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[Hickson9]

But.... you’re at the match ?

Like comparing porn with an actual shag.

Hence why it will cost a lot, lot less.

 

[Hickson9]

Mate you just need to rescind this comment, it makes no sense

I spend thousands of pounds a year following Everton.

Spending 15 quid to watch a non televised match, here and there, doesn't make a dent in that.

 

[Brennan]

I spend thousands of pounds a year following Everton.

Spending 15 quid to watch a non televised match, here and there, doesn't make a dent in that.

Thats not the point, though.

 

[Hickson9]

Thats not the point, though.

Erm......


If you're a telly clapper, you'll never watch this match anyway.

If you're a season ticket holder, you'll have a refund for that match plus you wont have all your match day costs.

Do you literally want to be able to watch this non televised match for free?

 

[Brennan]

Erm......


If you're a telly clapper, you'll never watch this match anyway.

If you're a season ticket holder, you'll have a refund for that match plus you wont have all your match day costs.

Do you literally want to be able to watch this non televised match for free?

Apparently there’s no middle ground between free and £15 per game now.



“Telly clapper” is a stupid phrase, and having a season ticket doesn’t make you a better fan.

Your comparisons between actual match costs and televised viewing costs is redundant as it’s a totally different product. Sky TV isn’t limited to 38,000 people per game for a start.

 

[Hickson9]

Apparently there’s no middle ground between free and £15 per game now.



“Telly clapper” is a stupid phrase, and having a season ticket doesn’t make you a better fan.

Your comparisons between actual match costs and televised viewing costs is redundant as it’s a totally different product. Sky TV isn’t limited to 38,000 people per game for a start.

So basically you want to pay a tenner and not 15 quid.

 

[ToffeeTim]

So basically you want to pay a tenner and not 15 quid.

The issue is not having to pay. The issue is how much they are asking people to pay.

If they charged 7 or 8 quid they would make far more money and it would be beneficial to all parties. £15 for one match makes no sense when their normal subscription gets you like a dozen games a month for about 30-40 quid.

You cant compare paying to watch on the telly with paying for a match ticket. If that logic followed, then we'd all have to pay about 200 quid to watch the world Cup final

 

[Hickson9]

The issue is not having to pay. The issue is how much they are asking people to pay.

If they charged 7 or 8 quid they would make far more money and it would be beneficial to all parties. £15 for one match makes no sense when their normal subscription gets you like a dozen games a month for about 30-40 quid.

You cant compare paying to watch on the telly with paying for a match ticket. If that logic followed, then we'd all have to pay about 200 quid to watch the world Cup final

The £15 is production costs with all profit going to the clubs (the clubs that have lost all match going revenue).

If you think anything over £7-8 is unreasonable then don't watch. The market will dictate what happens if enough people don't watch.

 

[Chris O'Connor]

The £15 is production costs with all profit going to the clubs (the clubs that have lost all match going revenue).

If you think anything over £7-8 is unreasonable then don't watch. The market will dictate what happens if enough people don't watch.

It seems the pressure to reverse this is now making it unsustainable, I would now fully expect a reversal before the next premier league fixture in about a week's time.

I wouldn't be totally surprised if it was fully reversed tbh, but the very least I would think a large reduction in price, it's looking as though full reversal more likely however.

 

[jaybx1878]

why is it that people in america and asia can watch every single game including all the ones that are not televised in the uk for a far less price? Sky must think that were all imbeciles in this country

 

[HibbertsRightFoot]

I spend thousands of pounds a year following Everton.

Spending 15 quid to watch a non televised match, here and there, doesn't make a dent in that.

Not everyone has that money though, reeks of pure snobbery this comment

 

[Hickson9]

It seems the pressure to reverse this is now making it unsustainable, I would now fully expect a reversal before the next premier league fixture in about a week's time.

I wouldn't be totally surprised if it was fully reversed tbh, but the very least I would think a large reduction in price, it's looking as though full reversal more likely however.

If that happens, fair enough. Market forces in action.

I won't complain about paying less.

Not everyone has that money though, reeks of pure snobbery this comment

The people who usually watch these non televised matches will spend far more watching them in normal times. That isn't snobbery, it is a statement of fact and a reason as to why I don't mind paying PPV.

And that is true even for Everton fans. I have a Spurs mate whose season ticket costs double mine.

 

[Hickson9]

why is it that people in america and asia can watch every single game including all the ones that are not televised in the uk for a far less price? Sky must think that were all imbeciles in this country

Demand dictates prices.

 

[Chris O'Connor]

If that happens, fair enough. Market forces in action.

There must be a danger of people going to watch in pubs, in parts of the country where that is still possible, or 'encouraging' people to watch in other people's houses, even if against a tougher lockdown, to reduce costs. It just seems as though it may be counterproductive alienating some fans from the clubs that charge while making it more likely many will ignore lockdown rules to watch.

Has it really been well thought out? - or is it rather just another revenue stream they can sort of try and semi justify with the demands of a bail out of the lower leagues being made of them? Following the money just spent on the transfer window on players and contracts it seems incredibly badly timed.

 

[ForestBlue]

Demand dictates prices.

As always I'm sure they want to maximize revenue but I cant work out if they think the demand will be high enough @£15 (which seems very high to me) or do they think that only a certain percentage of people will actually pay regardless of price, and of those, they think the majority of these will also pay the £15.

What ever it is it's not a low price x high volume model, more of a high price x low volume model. Be interesting to see if anything changes next week after the bad publicity.

Regardless of price I'd also like to see 50% of it going to the lower leagues immediately when I pay for a game and not being used propping up the scum leeches that have managed to attach themselves to our game e.g. multi million £ agent fee's etc for doing sweet FA which we are all actually paying for one way or another.