Not as tropical as I imagined but still should be pretty cool. Shame that both Conor and Masvidal were offered fights but turned them down. Those two fighting whether against someone else or together would have been huge. Hopefully they can both get over their temper tantrums with the UFC and get a deal done to fight at some point.


He might be promoting it but that doesn't mean it's available worldwide. It's pretty silly that you can't get it in the UK. Not sure why it hasn't been released yet. I'm sure it would have sold pretty well just on his name alone.

All online streams have a delay for some reason. Dazn is less than 30 seconds though last time I checked.


DAZN Germany will probably bid on the rights for the PL eventually, it's just they're not available right now as some other channel in Germany has them. Dazn could become a major player in sports streaming and they've said they envision themselves as becoming the Netlix of sports. It probably depends on how well their service does. I'm sure it will blow up if they keep getting the PL rights but to bid for the UK rights they're going to need a hell of a lot of money and Sky Sports are unlikely to want to give up their domination as it would be devastating for Sky on a whole.

League Two have cancelled their season: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/52705124

Championship has agreed on what to do if the season is ended early:

   
I wonder if the PL have discussed what will happen if they have to stop the season again?


They almost certainly won't be able to play until next season starts. They have to finish their own domestic leagues first.

I don't know what his stakes are but it's not something he owns completely and is more like a partnership. He could have anywhere from 10% to 50% or maybe even more or less. Selling out of the product doesn't mean much though if there's not much supply to begin with. You can't even buy it in the UK yet (apart from Ireland).


He probably doesn't care that much to fight him but everyone has a price. I'm sure if he was offered his biggest payday yet to fight him he would. He might not need the money but I'm sure he could do something good with it.

Probably not. He seems to announce he's retiring every time something doesn't go his way. Maybe he's got more legal troubles coming up as that's what happened the last time he announced his retirement. That's the trouble with twitter as well. Think about something for a minute then post it in the heat of the moment for the world to see. With that being said, he's reportedly made a billion from his Whiskey company, but I would be surprised if that's true. Brown-Forman who owns Jack Daniel's plus a load of other brands made $733 million in 2018 and Proper 8 isn't going to be anywhere near them anytime soon in terms of sales and brand recognition and McGregor hasn't provided any other sources other than his own mouth on twitter so I'd like to see some receipts before I believe that.

It's going to be a shame if he didn't fight again. He claimed he was going to fight three times this year and there's plenty of opponents for him who would all give him a good fight like Fergeson, Masvidal, Diaz and Gaethje. I'm sure Khabib would happily fight him again if the money is right. Fighters seem to be getting greedy these days asking for insane amounts and I'm sure all of those I've just mentioned are wanting big paydays along obviously with Connor. It wouldn't surprise me at all if this is just a bargaining tactic with the UFC to get more money either, ie pay me big or I retire for good.


He probably didn't need to fight after Mayweather if it's only about the money. Besides, people like Connor burn through it fast. Why not sign on for a few more fights and get a huge payday? Looks like Mayweather is also clamouring for another fight with him now and why not because it's the easiest money both of them will ever make.

Some phone carriers let you roll over data. Maybe look for a provider that does, or go for a lesser deal if you don't use much data. Kids are glued to their phone constantly though, even when out and about, so they're going to consume a lot.



Proper providers like Sky, sure, but IPTV services that rip the streams likely won't be 4k even if they take from the proper 4k source because they descale it. You would need a pretty good connection to stream 4k. I think watching 4k for football is probably overkill though. HD 1080p looks great enough. If people were that bothered about super high quality they should probably just cough up for the Sky package or whatever.


You can actually use the German Dazn in Europe without a proxy as they have some sort of EU roaming agreement, but yeah, no Premier League which is a bummer. Maybe they'll get the rights some day.  Dazn will be launching in a lot of countries soon, even the UK, but it will probably have a disappointing line up. Looks like mostly boxing in the UK, though I'm sure they'll have other stuff, but they're unlikely to get PL rights in the UK any time soon. Maybe they'll be able to grab a handful of games like BT or Amazon did at some point but even with those few I'd be surprised.

Wut? You're telling me playing at home isn't an advantage in a derby? Since when is proximity a factor in home advantage? It's England. Why would playing ten miles away or one hundred miles matter? You're not playing in a different country with a different climate. Home advantage matters whether the stadiums are empty or next door to each other.

I don't really get why they did this. Doesn't really make sense to me. What's the disadvantage in having three subs in the current climate? It's certainly going to give a disadvantage to teams with weaker squads/benches. It's also going to lead to more time-wasting like we already see with clubs often bringing on 1 or 2 subs towards the end of the game just to run the clock down. Now we'll be seeing 2 or 3 subs as standard being made, maybe even more.


Well you would think or expect that, but the first game back being the derby might not be easy, especially away. Maybe they lose or draw that, beat Palace, then lose to City, which wouldn't surprise me with it being away. They're all games I'll be watching though. Liverpool might start to panic if they lose all three of them 

This is just their attempt at squeezing out more money. The trouble is, everyone wants Connor Mcgregor money regardless of whether they're at that level yet. It's also not just how good you are, but how good your opponent is. Nobody really wants to see a great fighter fight a shit one and that will be reflected in the PPV and subsequently how much the fighters get from the purse. 


There are pros and cons to how they're currently employed or contracted. At the moment they can turn down fights for whatever reason. Like Dana said, they're only contracted to offer them three fights per year and they can take them or turn them down without repercussion, but if they become employees then they will likely have to do what they're told and take whatever fights are organised for them. They might not want to take a fight for a myriad of reasons, but when you're contractual obligated it's hard to get out of them without faking some injury or something. The current contracts also allow for price negotiation and that's why some fighters get huge paydays. If they were just made employees of the UFC then they'd likely be paid a salary or would at least likely be forced to take less from the UFC. As you said, paydays will likely be at an all time low right now because of covid, but it's going to be a real big shame if we miss out on fights just because fighters are holding out for massive paychecks that might not ever come.

