jabor4Naija:
No local station will be able to pay to show d league, buhari pls and pls leave dstv alone so dey can continue to put a smile on millions of nigerians faces ehn na beg i beg u. U ve done more harm dan good since u became president so pls don't add dis to ur list of destruction

Randy100:
Sai to the lifeless one. We all love football.

chriskosherbal:
Wait ooo how true?

But wait EPL taken away from supersport hmmmm inasmuch as l support patronizing local made goods it is not a yadstick to give a child an adult equipment oooo. I don't play with the premier league is equal to food to me, so plz federal govt should find a very good alternative to air these matches without any technical hitch cos I can't really vouch for the Nigerian television Authority (NTA).

Now that Liverpool are close to winning thier first premier since 1990, and the champions tie between Real Madrid and Man city closeby ...e nu go funny.ooo

GamalNasser:
That's for the English premiership rights board to decide not Nigeria ..Nigeria can grow her own league then decide how she wants to allot the rights .. shouldn't the govt be telling us their plans for electricity instead of this ? DSTV pays over 100 million pounds to get the broadcast rights for Nigeria for just 2 seasons so nothing stops Lai Mohammed from paying 150 million pounds and getting the rights so he can broadcast free lets see

tinsel:

Read well. If the English premiership decides that the multichoice monopoly will continue, then premiership will.be banned from showing in Nigeria. It is against the law of the land. The best decision ever by Buhari.

GamalNasser:


No station can broadcast anything stop fooling yourself please ..Is it you and Lai Mohammed that will refund Multichoice the over 100 million pound they paid for the rights ?

Johans1991:
pls go back and read again before disgracing your mother on social media

tinsel:

Simple it will not be shown in Nigeria.

GamalNasser:


No station can broadcast anything stop fooling yourself please ..Is it you and Lai Mohammed that will refund Multichoice the over 100 million pound they paid for the rights ?

ikennamadu1:

You just dey counter everybody... Oga calm down make I no turn you to Wall gecko

Zooposki:


You guys love football so much. Why can’t you develop your local league? I don’t get it.

Dtribeless:


Says a man chatting on local internet.

tinsel:

Read well. If the English premiership decides that the multichoice monopoly will continue, then premiership will.be banned from showing in Nigeria. It is against the law of the land. The best decision ever by Buhari.

Zooposki:


Lol. I’m a female. I don’t like football nor watch it.

GamalNasser:


Then they should ban it then !!!!!! Instead of you and lai Mohammed to go and look for 150 million pounds to buy the rights you are here looking for shortcut , were you the ones that gave DSTV the last 115 million pounds they used to buy rights ?

Daviddson:
They don't have such power. DStv purchased the broadcasting right from whomever has the right in the UK with millions of pounds. In fact, sometimes, they also purchase that exclusive right to cover and broadcast a Super Eagles game being played in Nigeria.

tinsel:

Read well. If the English premiership decides that the multichoice monopoly will continue, then premiership will.be banned from showing in Nigeria. It is against the law of the land. The best decision ever by Buhari.

KLEINBASS:
The EPL rights will not be affected by this law as their not controlled by Nigerian laws and they can sell to who ever they want at their own market value. The law will only be for sports within Nigeria or sports of public interest to Nigerians mind you EPL is for the privileged is not a right to the Nigerian public.

The South African regulators are trying to do the same with local:rugby, Cricket and soccer, however the country can not afford such because this law will have a negative impact to the revenue of the league which will affect the clubs as funding will reduce meaning they would not be able to compete for big names in the market reducing professional sport into farmers leagues.

The truth is professional sports is is no longer a recreational thing, It is profit driven and run with capitalism ideology. TV rights is the main funders of sports. It is the duty of state run broadcasters to bid for the rights at market value and distribute fairly as deemed by government.

edoairways:

Would multichoice stop airing it should the government ban them ?

tinsel:

Yes

frugal:

The government is simply saying 'share the rights' so other paytv companies can survive. Dont use your financial strength and clout to muscle out the small guy. This is good and should be commended.

chriskosherbal:
Wait ooo how true?

But wait EPL taken away from supersport hmmmm inasmuch as l support patronizing local made goods it is not a yadstick to give a child an adult equipment oooo. I don't play with the premier league is equal to food to me, so plz federal govt should find a very good alternative to air these matches without any technical hitch cos I can't really vouch for the Nigerian television Authority (NTA).

Now that Liverpool are close to winning thier first premier since 1990, and the champions tie between Real Madrid and Man city closeby ...e nu go funny.ooo

Dtribeless:

Read well. If the English premiership decides that the multichoice monopoly will continue, then premiership will.be banned from showing in Nigeria. It is against the law of the land. The best decision ever by Buhari.

Tinsel, Buhari has made a lot of bad decisions but this best is also horrific per usual. How can he ban what he doesn't control? DSTV will simply stop showing it in Nigeria. The English FA owns and sells the right to whomever. The idiotic president and Liar can't figure that out -- too complex. Tinsel, take the tin foil off

GamalNasser:


The premiership doesn't allow you to resell it's TV rights