Agree with much of this:
In addition to this though, there used to be a fantastic mystique to the FA Cup brought about by the draw on a Monday lunchtime. After a win , you could spend all Sunday,and Monday morning building up the expectation of who would be next,home or away.
My son called out to me about the mancs at home,and I thought he was joking as Leicester were - to my knowledge - still playing.But seemingly not.
There was also the excitement of radio access into Lancaster gate for the draw,always conducted in a reverent and dignified way. "Mr Lionel Smart will draw the balls for the home team..".
Compare that to the way ITV have to either wheel out a couple of old has beens to make the draw, and then have Rosenthal or some other tw^t make a really grovelling interview of them .
Even worse ITV have really prostituted the competition, with so called celebs making the draw...Liam (or the other)Gallagher and some long haired c^nt made the draw for the 3rd round. Thank Christ Jade Goody is no longer with us or perhaps she'd be invited to make the draw.
Too much football on TV has no doubt detracted from the FA Cup, as someone else said for along time the Final was the only match shown live.
Yes, the greed factor.