Tv Deal (2 Viewers)

[rob9872]

ITV digital were tiny by comparison, in its infancy and with a product that not many wanted. In fact dare I say now for fear of an Americanism, sky is a brand that people are clamouring over. The first deal apparrently £191 for five years, we don't know how much sky aremaking but subscriptions have not gone up at the same rate. I imagine the next step will be season tickets like the NFL.

 

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[dongonzalos]

Is it worth SISU circumventing FFP, investing 20 million on the team to get to the Prem. Then spend nothing get relegated and bank the 100 million.
As far fetched as it seems for me that is more likely to succeed than the new stadium or suing the council ideas.

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

Is it worth SISU circumventing FFP, investing 20 million on the team to get to the Prem. Then spend nothing get relegated and bank the 100 million.
As far fetched as it seems for me that is more likely to succeed than the new stadium or suing the council ideas.

It's the investing bit where they would struggle.

 

[Moff]

Its a great product and a little thing called supply and demand dictates. Does anybody really believe that sky will have paid more than it's worth and at a rate they can't make money from?

Im not sure Rob, financial experts today said they thought Sky had paid £330M over the odds, and their share price has fallen, whereas BT who paid a lot less has risen. Sky are apparently aiming to get this money back by £200 million cuts and £100m in price rises.

 

[torchomatic]

I rang them up on Monday threatening to cancel and go to Sky. They've knocked £35 off a month,got a third box for the kitchen and still on their 152mb fibre. Happy with that. I will do the same in 12 months time.

As for footy on the tele I rarely watch Premiership games. I like the football league and Scottish games plus Scottish and non league on BT Sport.

On an unrelated note I saw Dion Dublin at lunchtime in M&S in Leamington.

Yep, I'm with Virgin too.

It's really annoying. I really am not interested in Premier football or indeed, Championship football. All I want to do is watch the City when they are on and England games.

The sneaky bastards too keep moving games from channel to channel. You used to be able to just buy Sky Sports 1 or 2, but now games are moved around and can be on any of the sports channels at any time with no rhyme or reason.

 

[wingy]

I don't for one minute disagree that this is a bad deal for the lower leagues and no doubt my premium will rise slightly but to suggest that real football fans or those who support lower league teams should cancel their subscription is bollocks.

I'm a virgin customer and thus have sky sports and bt sports which if i'm honest is bloody great, my kids love their sports so it keeps them entertained and I like other sports after football, i'm a big F1 fan and would pay a large premium to watch that regardless, also like cricket, the boys like WWE and always have sky sports news on if all else fails.

Also sky do promote FL72 quite well and being a fan of a club outside the top flight enjoy watching lower league football.

I'm not getting paid for this honest but just pointing out to those who are pointing fingers that its not just about Premier league football, if they took that away, I would still pay the premium to watch everything else.

Its up to the Premier League to distribute this money wisely, if they really thought about it we could have the best 4 leagues in the world if spent well.

But why
F1 was free to air till last year
With right legislation the whole thing could be rationalized
France for example keep many many sporting events free to air
Does it harm their economy?

 

[Deleted member 5849]

But why
F1 was free to air till last year
With right legislation the whole thing could be rationalized
France for example keep many many sporting events free to air
Does it harm their economy?

Not sure why Cash has to be King anyway.

 

[wingy]

The trouble is when you get Monopolies and Cartels the free market Is open to abuses
It can be legislated for but It takes stronger Govts than we've had 30-40 yrs now
Seriously, how can any of the providers Insist you take a now redundant fixed line package as part of your deal

 

[RegTheDonk]

I can't see any government getting in the way. The more money paid, the more (presumably) tax they'll get a cut of.

I would hope more of the cash would filter its way down, to help lower league clubs survive (though any that does trickle down will doubtless line the pockets of players and agents).

Its an obscene amount, but you can't really blame the PL. If Sky and BT and the rest are daft enough to offer this kind of money, why not snap their hands off?

 

[Deleted member 5849]

http://www.theguardian.com/football...ichard-scudamore-sky-tv-deal?CMP=share_btn_tw

 

[albatross]

When the clubs won't even pay the living wage to many employees they will hardly look after the lower leagues.

