[spireitematt]

Like Matt said though, it's not the same as before. It used to be on both main BBC channels and then press the red button and you could get loads of choices to watch.
Now it's one main BBC channel and one option on the red button. Not checked i-player, but I suspect it's not much else. There's lots of chat and highlights, mainly of what the Brits have done.
As for the pay channels, weren't Sky denied a bid for the Olympics for this specific reason?

I remember 2012 and 2016 they had it on BBC 1, BBC 2, BBC 4 (in the day and throughout the night) and you had 2 red button channels as well for the coverage. This time round it just seems to be BBC 1 and the red button.

BBC have lost lots of sport coverage over the years, was trying to work out what they still cover and it seems to be Tennis, Football, (mainly FA Cup and the Euros and World Cup tournaments with a few Women Super League matches) Athletics (Diamond League) Rugby League and Rugby Union (have to share 6 nations with ITV) Snooker, Bowls, the odd England T20 and the new cricket tournament The Hundred and that's about it.

All these people who are on the right and who read the Express and the Mail saying 'Defund The BBC' then complaining about the Olympic coverage, can they not see the connection? Then you get people complaining that not enough people are interested or taking part in a certain sport, well if the sport wasn't on pay for view or subscription channel then people would be able to watch it, get interested and maybe take it up.

You've got ITV 4 which is technically a sports channel as they show Horse racing, darts, snooker, rallying, cycling and then the BBC red button is technically the BBC's sports channel but I've always wondered why don't the BBC create their own separate sports channel? Funding? The BBC prides itself on not having adverts but I think we all know that if the Tories scrap the license fee then they will have to find other alternatives to fund the BBC.