Michael Vaughan says he will still be working for Fox Cricket this Summer despite the racism allegations against him
Seven seems to be making a big push to be recognized as the premier broadcaster for the upcoming Ashes, Fox have thus far been very low-key, excluding all the controversy with Michael Vaughan.
It does strike me a bit strange.
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As a result BT are in discussion with CA and may switch to to Seven feed or set up their commentary team.
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Jofra going to Seven is interesting, given he is/has been appearing in Kayo’s cricket ads.
Fox hasn’t announced their coverage plans yet so no.
Considering Mike Atherton will be part of SEN’s coverage, wouldn’t be surprised if he’ll be appearing on Fox as well.
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Mel Jones missing from the WBBL broadcast tonight?
Mel’s doing commentary for Fox with Alyssa Healy and Alex Blackwell.
Yep. Wasn’t at the desk. Makes sense now. Fox commenting over the Seven feed
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I’d be a bit surprised given that the UK broadcaster for the series is BT which will take the Fox coverage, so Sky will probably be averse to allow someone who is an integral part of their team to appear on a rival broadcaster.
That might not be an issue if Fox decides to still have Michael Vaughan be involved with their coverage and (as a result) BT decides to commentate off-tube or is allowed to show Seven’s coverage.
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Yeah, they might go down three routes: Seven’s feed, Fox feed (Vaughan leaves Fox) or take Fox’s feed and have their own commentators commentate over the rosters where Vaughan is on air (like Sony do when Kerry O’Keefe is on air).
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Hang what? Seriously? So Sony don’t like O’Keefe?
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Yep. He made a comment during the Boxing Day (if I remember correctly) test in 2018 and he’s been blacklisted since.
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Yeah they reckon he is a racist
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If they takes Seven’s feed, how are BT Sport going to broadcast and/or stream The Ashes in 4k?
Think the only things BT Sport shows in 4K are games/events they produce (eg; Premier League, UEFA CL/EL, rugby union, etc)
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Are we talking about Michael Vaughan? You should really make it clear who your talking about . If he made a racist comment then he clearly is a racist . No room for that kind of shit in the world or sport.
Also it’s not clear to me how long ago this happened ?
The poster was referring to Kerry O’Keeffe.
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