But they aren't free by any stretch of the imagination and the pay TV platforms have increased their subscriber base.
You also really need to look at the situation of other fans, we are quite lucky to be able to pay monthly. They've paid up for the entire season, have subscribed to Sky/BT/NowTV...
Not sure anyone is in disagreement with that, but....
1) To watch games now many have signed up to expensive services such as Sky and BT
2) The "all games" arrangment is being blown away with many games being moved to a PPV arrangement.
3) Season ticket is still being taken albeit as credit for...
Exactly. They've been warned for years about the bubble bursting and I think we are in better situation that other fans being able to pay monthly.
1) Still taking the season ticket money albeit as "credit".
2) Fans having to subscribe to Sky / BT / NowTV to watch any football. They've increased...
Well kind of.
1) They've taken the money advance without consultation
2) Agreed with the PL to charge £15 a game without consulation.
On point one we've effectively agreed to loaning them money to paid back later with games. I don't remember signing anything.
The club can bang on all they...
The problem as I see it is there isn't anything contractually between the customer and BT.Sport/Sky to say how many games you watch and what they are.
It's easy to say, you wouldn't get to watch these games anyway but it simply doesn't work like that. Sky can move whatever they like behind...
Oh, I agree football will change substantially the Premier League would take over the world and would probably have a detrimental effect on football in foreign markets.
I think the Premier League technically could easily launch it's own streaming service (as opposed to individual clubs) , it would all be shot and uplinked by the same third parties anyway. The licensing would be a whole lot easier.
It's not disimiliar to the journey broadcasters have been going...