"loz" wrote in message
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"Carl" wrote in message
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would you rather pay £10 extra each month to Sky for
all games, or pay £7 to each club.

If it were £10 for ALL games, then clearly Sky.
But it isn't ALL games at the moment, just their limited selection.
If I was a supporter of a specific club, then £7 a month to watch ALL my
clubs
games rather than the odd one each month would be a much better proposal
offer.

Loz



I agree with Loz.
£7/month, as compared to approximately £120/month to attend games, based on
one match per calendar week home/away for the season, and for ticket only,
not including car-park, programme, food, travel etc etc seems a bargain.

However, should this happen, what would happen to lower league clubs?
(Semi-rhetorical)

I live near Oldham, and I have witnessed the decline at that club at close
quarters.
It is a darn shame, that the town's folk would rather be glory hunter's and
watch other local clubs, that walk across the street and watch Oldham.
I say this, since the day before the Brighton home game, I was at the
ground, getting a ticket, and a chap, literally living across the street,
was tendering his garden, wearing a Man U*d shirt....what hope is there?

Sky has been great for football; I have championed there cause here before,
but the recent EU ruling will be the slow decline for lower level of the
Premiership clubs.

In Italy, the league was delayed this year, since the TV right's issue had
not been resolved. If I am correct, I am convinced you can buy a "season
ticket" for the club of your choice, and watch the home and away games.

This would be fine for Man Utd, Arsenal, Chelsea, Man City, Newcastle etc,
but what hope for second tier of the Premiership?

Incidentally, Sky do know their market. The very 1st pay-per-view game on
Sky, was a Nationwide League game, some five or so years ago was Colchester
vs Man City. I was there. It was £6 per game. Sky were canny with this.
Layer Road, has room for some 1,500 away fans, and City has a great
home/away following, and knew that this would be the ideal game, outside of
the Premiership.....

This EU intrusion is shameful, and will spell disaster for football in the
UK, much worse, as far as I am concerned, that the ITV debacle.....