is being shown on ITV. No\nneed for a pay-TV subscription to enjoy it. Coincidentally, I saw a piece in\nthe newspapers yesterday about ITV being likely to try to get Champions League\nfootball back again when the bidding for the 2021-4 seasons has been concluded.\nPresently BT has exclusive rights to show the Champions League here but, it was\nnoted in The Times<\/em>, \u201cthe lack of a\nterrestrial media partner has meant that UEFA has had to accept much lower\npublic exposure in the UK\u201d. I don\u2019t expect you to shed any tears for football\u2019s\nauthorities but this is an illustration that this cuts both ways: free-to-view\ntelevision can benefit everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

The European Tour is changing…#DrivingGolfFurther<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Ry5FjL2qLc<\/a><\/p>\u2014 The European Tour (@EuropeanTour) October 1, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A little over a couple of\nweeks ago, the European Tour unveiled a new \u201cmodern, fresh logo\u201d as part of a\nbrand revamp \u201caimed at Driving Golf Further [their capitals, not mine] through\nnew guiding principles of innovation, inclusivity and Globality [again]\u201d. All\nswell and good, although the overarching message of good news was rather\ndampened when a week later Rory McIlroy, Europe\u2019s best golfer, said: \u201cI\u2019m\nhonestly sick of coming back to the European Tour, shooting 15 under par and\nfinishing 30th<\/sup>. I don\u2019t think the courses are set up hard enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

(I suspect there was a different form of displeasure in France at last week\u2019s announcement of the 2020 Tour schedule<\/a>. Administrators in Paris had been hugely hacked off that their reward for staging the last Ryder Cup was for the 2019 French Open to be moved from its traditional June\/July date to October; to next week in fact. Next year it will be back in July \u2013 but up against the WGC\/FedEx St Jude Invitational, pretty much guaranteeing it gets no top names.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I do realise that Keith\nPelley, the head of the European Tour, needs the money which Sky pays for its\nexclusivity in order to fund the purses his players demand. There is no magic\nwand to wave, and the last I recall the previous Prime Minister insisted there\nwas no magic money tree. (Albeit the new one seems to have located it\nsomewhere.) But Sky did co-operate with Channel 4 in the broadcast of the\nCricket World Cup Final in July, enabling the climactic \u2018super over\u2019 to garner a\ncumulative audience of 8 million, even if this was below the 9.6 million peak\nfigure for the men\u2019s Wimbledon Final between Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer,\ntaking place at the same time and being shown on BBC1. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

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Next year, cricket\u2019s new\ndomestic short-form concept, The Hundred, will have some matches shown live on\nthe BBC. It remains to be seen how that pans out but I do think that golf needs\nto find a way to do something similar; something more meaningful than a logo\nredesign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You\ncan follow Robert Green on Twitter @robrtgreen and enjoy his other blog <\/em><\/strong>f-factors.com<\/a> plus you can read more by him on golf at\nrobertgreengolf.com<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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