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Old 25-10-2020, 11:47   #10128
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Re: ESPN, BT, Euro, Premier and Sky Sports news
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Originally Posted by Raider999 View Post
If all actual football fans tried to get into games (covid permitted) the grounds would not be big enough in most cases.

Those complaining are not just people who don't go to games.

Agree that the players are overpaid.

One of the main complaints is that all of a sudden extra games (that wouldn't have been televised in UK) are made available for £14.95 a game when previously they had been FREE.

One of the big bargaining chips the EPL agreed to in order to get the season re-started was that all games would be broadcast as crowds were not permitted.

It is interesting that both Sky & BT are refusing to publish the number of subscriptions for each match - they should be made to do so!
What would the acceptable alternative to PPV be? A fairer option - although imperfect - would have been to make them available via an additional pro-rata monthly fee to BT and Sky customers. But the Premier League just wants to test the public's appetite for PPV Premier League matches under the guise of Covid.
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