It’s interesting all the comments in this thread are coming from our point of view as supporters. The TV companies, premier league and the money men, I’m not sure give as much as shite about fans being there as they make out. The football being on the TV constantly has kept me going, something to look forwards to, has driven my wife mad though. But it has also opened the Pandora’s box a bit to a new way of broadcasting football. I know loads of people watch the games illegally, I’ve ended up slowly but surely subscribing to everything, BT sport, Amazon prime etc. It will be interesting how much of these subscriptions fall away or stay constant when fans are allowed back in. The way games are on all the time now, will be hard to let go for the broadcasters and you only have to look at the results coming in at 4.45pm now on a Saturday (traditionally a time I love on a Saturday) to see how the fragmentation of premier league games has escalated in lockdown, there’s what maybe two games now on Saturday at 3pm. I’m not sure the fans being back will change this and it’s a couple of steps removed from games being played at silly o’clock to meet the demands on say the far east market on different time zones.
I think the money men running the premier league will unfortunately be coming to the conclusion they don’t need us in the ground as much as we need to be in the ground. I suppose there is the factor of the prime assets, the players, who surely hate playing in empty stadiums.