ARTICLE: Is the future of the Six Nations on the BBC in danger?

The future of the Six Nations on the BBC could be in doubt after the tournaments chief executive said it would consider all options for the next broadcasting contract.

Six Nations chief executive John Feehan told the Daily Telegragh he would consider all options for the next broadcasting contrant.

The BBC's rights deal runs out in 2017, and Welsh sports minister Ken Skates is worried about the suggestions of the Rugby tournament moving from free-to-air televesion.

Mr. Skates told BBC Wales: "I think it would be incredibly dangerous for the Welsh psyche.

"It's a part of our culture to have the six nations for free - why put the tournament at risk?"

The Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies asserted the games should still be free-to-air, he told BBC Wales: "It would be a hammer blow to fans if the Six Nations were no longer available masses to terrestrial TV."

Broadcasting has not been devolved to the Welsh government, but ministers became involved in an similar deabte in 2009.

Then First Minister Rhodri Morgan urged the UK government to always make sure the tournament was always available on terrestrial television.

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