Liverpool announced their first three fixtures. Scouse derby the first game back then playing City away in the third game:



Palace game should be easy enough for them but the other two away probably won't be. They only need to win two games I believe to clinch the title. Will they manage it within the first three?


Last I read the plan is to start the next season as normal, but I guess things could change once this one is completed. Having an entire season behind closed doors could cause a lot of financial difficulties for clubs, but then again not playing also would. Maybe they'll start to televise more games to make up for lost revenues.

Canadian Dazn has a some Tennis, but I don't know what specific tournaments are covered. It's worth getting an account if you can. I have the Canadian one and did have the German one but cancelled it when Covid started. I'll get it again at some point but football season is nearly over so it's probably not worth it for me until it restarts. I think you can have two people watching at once so it's worth trying to find someone who will split it with you. It's a shame you can't have multiple users watching otherwise I'd share mine.

A post doesn't have to be 'premium' or even long. You can get merit for being helpful, informative or even for being funny and you can do that in short posts. I wouldn't concentrate on actively trying to get merit as this can usually be spotted easily and often has the opposite effect as people tend to not want to merit posts when it's obvious users are just fishing for them. Just post as normal and hopefully you will get some merit over time but it's not really essential other than for moving up the ranks which doesn't really effect your ability to post (though it gets a little faster over time).

You can read more about merit and activity here: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=24.0

I'd be surprised if you can get any where near 4k from IPTV. Most games probably aren't even shown in 4k to start with. Setting up a proxy directly on your TV can be difficult and probably impossible on some models, but you can probably do it through Amazon Fire or Roku sticks if they accept proxy apps. I just have the proxy on my laptop and link it to my TV via HDMI and that works fine. Got a new TV right before the lockdown started so I'm looking forward to watch some sports on there.

Yeah, it's not a quality stream so if you're wanting HD it's a no-go. The German dazn shows them. Think it's about £10 a month cancel anytime or about £120 for the yeae. They show a lot of other stuff as well:

https://watch.dazn.com/en-DE/sports/





Yeah, the blackout one looks pretty sleak, though it's hard to see what it is so that's probably why people are looking 

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/11751505/coronavirus-sport-live-premier-league-fixtures-f1-ufc/

Dana gave an update on Fight Island on Eddie Hearn's podcast:


I'm glad this is still going ahead with the lockdowns being eased, but there's no word on what fighters are going to be on the card yet. Without some big draws this could be a serious disappointment. With a couple of big fighters it could be huge. I can't see a fighter like McGregor turning up though given the short notice, unless they've been told to train for it for a while. If a big fight was going to take place on there though they would likely have been trying to promote them for a while.


It's not blackmail. It's just standing firm and trying to up your payday. Connor probably does it all the time. I doubt Dana will cave to Jones though. He's not a huge pull anymore.

https://talksport.com/football/712081/which-premier-league-games-watch-fixtures-tv-radio-air-free/


I like how they've scheduled these games so you should be able to watch them all if you wanted. That's how they do it in La Liga. I'm hoping that because they're playing a 3'o clock game they finally do something about the 3PM blackout.

I got a Watford shirt the other day with bitcoin logo on the sleeve and Satoshi printed on the back:



Sponsored by Sportsbet on the front as well obviously:



Pretty cool. Don't know whether to wear it or keep it as a souvenir.


Skybet is showing all the Bundesliga games for free. Think it might be UK only but a proxy will sort you out.

I didn't realise I was joint fifth in the table and only ten points behind second place. That last round must have bumped me up quite a few places. It's pretty close though really and I think even people towards the bottom can still win a place (though they'd have to done consistently well). First rounds back are going to be shaky and I bet we'll see some big upsets until the season gets back into the swing of things.

Amazon is showing their alloted games for free. Shame they only got four:


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-8383667/Amazon-Prime-make-four-remaining-Premier-League-matches-free-air.html

Looks like the ones Sky got will be showing most free to air though (you'll probably need freesat to watch them I imagine):

It can be confusing and users changing their name has got me a couple of times in the past, but I'm not against it. In fact, I've suggested it several times as a perk for a new donator rank if they ever get implemented (much like VIPs can do so anyway). It can be beneficial as they're are genuine reasons why someone would want to change their name, but it being seldom done is probably unfair to others who don't get the privilege. That's why I suggested it as a donator perk as people can just pay the fee without having to hope an admin will do it.

Ah, that makes sense. Did seem a bit baffling that they'd play just those two first. As I said above, it seems like they're the only two games that have got the go ahead right now:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/11598336/premier-league-fixtures-arsenal-man-city-aston-villa-sheffield-united/



Maybe lay off betting on the first few rounds as they could be unpredictable. There's usually always upsets at the beginning of the league. Maybe even considering backing some of the underdogs.


Bayern will beat most teams in their league quite easily, and so they should, regardless of how long they've been out. For most teams it shouldn't really matter that much and it's something every team has to deal with so it's equal/fair across the board, but we know players/managers like to blame their poor performances on something.

Staff aren't paid a salary per se. If you don't handle any reports then you won't get paid anything. The more reports you handle the more you'll be paid, but it's capped at a certain amount depending on your moderator rank. There's no obligation for staff to handle any or even x amount of reports per month, but if you're inactive after a while theymos will usually remove them from staff. Sometimes he forgets to remove them from specific sub boards though hence why their names are still there, though for other mods if they're not active they certainly wont be getting paid anything.