Just pure greed from the PL. Whoever signed off that idea deserves sacking for such poor decision making because how did they ever feel that was ever going to work in this current climate I do not know.

Exactly.
Maybe these clubs should think about docking wages for players that play like absolute toilet, to save cash, rather than take it from the people who are barely earning money right now.

I know a team full of players who deserve docked wages at the moment.

If they were going to charge it should have been more like £5, think you’d have way more people paying that especially if it was going to help struggling clubs, and they’d likely ultimately make more money overall charging less, instead of pricing people out. You’d probably even turn a lot of people who stream it online, many wouldn’t mind paying smaller fee to save the bother of struggling to find a reliable stream

Agree with all above.
One thing though, the players are on contract, the clubs can't just pay them less. Though many took voluntary cuts

Well done fans, tell those greedy corrupt waaaankers to do one.

comment by A Catalyst For Change (U7080)
posted 5 minutes ago
If they were going to charge it should have been more like £5, think you’d have way more people paying that especially if it was going to help struggling clubs, and they’d likely ultimately make more money overall charging less, instead of pricing people out. You’d probably even turn a lot of people who stream it online, many wouldn’t mind paying smaller fee to save the bother of struggling to find a reliable stream
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I thought clubs could have just done £5 per match to stream on their official website for those who do not have season passes or something.

For the PL to start demanding £15 a game, is just greed. As Slaven Bilic rightly said, football shouldn't be free, but affordable.

fantastic. The right decision.

JYAF yup £5 would have been okay for most, the sheer greed of the £15 was ridiculous.

The people defending it have been put to shame.

For the PL to start demanding £15 a game, is just greed. As Slaven Bilic rightly said, football shouldn't be free, but affordable.

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So, How much do you (and Bilic) think clubs should charge fans to watch Premier League games, if £15 a go is unreasonable?

How much are you prepared to pay, to watch your team?

comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 3 seconds ago
For the PL to start demanding £15 a game, is just greed. As Slaven Bilic rightly said, football shouldn't be free, but affordable.

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So, How much do you (and Bilic) think clubs should charge fans to watch Premier League games, if £15 a go is unreasonable?

How much are you prepared to pay, to watch your team?


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he literally said in his comment

I've always though £200 to stream (in high quality) the United games for the season would be something I'd pay. A proportion of this going down the pyramid to help the clubs which may lose out on fans not attending. That's a different matter of course for another discussion.

They would have been better selling packages at reasonable amounts for a certain period of time.

Something like 'you can watch every non televised game this month for £25' or whatever.

That would require different TV companies to work with each othert though, I suppose.

You mean...£5?

I thought he was joking.

I’d say it has more to do with nobody bothering to pay than fan backlash. If nobody pays to watch then there is less interest in the PL. Less interest = less money. Let’s not pretend the PL, Sky, BT, etc care what the fans think. They only care about what’s most profitable.

comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 2 minutes ago
I've always though £200 to stream (in high quality) the United games for the season would be something I'd pay. A proportion of this going down the pyramid to help the clubs which may lose out on fans not attending. That's a different matter of course for another discussion.
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Id really like a netflix service for the premier league as many fans get in other countries. To be fair it is only a personal thing but the prem is pretty much the only thing I watch on SS or BT so would prefer a payment for just prem footy via a streaming service.

Wouldnt want it just for Liverpool games though as I watch most/all of the prem games that are televised.

comment by £350k Förtnite Skin (U18355)
posted 1 minute ago
I’d say it has more to do with nobody bothering to pay than fan backlash. If nobody pays to watch then there is less interest in the PL. Less interest = less money. Let’s not pretend the PL, Sky, BT, etc care what the fans think. They only care about what’s most profitable.
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I think this is what they mean by fan backlash. I gave 15quid to the football foodbanks charity in Liverpool instead of paying for it (they raised around £120k) and I think several initiatives like this in various cities were highlighted in the media.

This put loads of pressure on the clubs.

Awful PR for the greedy fackers...& they can't undo it, people will remember.

Only watched two games...both at the pub...fack paying £15

comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 5 minutes ago
They would have been better selling packages at reasonable amounts for a certain period of time.

Something like 'you can watch every non televised game this month for £25' or whatever.

That would require different TV companies to work with each othert though, I suppose.
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yup, an other sensible idea.

Also if they charged £5-7 say, rather than £15 I reckon the uptake would have been so much higher they would have made more profit

100,000 @ £5 = £500,000
10,000 @ £15 = £150,000

They are streaming it anyways, im sure some bigwig market researcher come up with the number but just made no sense to the general public

comment by £350k Förtnite Skin (U18355)
posted 3 minutes ago
I’d say it has more to do with nobody bothering to pay than fan backlash. If nobody pays to watch then there is less interest in the PL. Less interest = less money. Let’s not pretend the PL, Sky, BT, etc care what the fans think. They only care about what’s most profitable.
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I think you're right.

"The Premier League's first nine pay-per-view matches have garnered less than 100,000 viewers - with three games failing to break the 10,000 viewer barrier."

comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 6 minutes ago
You mean...£5?

I thought he was joking.



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why is that funny?many have disagreed with the premise

If you think PL football is only worth £5 a game then it has very little future (as the entertainment product it currently provides).

comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 5 minutes ago
They would have been better selling packages at reasonable amounts for a certain period of time.

Something like 'you can watch every non televised game this month for £25' or whatever.

That would require different TV companies to work with each othert though, I suppose.
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yup, an other sensible idea.

Also if they charged £5-7 say, rather than £15 I reckon the uptake would have been so much higher they would have made more profit

100,000 @ £5 = £500,000
10,000 @ £15 = £150,000

They are streaming it anyways, im sure some bigwig market researcher come up with the number but just made no sense to the general public
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jut enough to cover phil jones for a week

It was doomed when the West Brom slot became a thing and that probably had a combined 500 views

comment by Greg- (U1192)
posted 6 seconds ago
comment by Nickasaurus (U9257)
posted 4 minutes ago
comment by Winston (U16525)
posted 5 minutes ago
They would have been better selling packages at reasonable amounts for a certain period of time.

Something like 'you can watch every non televised game this month for £25' or whatever.

That would require different TV companies to work with each othert though, I suppose.
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yup, an other sensible idea.

Also if they charged £5-7 say, rather than £15 I reckon the uptake would have been so much higher they would have made more profit

100,000 @ £5 = £500,000
10,000 @ £15 = £150,000

They are streaming it anyways, im sure some bigwig market researcher come up with the number but just made no sense to the general public
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jut enough to cover phil jones for a week


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was just rough figures, im sure for some games at £5 over a million would watch.

I can/could afford £15 to watch a Chelsea game if I chose to... - but the long term cost to us all if we all got suckered into that cheap shot would have made it unaffordable period.

comment by RB&W (U21434)
posted 1 minute ago
If you think PL football is only worth £5 a game then it has very little future (as the entertainment product it currently provides).
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WERE IN A PANDEMIC!

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