With the current fan revolt perhaps now is the time to fight for proper caps on costs to supporters, in particular the cost of watching games live on TV/streaming.
English supporters have been hit hardest by the ever inflating costs to watch their club. The costs to watch a mere selection of games each season is astronomical nowadays.
For balance this has led to on field benefits for many English clubs however for me at least this seemingly endless increase in the overall costs of watching football isn't worth it.
If the cost of watching football becomes regulated that'll be the best thing to come out of this sorry ESL saga
Regulated pricing for live football
posted on 21/4/21
I actually have sympathy for you lads. You have to pay for BT if you want to watch the european football.
Over here all champions league and Europa league is on free to air terrestrial TV
posted on 21/4/21
IPTV is the way forward.
posted on 21/4/21
comment by (U3265)
posted 1 hour, 56 minutes ago
Totally agree , not only do we have to pay sky high monthly charges but we also have to subscribe to three different providers Sky , BT and Amazon.
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You don't "have" to pay these companies anything.
posted on 21/4/21
comment by RJC (U17308)
posted 58 minutes ago
comment by (U3265)
posted 1 hour, 56 minutes ago
Totally agree , not only do we have to pay sky high monthly charges but we also have to subscribe to three different providers Sky , BT and Amazon.
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You don't "have" to pay these companies anything.
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You kinda do if you want to watch the games at home. And Yes I know there's dodgy ways around it but I'm talking about if you don't want to go down that particular route
posted on 22/4/21
comment by (U3265)
posted 3 hours, 21 minutes ago
Totally agree , not only do we have to pay sky high monthly charges but we also have to subscribe to three different providers Sky , BT and Amazon.
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If every premiership game was live, including games kicking off at 3pm, there would not be many complaints about spreading subscription costs across 3 broadcasters, it would still be cheaper than a footy session ticket.
What annoys me is the level of choice international broadcasters provide their audiences compared to England and at a fraction of the cost too. Outrageous!
posted on 22/4/21
comment by Plump - #LoveUtdHateGlazers (U22314)
posted 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
comment by (U3265)
posted 3 hours, 21 minutes ago
Totally agree , not only do we have to pay sky high monthly charges but we also have to subscribe to three different providers Sky , BT and Amazon.
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If every premiership game was live, including games kicking off at 3pm, there would not be many complaints about spreading subscription costs across 3 broadcasters, it would still be cheaper than a footy session ticket.
What annoys me is the level of choice international broadcasters provide their audiences compared to England and at a fraction of the cost too. Outrageous!
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Yeah, here in Australia it's the equivalent of about £60 for the whole season, every CL, PL and Europa game is available
posted on 22/4/21
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 8 hours, 9 minutes ago
comment by Plump - #LoveUtdHateGlazers (U22314)
posted 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
comment by (U3265)
posted 3 hours, 21 minutes ago
Totally agree , not only do we have to pay sky high monthly charges but we also have to subscribe to three different providers Sky , BT and Amazon.
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If every premiership game was live, including games kicking off at 3pm, there would not be many complaints about spreading subscription costs across 3 broadcasters, it would still be cheaper than a footy session ticket.
What annoys me is the level of choice international broadcasters provide their audiences compared to England and at a fraction of the cost too. Outrageous!
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Yeah, here in Australia it's the equivalent of about £60 for the whole season, every CL, PL and Europa game is available
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I envy you guys!
posted on 22/4/21
I think the theory is that for those who live in the UK, they assume that many supporters won't actually bother to attend the games live if they were all broadcast simultaneously live on TV on a single platform, as cheap as chips.
This would turn the Premier League into a TV programme and not a spectator sport.
posted on 22/4/21
comment by Plump - #LoveUtdHateGlazers (U22314)
posted 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 8 hours, 9 minutes ago
comment by Plump - #LoveUtdHateGlazers (U22314)
posted 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
comment by (U3265)
posted 3 hours, 21 minutes ago
Totally agree , not only do we have to pay sky high monthly charges but we also have to subscribe to three different providers Sky , BT and Amazon.
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If every premiership game was live, including games kicking off at 3pm, there would not be many complaints about spreading subscription costs across 3 broadcasters, it would still be cheaper than a footy session ticket.
What annoys me is the level of choice international broadcasters provide their audiences compared to England and at a fraction of the cost too. Outrageous!
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Yeah, here in Australia it's the equivalent of about £60 for the whole season, every CL, PL and Europa game is available
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I envy you guys!
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Don't be too envious, the games all being on at inconvenient times mostly ruins it!
posted on 22/4/21
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 9 hours, 26 minutes ago
comment by Plump - #LoveUtdHateGlazers (U22314)
posted 1 hour, 12 minutes ago
comment by Scruttocks (U19684)
posted 8 hours, 9 minutes ago
comment by Plump - #LoveUtdHateGlazers (U22314)
posted 1 hour, 37 minutes ago
comment by (U3265)
posted 3 hours, 21 minutes ago
Totally agree , not only do we have to pay sky high monthly charges but we also have to subscribe to three different providers Sky , BT and Amazon.
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If every premiership game was live, including games kicking off at 3pm, there would not be many complaints about spreading subscription costs across 3 broadcasters, it would still be cheaper than a footy session ticket.
What annoys me is the level of choice international broadcasters provide their audiences compared to England and at a fraction of the cost too. Outrageous!
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Yeah, here in Australia it's the equivalent of about £60 for the whole season, every CL, PL and Europa game is available
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I envy you guys!
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Don't be too envious, the games all being on at inconvenient times mostly ruins it!
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Small price to pay if you're a footy fan. But I know what you mean.