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Originally Posted by andy_m
So each British team at least once and both finals free to air. So four Champions League matches and three Europa League matches and then the final four each competition. Or ten matches. The rest of the matches behind a pay wall, and for at least the first season of this rights cycle separated from those who choose to pay Sky for the bulk, and best, of the Premier League. Leaving consumers with a choice between competitions or paying two subscriptions to get what they currently get for one.
Hard to see how the consumer wins here.
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We don't know BT's prices yet. they may only charge £5-£10 for the whole lot of CL football. They have not said they will put the whole price of BT Sports up or stop making it available for free to many consumers.
It is up to Sky to cut their prices now. They are saving hundreds of millions of pounds that they would have paid to show the tournament. If they don't pass that saving on, and the consumer continues to pay, more fool them.
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Originally Posted by colin25
Don't be silly. If i decided to protest, and not pay, i would not change a thing.
And if our actions were possible, would we not focus on power companies etc, and not tv sports?
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People need heat, electricity and water. People simply cannot give up basic utilities.
No-one "needs" sports. You are correct, one person would change much, but lots of cancellations given for the same reason would. I.E. No price decreases from Sky despite losing premium sporting content on Sky sports.
I can see I am making ripples with my comments, so I will drop this now. before it descends to another level. I have tried to make my views on the matter clear, but I would appear to be in a situation I can take no further.
For any replies that are posted on previous comments, I thank you for responding to them and I shall read them interest, but I will try not to answer them in case the mods deem me to be doing something wrong and/or taking the thread in the wrong direction. I apoloigize if I have.