Professional Footballers' Association Chair Carlisle Backs BT Sport Dressing Room Access

Professional Footballers' Association Chair Clarke Carlisle "has given a cautious welcome to calls by the new BT Sport channel to allow cameras into Premier League dressing rooms," according to the PA. Carlisle said that he had no problems in principle with the idea first mooted by BT Sport Senior Exec Grant Best last week -- "but stressed there are certain lines that could not be crossed." Carlisle: "Provided it is done in the same way as rugby league -- in a fly-on-the-wall way that is not obtrusive -- I think it could be quite an innovative idea." Carlisle stressed that "his qualified support was a personal view," and that the PFA has neither been officially approached nor commented on the proposal (PA, 7/29).