http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...remier-League-lose-pub-football-TV-case.html? I know lots of pubs that won't pay for Sky and go down the route of 'alternative providers', plus of course Sky don't broadcast football on Sats at 3 pm anyway. I wonder if any of the big chain pubs will now ditch Sky and go 'alternative'?
The foreign TV stations need to grab the bull by the horns and start advertising dishes and decoders in the UK. If only for the reason that my Sky Sports package will have to fall in price. But forget the pubs. Forget the Sky dish. Let me pay to watch the mighty Spurs over the internet! With iPlayer, ITV OD, C4 OD, Five OD, and all the other online 'TV stations', why not? There's nothing to stop them now.
I wonder if any of the big chain pubs will now ditch Sky and go 'alternative'? If they don't the independent pubs will make their life very difficult. This is very good news, a victory for the 'small man/woman' and football fans. Makes a change.
Utter nonsense, I can't believe they've ruled against the Premier League in one of the few rules that they have that aren't about making money, preserving the status quo or at the cost of football.
A limit on the amount of new shirt's clubs can bring out each year, a cap on ticket prices, stands that actually allow standing, these are the things that would benefit the football fans. Allowing pubs to openly flout a rule that has been set up for the benefit of helping smaller clubs keep their attendances up is not good for the game or the fans no matter how you look at it.
If the Premier League thought they could get away with selling the license for every game of the season for an extra few million they would have. It's not about saving money by not having to buy overpriced Sky packages, it's about being able to show matches that aren't allowed to be screened live in the UK.
Not convinced SF, SKY show live matches all the time and change the times to suit themselves. Are you saying that smaller clubs would lose their fans, who would go to the pub to watch a 'big game' instead of attending their games?
i go to non league football and i know the fans there would rather watch a live match,even non league than go to a pub at 3pm to watch a game on tv
I'd rather go to the County Ground on a Saturday afternoon than stay at home watching Swansea vs QPR on the TV. It's only the ticket price that stops me (and maybe a clash with Spurs' game).
I would think that fans of smaller clubs are more loyal than that SF. The fact that they support their non glamorous local club shows you that they are 'real' football fans. The 'plastics' of Man U and so on are just not to be seen watching Barnsley or Bournemouth on a wet Saturday afternoon.
I wouldn't expect an old boy who's been going to the games for years to change but it will effect the clubs as less and less youngsters go to games, eventually the numbers will dwindle. This isn't some new stupid rule that's been invented by the Premier League, it's been around for awhile and this European Court ruling is another case of them applying their rule book to totally abstract lengths. Spain don't have any such protections and despite have far less proffessional clubs and less leagues their second tier attendances are lower than ours.
It'll be interesting to see how this develops. I'm not convinced that lower league supporters will stay away from their games to watch an EPL game in the pub. My mate who follows a lower league team couldn't hardly give a monkey's about the EPL. IF, however, there is a negative effect on lower league attendances this would be very regrettable. One thing that WON'T be regrettable is if this means less money going to Sky and then less money going to the EPL. I just can't see that having less broadcast money swimming round the EPL and CL is a bad thing. Football was fine before Sky and will be fine after. Just with much more modest pay-packets and perhaps not quite such strong teams compared to other European nations. In the EPL ticket prices will be whatever they can be whilst still selling. And if people watching at home means normal people can pay something like £15 for a game then good. If it means that clubs can't afford to pay players £100,000 a week then I'm not going to lie awake at night worrying about it. Of course I presume that Sky cameras (which are there in place - or do the clubs own the broadcast equipment - surely not) then have their pictures sold to the foreign broadcasters, no? So how this pans out is not too clear.
I have heard about this Greek Sky Box. A social club where I live has had it a year with no probs, but they pay. I've been offered one, 40 buck one off fee, no monthly! , Sky Sports, Espn, all in. I was only told about it at the weekend, and am making enquiries on it.
There is Inda- it's the collective Prem TV agreement that prevents Spurs selling individual rights. However, there are sites where you can pay to watch Spurs regularly. Their legality is a 'grey area', but they're out there if you want to find them. The best one by far is so popular however, you can't even join them ATM.
