Pubs v Premier League Ruling Tuesday

[cheltenhamlion]

To give an idea of the price hikes, it cost seven quid to stand on the Holte against Man Ure in the first season of the Premier League.

[Steve R]

This case shows just how low the game in this country - and SKY have sunk.

Gary Neville's whining constitutes 'intellectual property'?

[Chris Smith]

To give an idea of the price hikes, it cost seven quid to stand on the Holte against Man Ure in the first season of the Premier League.

Might cost you £400 and a 2 year ban now.

[NeilH]

It would appear that ridiculous prices are not just confined to the Prem. I received an email this morning from Ajax offering me tickets to the next two Chumps League matches (one of whom is Real). In order to profit from this great offer I'd have to part with €137,50 .... If this is the going rate for Chumps League tickets I'm glad we're not part of it.

[Hookeysmith]

You know i just wondered maybe the Sky 4 are courted due to the fact that they have huge followings still at the stadiums (Arse Man U Chelski 'The Mighty Reds YNWA') always play to full houses - especially on Chumps league nights

Imagine if we or any of the other decently but not spectacular supported teams actually broke into it - would the huge corperate sponsors want the games played to half empty stadia on Tv around the world?
Hard to sell the competetion as the biggest games in the world when the stadium is emtpy

Maybe there is a reason why Sperms are always fawned over because as their stadium only holds around 36K it always looks full on tv.

And to really make it sound like a conspiracy - every time a team puts a decent squad together sky come along to destabalise it and make the key players of those teams get restless to play in Champs league so the "lesser" teams never have a chance to build it

Then on the off chance a lesser team does make it they get a real shitty draw to ensure they do not get through - lets face it the early rounds are just cash making games for the favoured teams



Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Brend'Watkins]

Chelsea don't always fill their ground for CL matches, only in the latter stages do they sell out.

[paulcomben]

I have now read several assessments by lawyers of the ruling and its implications and the next legal steps in this case.  One thing is categorically clear: all of the lawyers are circling like vultures and they will make a fortune from arguing the toss until kingdom come. As for who can show what on a telly - no idea!

[olaftab]

The Landlady in Portsmouth used a Sky box with a Greek card in it and therefore Sky said it was illegal...I'm also a landlord and Have German Sky my mate has Italian and another few have Spanish or french.

With these you get all the Premier league matches shown on sky and ESPN including a 3 o'clock one with Footbaall first commentary. It is legal or else it's restraint of European trade. I had to pay 950 a month to sky but pay 175 for German sky hate doing it but needs must.

Good luck to you.
By the way can anyone buy Greek or any other card to use in their skybox?

[Blackcountry Villa]

Chelsea don't always fill their ground for CL matches, only in the latter stages do they sell out.

They stay away because of the high ticket prices now thats why. Their tickets used to be set before the start of the season with a cap for all competitions, for the Chumps League it was something like £20 for group stage games and then more expensive for the knockout rounds. Now their tickets are £40 for group games and a lot of their fans are staying away in protest. Their fans are hoping for as low as 25,000 against Genk and the club have resorted to giving away free tickets. Football fans in this country are mugs, as long as they keep paying £43 to watch garbage like Villa v Wolves (and now £47 for Villa v Man Utd, Arsenal and Liverpool. Disgusting) then clubs like ours will continue to charge it. If 20,000 stayed away for a few games they would have no choice but to lower prices but football fans don't stand up for themselves and thus get treated like shit.

[Simon Ward]

I think we have quite a few stay away fans at the moment who are picking and choosing their games due to the economiuc circumstances. Myself included!

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

Chelsea don't always fill their ground for CL matches, only in the latter stages do they sell out.

They stay away because of the high ticket prices now thats why. Their tickets used to be set before the start of the season with a cap for all competitions, for the Chumps League it was something like £20 for group stage games and then more expensive for the knockout rounds. Now their tickets are £40 for group games and a lot of their fans are staying away in protest. Their fans are hoping for as low as 25,000 against Genk and the club have resorted to giving away free tickets. Football fans in this country are mugs, as long as they keep paying £43 to watch garbage like Villa v Wolves (and now £47 for Villa v Man Utd, Arsenal and Liverpool. Disgusting) then clubs like ours will continue to charge it. If 20,000 stayed away for a few games they would have no choice but to lower prices but football fans don't stand up for themselves and thus get treated like shit.

Always great to see Villa park full but if the attendences drop the prices will drop and hopefully they will then realise that is the way forward as the sales of food and drink will benefit with bigger crowds ........

[hawkeye]

Has any one worked out what Internet Streams will do to TV deals in the future? The pub thing is not the real issue. If people can buy a package that includes any game that is broadcast on TV for a season for less than a ticket for one PL game then its pretty obvious that the new technology is a game changer. If you look at what has happened to the Music industry where the revenue has moved from selling product to live performances.
The value of Broadcasting rights will significantly diminish over the next 5 years.

[bertlambshank]

NFL game pass £169 to watch any game on your computer.

I expect Sky/PL to something similar up and running within 2 years.

[PONGO49]

Chelsea don't always fill their ground for CL matches, only in the latter stages do they sell out.

They stay away because of the high ticket prices now thats why. Their tickets used to be set before the start of the season with a cap for all competitions, for the Chumps League it was something like £20 for group stage games and then more expensive for the knockout rounds. Now their tickets are £40 for group games and a lot of their fans are staying away in protest. Their fans are hoping for as low as 25,000 against Genk and the club have resorted to giving away free tickets. Football fans in this country are mugs, as long as they keep paying £43 to watch garbage like Villa v Wolves (and now £47 for Villa v Man Utd, Arsenal and Liverpool. Disgusting) then clubs like ours will continue to charge it. If 20,000 stayed away for a few games they would have no choice but to lower prices but football fans don't stand up for themselves and thus get treated like shit.

I agree, FAPL, SKY, and Clubs will always treat fans shit, they now that fans will always pay to watch (either in a pub or at the ground) there team, they know the a true fan has his/her heart in there club, and for this reason we will always be treated as morons.

[hawkeye]

NFL game pass £169 to watch any game on your computer.

I expect Sky/PL to something similar up and running within 2 years.

And I expect there will be loads of alternatives that are a lot cheaper