One of the traditions in recent years has been that of a Sky Sports reporter giving live updates from outside a Premier league stadium or in some cases training ground, however that has been stopped this year for the sfaety of the reporters.

The positioning of a Sky News reporter outside a stadium etc in truth was nothing more than a colourful addition to liven up deadline days, I cant remember any of them actually coming out with a real scoop about a big deal no one knew about, mostly it was just about embellishing the story and pointing at a brightly lit stadium and insinuating that a certain player was in there at that very moment, indeed i can rarely remember even a sight of said player on camera.

But in recent years it had a more sinister tone, early years saw reporters struggling to find someone for a quote outside a deserted football stadium at 11pm on a clod winters night, but that changed and in recent years reporters have struggled to give their reports as crowds got bigger and then more boisterous.

A certain element at each club thought it hilarious to jostle for space in front of the camera and with each transfer deadline day the behaviour got worse, some just thought it funny to merely shout out things like hello mum, whilst others thought shouting obscenities on live TV would make them the hero of their social peers.

But in the past year it has got worse, reporters although not being physically violently attacked would be subjected to minor assault like having their hair ruffled or ears flicked in some cases , with one having the ignomity of a sex toy being poked in his ear.

To date no members of a deadline day crowd have been signed up for their own comedy series, but that didnt deter them from turning up to try and get their five seconds of fame.

But enough is enough for Sky and this year there will be no reporters outside grounds for fear of the safety of the reporters and camera crew, the next step would be someone would get hurt be it a Sky news employee or a member of the crowd who in their clamour for fleeting fame would eventually get the hump with one another and come to blows.

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patred added 11:11 - Jan 30 does that mean we wont see Arry ?
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SonicBoom added 12:09 - Jan 30 Seriously who cares? The whole deadline day thing is their own creation and is a waste of time. Who the hell wants fifteen updates throughout the day from some junior reporter stood in the dark and rain outside Sunderland's training ground. He usually tells us about some unknown joining from barnsley for half a mill. Or persuade us that defoe coming back from Canada is huge! Massive! Mega! Unbelievable! Let's face it, they might just as well have a thirty minute show in the evening and cover it all.

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bstokesaint added 12:16 - Jan 30 It's about time to be honest. I've tweeted Sky Sports a couple of times to ask them why they bother. The rent-a-mob add nothing other than to show 'football fans' as a bunch of morons desperate to showcase their lack of intelligence. Jim White spends most of his time apologising to viewers and the reporters look uncomfortable from the outset when the crowds start gathering.

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ItchenNorth added 20:07 - Jan 30 The whole Transfer Deadline Day thing is just complete bollox. It's a marketing exorcise for Sky to promote themselves.
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OwenTheSaint added 09:07 - Jan 31 I would never condone violence, but when it comes to anything to do with Sky then I almost would. Sky; 'Believe in better' or 'Pay for what used to be free'
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