Sky Sports are planning to reduce the crowd noise at Goodison Park during their coverage of Everton's clash with Man United ahead of planned fan protests.
The Toffees will welcome the Red Devils to Merseyside on Sunday afternoon, as they prepare for their first fixture since receiving a 10-point deduction from the league.
The Merseyside club were hit with the division's biggest points deduction after being found to be in breach of league profit and sustainability rules.
Everton feel the punishment handed down to them last week was 'unjust' and in a statement released on Friday, they declared they would 'monitor with great interest the decisions made in any other cases concerning the Premier League's profit and sustainability rules'.
This appeared to allude to how Manchester City currently have 115 charges hanging over them from back in February for allegedly breaking financial rules.
And fans, similarly to club chiefs, will look to express their frustrations with the recent decision by organising a protest during their Premier League clash.
According to the Times, Everton fans will chant 'Premier League corrupt as f***' in the tenth minute of the game.
Ofcom’s state that broadcasters should avoid televising material that could cause offence to viewers, and as the kick-off time is 4.30pm, there are concerns that families and children will be watching in large numbers.
Therefore, Sky Sports has had an internal meeting about the issue and sources said it takes its responsibility to protect its viewers and will look to mitigate offensive language being heard on air.
Previously, in similar instances, broadcasters have reduced the volume of sound from the crowd and even introduced pre-recorded crowd noise.
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