Explained: Why Premier League TV picks take so long, the enormously complicated 'chess match' that decides them as Sky Sports and TNT do battle with mind games, and the massive impact it has on powerless matchgoing fans
By James Sharpe••Dailymail.com
A game of chess. A jigsaw. Jenga.
Just some of the puzzles referenced by industry insiders in describing the process of selecting Premier League matches for television.
A game of chess. A jigsaw. A Rubiks cube.
Jenga. Just some of the puzzles referenced by industry insiders in describing the process of selecting Premier League matches for television, one of the most…