By PETER JACKSON
THE Six Nations Council came under renewed fire yesterday over their decision to prohibit joint bids for live television rights, effectively clearing the way for Sky to put the world’s oldest annual tournament behind their paywall.
No sooner had Westminster MP’s ‘demanded answers about the process’ than one of the sport’s most experienced negotiators of ground-breaking television deals questioned the Council’s refusal to accept a joint offer from BBC-ITV for the renewal of their contract.
David Moffett, former chief executive of the Welsh...