Or the third meaning of Stonewall - http://www.stonewall.org.uk/ Perhaps could be used for a penalty won or given in a particularly camp fashion.
Last year the Premier League sold the TV rights for well over 5 billion, over a 71% increase on the last time rights were flogged. I have a feeling the match day revenue will have less and less an impact on any clubs financial clout. In the 2013 / 14 financial year a club like Liverpool made twice as much through TV revenue than they did through match day revenue, Spurs even more so. That figure and the disproportion in favor of TV money is surely set to increase for all clubs. staggeringly so... It's kinda why you'd like to see clubs rethink ticketing prices and perhaps consider lowering the costs to reward fans who make the live spectacle what it is. You could also say that our period of austerity might not be quite as hard to bare as the Nomads considering the further influx of TV money. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-31379128 http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/apr/29/premier-league-finances-club-by-club
I made a similar point and recently got a glance at Man U’s 70’s era finances which backed it up. One would expect as telebroadcasting continues to make up a higher and higher portion of income, that ticket prices may stop ramping up--though tbf that’s not happening at all in either British or American sports. Logically, though, as teams sell the spectacle of the broadcast game more, and the experience of the game less, packed and loud stadiums should be prioritized more than maximizing game day revenue. Bayern Munchen already sees it that way, I think. They made the calculation that keeping their cheap seats cheap was a worthwhile investment for keeping fans happy and providing atmosphere. So it looks like the Germans are less short-sighted than either the English or the Americans. I couldn’t help noticing that the atmosphere was better in the first round Europa game I went to at WHL than in the PL game because the crowd was younger and drunker--I mean livelier. The higher the ticket prices, the older and duller the crowd.
Unfortunately in the UK all that extra revenue seems to just be transferred straight to the players and in inflated transfer fees - hence why a club like Stoke can now attract the likes of Shaqiri and spend £20m odd on Imbula... Also it makes you wonder - given our minimal transfer spending and squad slimming over the last few windows, our new stadium kitty must be coming along quite nicely.
Just when it was going so well, I heard a story this morning of an "alleged" meeting between Poch's representatives and ManU. This sort of story makes me really angry because it seems the sports "journalists" can publish almost anything without repercussion. They don't care if any of their crap causes problems. It's hard to work out where they are it the list of jobs without morals but they must be down there with hedge fund managers. Firstly I doubt there's any truth whatsoever, and now Poch will be expected to issue a denial for something that was made up in the first place. Secondly it's so unlikely because of what he is achieving here, and that Levy would never allow him to break his contract for another club in England. Thirdly... well there's so much smelly about this whole thing that it feels wrong even taking the time to discuss it. I hope one day one of these journalists crosses the line and someone finds something to go legal about.
As I understand it the German government (not the current one) decided that Football was the peoples game and therefore ticket prices should not be allowed to inflate beyond the reach of the 'ordinary guy'. Bayern may have a decent crop of directors who care about their fans on the other hand it could be the law prescribing their 'decent' behavior.
Either way Spurf, something being done. I'll happily take the govt looking after the ordinary person even if the clubs don't like it.
