What if the cup tie goes to extra time?

Don't you mean golden point?

That's still extra time.

sky dont give 2 hoots about the people who pay the subscription fees, IE: the supporters!

Who's he?

In what sense?

Sky? BBC barley acknowledge the Cup and they hold the rights to the bloody thing!!

Why should sky acknowledge the cup? surely they just want people to watch their broadcasts regardless of what is on the other channels.

Well said, it would be ridiculous business practice to highlight a competition that was being broadcast on another channel that could and probably would have a detrimental effect on your own product.

in the sense that they never take into account supporters. they change games at weeks notice etc without consulting the fans, they have teams playing on friday nights with scant regard for supporters who might want to travel to games

i dont see the problem really.if your not a fan of any of the teams involved youve basically got near enough 3 hours of continous rugby to watch on the box(at home if youve got sky,in pub or at a mates if you havent).i for one am looking forward to it.