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Originally Posted by pengedragon
This is my point, if I'm watching a game I don't care if its 10, 30 or 60 seconds behind, it's just not something that enters my head
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The problem with the streaming delay is slightly more complicated. You don’t always have to go out of your way to have it spoiled.
I subscribe to an online service to avoid the 3pm blackout in the UK. Often it’s a close call whether notifications from the BBC Sport app happen before the goal happens on my TV. Also friends can text or post to group chats who are either at the game or listening on the radio. The usual television delay of a few seconds generally isn’t enough to receive an app notification or text about the goal prior to it happening on screen.
(For the avoidance of doubt this is a legitimate service available to users outside the UK, bought from a registered company that holds the rights outside the UK, that pays appropriate taxes in it’s registered territory. My view is that rules set by football associations don’t supersede my rights to purchase goods and services across the European Union)