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    'Use TV billions to cut ticket prices'

    Exactly, the reasons Liverpool need to sign good players are exactly the same as Brighton do, to stave off a slump in form and potential relegation (all things being relative of course). Otherwise they follow Leeds, Sheffield Wednesday, Portsmouth, et al who all thought they'd be 'too big to go...
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    'Use TV billions to cut ticket prices'

    Except we all know that it won't be the 1,000's of employees getting the pay rises and paying additional tax, it will be a very select few group of players and agents whose 'social usefulness' (to quote an old term levelled at bankers) is questionable. How does a club getting more from the PL...
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    'Use TV billions to cut ticket prices'

    I don't think you'll see Spotland suddenly emptying as Man Utd already fill Old Trafford week-in, week-out. There are no more seats available to sell. Football isn't like deciding to shop at Sainsbury's instead of Tesco and you don't understand the nature of the business model if you think it...
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    'Use TV billions to cut ticket prices'

    But if Sky need the Premier League, and people are happy to sit on their bums watching TV instead of using their local playing field then what........ This years deal is enough to cover the Local Authority savings for the whole country for two years. If that money gets frittered away on...
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    'Use TV billions to cut ticket prices'

    Because they are reliant on their grounds being approved by local authorities as complying with the 'Safety at sports ground' act. Just wield the big stick, threaten to close the ground (the reason can be as trivial as you like) and they'll soon have to cough up.
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    'Use TV billions to cut ticket prices'

    So that's why the Government have been selling off school playing fields for housing development left, right and centre. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2584864/Olympics-vow-fails-save-football-pitches-Fields-disposed-two-weeks-London-Games.html The public sector is broke. It can't...
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