The only Premier club to have made a firm commitment to pay a living wage to all its staff is Chelsea. Outside the top division, Hearts in Edinburgh, Luton Town and FC United in Manchester (a club owned by disaffected supporters of Manchester United) have made similar pledge

 

[albatross]

Extract from the Ian Jack article in the Guardian.

Think instead of the thousands of workers at the base of football’s financial pyramid, the people in catering, cleaning, security and ground maintenance who are paid the minimum wage and, if their work is subcontracted, perhaps not even that. As the bidding process closes for the next round of Premier League rights, reported to be attracting bids working out at an eye-watering £8m a match, spare a thought for a 19-year-old cleaner at Old Trafford or Anfield, who would be legally entitled to £41.04 for an eight-hour day. Di María is paid more than 1,300 times as much; Ferguson’s day rate is 2,630 times as much. Bearing in mind that slaves and lions, too, had a cost to their owners, the disparity between the emperor Nero and the lowest occupant of the Colosseum cannot have been greater.

 

[skybluericoh]

True, but I like the NFL and some of those games are on in the middle of the night. Not so sure I can stream those and do so legally or without getting caught.

NFL Franchise sport, be careful on here!!

Just remember Franchised sport is only bad at the Ricoh, so you're safe

 

[albatross]

yes the NFL franchise the sport but on the other hand its distribution of wealth is on a much more equitable level every team gets the same budget and if you finish bottom you get the first pick of the new crop of talented players. So it ensures that any teams dominance does not last and ensures that is not compounded year after year.

Something to be said for that

 

[fernandopartridge]

Extract from the Ian Jack article in the Guardian.

Think instead of the thousands of workers at the base of football’s financial pyramid, the people in catering, cleaning, security and ground maintenance who are paid the minimum wage and, if their work is subcontracted, perhaps not even that. As the bidding process closes for the next round of Premier League rights, reported to be attracting bids working out at an eye-watering £8m a match, spare a thought for a 19-year-old cleaner at Old Trafford or Anfield, who would be legally entitled to £41.04 for an eight-hour day. Di María is paid more than 1,300 times as much; Ferguson’s day rate is 2,630 times as much. Bearing in mind that slaves and lions, too, had a cost to their owners, the disparity between the emperor Nero and the lowest occupant of the Colosseum cannot have been greater.

Good point. The issue exists all over football. Some clubs and other organisations outsource catering to companies like Compass who employ young people on zero hours contracts.

 

[skybluericoh]

The only winners here are players and their agents.

It's abhorrent, little money will trickle down to the football league or grass roots


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you forgot - the owners, the chairmen, COE's etc etc etc. Sky money is making a corrupt organisation (FIFA.FA/League etc etc) more corrupt. So much cheating, diving,'big' clubs getting away with more and more, rich getting richer. Funny how if it was the conservative party ripping of the working man we'd go mad but if it is one of our own (football) hardly a word is said.

 

[Macca]

The Premier League can fuck off. Average from 4th place down. Dickhead players and managers

 

[Deleted member 5849]

http://www.theguardian.com/football...ichard-scudamore-sky-tv-deal?CMP=share_btn_tw

Hmmm, does it get me brownie points here that I managed to slip in a spot of SISU bashing for Mr. Conn to agree with on twitter?

 

[wingy]

Hmmm, does it get me brownie points here that I managed to slip in a spot of SISU bashing for Mr. Conn to agree with on twitter?

Yes MATE.......

 

[Mr T - Sukka!]

Why dont the clubs use this extra revenue to pay off the sky high debt? Or is this to logical?

Players dont need extra money. They are on enough.

 

[Otis]

It adds to the excitement if the police might burst in at any moment.

Yeah, the thought of Sting bursting into 'De Do, Do Do, De Da, Da Da, is all I want to say to yah' sends chills down my spine.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Yeah, the thought of Sting bursting into 'De Do, Do Do, De Da, Da Da, is all I want to say to yah' sends chills down my spine.

Don't stand so close to me.