Well, well, well. What do we make of that? Apparently he is now willing to talking to MOTD and radio stations now. Wonder what was said to make him change his mind? I don't think it was a fear of sanctions by the FA mind you. http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-F...g/statement-on-sir-alex-ferguson-and-bbc.aspx
I just noticed it has been announced on the clubs official website that Sir Alex and the BBC have been able to "put behind them the difficulties which led to Sir Alex feeling unable to appear on BBC programmes". So in other words he'll do interviews for MOTD, 5Live, etc. I personally can say I’m quite happy about this as it would be interesting to hear his views straight from the BBC rather than have to wait till they report on any interviews by SKY, ITV, etc Heres the linkl to the "full" (very short) comments on it! http://www.manutd.com/en/News-And-F...g/statement-on-sir-alex-ferguson-and-bbc.aspx
Great news. I read that he met with the BBC director general Mark Thompson so i presume an apology was made to Fergie. Looking forward to seeing his post match interviews on match of the day.
I've actually got used to seeing Mike Phelan on the BBC now. I can't acually remember SAF on the BBC, it must have been that long ago. But I wonder why the director general presumably apologised all of a sudden. I didn't even know these talks were taking place.
I can only assume the apology was because SAF's refusal was hurting the BBC more than the PL "sanctions" were hurting SAF. It was a total fine of around £60k per season, which the club paid on his behalf, so SAF had no incentive to end the refusal. Guess the Beeb just realised that the only way to fix it was to apologise for the documentary.
I think it may have been a more agree to disagree compromise rather than a genuine clearing of the air. Considering the way that the statement released was rather short and sharp, either that or it's something that we have no need to really talk about and the football is what we should be concentrating about. Which makes my thread rather pointless, but still, it's good to see.
Stupidest decision that SAF has ever made - why should he grace his presence on that Liverpool-biased joke of a Channel that is, bit by bit, selling off all of it's rights to major sports coverage? I doubt it'll last very long anyway as the beeb will undoubtably shoot themselves in the foot with another panorama special that is likely to offend SAF in some way.
Just keep telling yourself that: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2011/aug/25/alex-ferguson-ends-bbc-boycott " It culminated in the BBC's director general, Mark Thompson, travelling to Manchester to meet Ferguson face to face and hear his grievances about the 2004 documentary, Father and Son, about him and his son Jason, then working as a football agent, which had led to Ferguson severing contact." "As it turned out, Ferguson was not fined a penny because, before the Premier League had decided the exact structure, the BBC asked them to delay the punishments, with Thompson indicating he would become personally involved if a meeting could be set up. That process has not been easy. Nobody at Old Trafford, not even Manchester United chief executive David Gill, has been prepared to get involved. But Richard Bevan, the chief executive of the League Managers' Association, has acted as mediator, and Sir Dave Richards, the chairman of the Premier League, was instrumental in setting up what was described behind the scenes as "the last shot". From start to finish, it took seven months before the meeting was confirmed." Seems pretty clear who was running to who - the Director General of the BBC comes all the way to OT for a meeting set up by the CEO of the LMA and the chairman of the PL, with no one from Utd even lifting a finger. Seems like the BBC sees Utd at the most important club in the land
The head of bbc sport requested a meeting with him and they both agreed!!! I think Fergie won his battle all right
