One of the posts from the snooze. Well worth an airing here I feel...
He (KH) accepted a flattering invitation to chair the Football League in 2000 only to find himself embroiled in "perhaps the biggest crisis the sport has faced", says Frank Kane in The Observer. Shortly after Harris's appointment, ITV Digital pulled the plug on a £315m broadcasting deal with the league. ITV Digital's co-owners Carlton and Granada tried to settle for £50m, but Harris flatly refused. His subsequent failure to recover £130m via the courts prompted his resignation in 2002. Many football clubs were pushed to the brink of bankruptcy and Harris was slated in the press as being "incapable of running a kebab shop".
Onwards toward the cliff.