Couldn't they get by on foreign TV deals anyway, even if English people cancelled their subscriptions?
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Couldn't they get by on foreign TV deals anyway, even if English people cancelled their subscriptions?
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I know that but that Sky revenue would continue whether Hull played in Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai or Hull.
clippedgull
Hotdogs, extra onions
yes, but TV revenue would increase massively from companies much bigger than SKY so ticket prices in Shanghai etc, would be pretty much an after thought.
It's not about match day profit and a few million here or there.
It's about extending the brand - the clubs' and the BPL as a whole. More interest/demand overseas = (much) more money for international rights
Official Old Man
Uckfield Seagull
But doing this would take out the so called random fixtures their computer churns out each year.
I personally think the money will be in each club selling their own internet TV rights, which must come soon.
keaton
Big heart, hot blood and balls. Big balls
- Nov 18, 2004
- 9,665
They'd probably just play all their games abroad
Quite.
I don't think "just cancel your Sky sub" is effective protest anymore. So much money is coming from elsewhere now, and if it wasn't Sky it'd be someone else.
MattBackHome
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- Jul 7, 2003
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Said it before and I'll say it again.
I wish the MASSIVE teams (Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea, City, Arsenal, Leeds and Pompey) would hurry up and join their European Superleague and leave football to the rest of us mere mortals.
I wish the MASSIVE teams (Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea, City, Arsenal, Leeds and Pompey) would hurry up and join their European Superleague and leave football to the rest of us mere mortals.
The Stout Yeoman
Master Farter
Never had it .... I said at the time that Sky would be the death of English football as we know it .... and ....
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Yes, I was thinking that just now. As I said, I think most would make a small loss on each game but the potential advertising is enormous.
The other revenue stream is selling a TV stream to your own fans. If you're a Hull fan not prepared to travel to KL, you'd be happy to pay £10 to watch the match (and it you're not happy then you're just not a fan, right?) - nice little earner
Worthingite
Sexy Pete... :D
While its a nice thought, the plastic armchair fans of the "big 4" who have never set foot in Old Trafford, Anfield or The Emirates will still flock to worship Jeff Stelling and "Kammy" for the "epic bantz". I bloody hate that type of fan, yet they are the ones who, ironically, generate the cash for the self fulfilling prophecy that is the Premier League.
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
If they took the PL to America for a weekend, they could televise all ten fixtures at venues from East to West coast. Kickoffs at 12.00, 2.00, 4.00, 6.00, and 8.00 on Saturday, and then the same all over again on Sunday. Just put the shitty ones (Palace v West Brom, Hull v Stoke etc) as the later kickoffs, so that Europe can catch the big games from the early evening onwards. East coast is only 5 hours behind GMT.
I'm going to email Richard.
I'm going to email Richard.
There is literally no chance that they'd lose money on the game. The PL would sell the right to host each match, using the model that the F1 use to sell each Grand Prix. The enormous bids from China and Qatar, etc for these rights will handsomely repay the clubs for any lost matchday revenue.
JJ McClure
Go Jags
Which is why I'm supporting the Jaguars. Designated as the home team but last year faced the 49ers and this year the Cowboys, both teams with big support over here. The Jags may be shit but they have my sympathy support.
The Large One
Who's Next?
One possible scenario from this would be having the knock-on effect of weakening the England team still further.
Clubs are under no moral nor contractural obligation to field English players, and the main thing which stops them fielding more of the best players from across the world is funding. Even in the Premier League. It will mean clubs being able to afford the best players over and above even what Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich etc can afford, with the trickle down of the players going to the likes of Stoke City, QPR, West Brom etc.
That's way before any consideration of the fans (which may not come into consideration at all). But using this example above, there is no way Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal etc. will sacrifice a home match for the sake of this move, so the lesser fodder in this division will be asked - sorry, told - to do so.
Clubs are under no moral nor contractural obligation to field English players, and the main thing which stops them fielding more of the best players from across the world is funding. Even in the Premier League. It will mean clubs being able to afford the best players over and above even what Barcelona, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich etc can afford, with the trickle down of the players going to the likes of Stoke City, QPR, West Brom etc.
That's way before any consideration of the fans (which may not come into consideration at all). But using this example above, there is no way Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal etc. will sacrifice a home match for the sake of this move, so the lesser fodder in this division will be asked - sorry, told - to do so.
Its a shit idea.
But it makes me laugh how some of the same people love the idea of the NFL playing in London but are dead against this idea, which is basically the same.
But it makes me laugh how some of the same people love the idea of the NFL playing in London but are dead against this idea, which is basically the same.
Hotchilidog
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Really? I should have read the whole article. Doh!. In that case I agree It would be difficult to see it working. Although the NFL have sent over some terrible sides and got away with it.