S4C set to lose rights to Wales football matches as UEFA sells rights to Viaplay

Well, that counts me out then...I, for one, will not be subscribing to Viaplay, or whatever they are called!! :/

Definitely the end for me in terms of watching our national side.

At a time of financial austerity, people are again having to pay to watch things that matter to them. Disgraceful!

Yet again it’s money those who run the game seek rather than ensuring that the sport reaches the maximum number of supporters possible. Once again the sport of the ‘working class man/woman’ is being put beyond the pockets of the ‘working class man/woman ‘ by executives for whom there are few financial restraints upon their personal spending as the cost of living crisis so devastating to the poorest and most vulnerable in Cymru and elsewhere is but a minor pin prick hardly puncturing their bank accounts at all. The Welsh National Soccer Team are icons in Cymru, idolised by many young people of both genders and enjoying considerable respect amidst the older generations. Indeed, there are suggestions that a statue should be erected to honour Gareth Bale after whom others want to see streets renamed ! This disgraceful sell out which none of the national footballing authorities anywhere in Europe seem to be opposing let alone rejecting suggests an impotency created by what was supposed to be a game enhancing body charged with responsibility for the sale of media rights to televise and report on games. Apparently the supporters who give every club their emotional buzz and without whom there would be no game worth playing on the professional circuit were not even a minor consideration.

If UEFA sold the rights, how come England managed to get an opt-out?

Cymru should decide rights. UEFA are nothing more than a governing body for competitions. Disgusting move

Thank the internet for dodgyboxes

I thought so the FAW is selling the fans down the river but apparently no its UEFA who's doing the deed.We have to accept,if you are going to play with the big boys you have to accept their financial arrangements.