SKY to withdraw from cycling

It's no surprise with all the bluemoon Sky subscribers who've screwed a better deal off them recently!
 
bluethrunthru said:
Team SKY will no longer have SKY's backing at the end of next year.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/46535894

I wonder if it has any relevance to this? Are SKY getting out before even bigger backers get involved and they end up like PL football has done where some clubs are owned by millionaires but its now a billionaires world?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/46536013
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A big fuck off drug scandal that has been brewing with the team they sponsored would be my guess....
 
I'm With Stupid said:
I don't get the point of competitive cycling. Anyone who actually wins anything will be branded a drugs cheat anyway.
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That's because they are lol. I think at the top of every sport it's filled with cheaters. Too much money involved for people not to cheat.
 
discopop said:
If you look behind the headline of Team Sky, Sky have done a lot of good for participation of cycling at all levels in the UK along with British cycling from City skyrides for all rider types to social cycling groups.

My understanding is that this is Comcast looking at all advertising and sponsorships, Dave Brailsford will find it difficult to get anywhere near that amount of sponsorship anywhere in a time where more teams are struggling.
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I was in a walking group yesterday and overheard a conversation involving the mother of a Sky cyclist. Some of the team are being offered to be be kept on at half their current salaries. That will be different for the Team Leaders but it made me wonder whether Team can still afford both G and Froomey.
 
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