Media Blackout – Fergies toys are out of the pram

It appears that Fergies toys are well and truly out of the pram after yesterdays full media blackout by the Manchester United boss. After the defeat to Liverpool yesterday at Anfield, Ferguson refused to speak to Sky Sports, Talk Sport and wouldn’t allow his assistance, Mike Phelan to speak to the BBC either. He is even refusing to speak to MUTV.

Fergie is furious with the media after the furore by the media who wanted “to electrocute Rooney” for his blatant elbow smash into the face of young Wigan midfielder James McCarthy and has now spat his dummy out after the clubs own TV channel MUTV submitted the interview to the FA where Ferguson was heavily critical of referee Martin Atkinson saying he “feared the worst” when he was appointed to the Chelsea game last week. 

The media blackout is not entirely new to Ferguson as he has not spoken to the BBC since 2004 after they aired a program accusing his son Jason of dubious activity when he was a football agent, but in this latest stunt he has laid out a full media blackout refusing to speak to any of the press.

The current rules of the Premier League state that interviews must be given to Sky Sports, Talk Sport and BBC as part of the media rights sold to the broadcasting companies and failure to do so can result in fines being imposed on the club. 

This latest outburst or blackout by Fergie is another example of Ferguson throwing his toys out of the pram if he doesn’t get what he wants or all his own way. This type of behaviour has been going on for years now and the Premier League have done nothing about it. He has been trying and succeeding in influencing referring decisions and the allocation of refs to Man United games for years with his disdain and open criticism of some refs and decisions and he will continue to do so while he gets away with it.

The Premier League have been too spineless to make an example of Ferguson and have let him ride roughshod over the rules for many years, the question is will they or even the broadcaster, who seem to be afraid of Fergie, have the balls to stand up and make an example of him this time?

The fact he is even shunning the clubs own TV station says a lot for Ferguson maybe hinting at his retirement at the end of this season if he can reach the elusive 19 league titles he set out to win way back in 1986. It will be interesting how long he continues with this stance and hwo the Premier League will deal with it, but do not expect much insight or comment from Ferguson for the rest of this season.

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