I find that a lot of my fellow pub-going friends choose a place to settle based on if the football/rugby league is being shown. However, most places that serve good beer tend to avoid showing live sport under pressure from CAMRA (or CAMRA members).
I wonder what fellow punters who post on here think about sport in pubs and bars?
I know from canvassing people at work that real ale interest and sport are definitely not mutually exclusive. In Leeds I often bump into people, without prior arrangement, in the two or three places that serve good beer and show live sport.