WHY IS GOAL OF THE MONTH NO LONGER A COMPETITION?
Under the new competition regulations at the BBC dating from 2008, a number of compliance measures (including a bounce-back text acknowledging receipt of every entry) were required. The competition was therefore costing thousands of pounds from the MOTD budget (ultimately licence fee-payers’ money) to administer every season. The prize was limited under the regulations to two Premier League tickets for the winner, and the vast majority of viewers never entered but just enjoyed the month’s best goals as a videotape sequence. It was therefore decided, starting with the 2009/10 season, to retain the concept of Goal of the Month and Goal of the Season as an entertaining watch, but to save the disproportionate expense of running a competition out of the programme’s budget.
