Nail on head.......a considered piece actually putting questions/thoughts to sky expressing the views of the fans who attend games rather than just a rant......
For anyone who doesn't have sky Don't I have a couple of screens on in the background for news etc they are worse than the BBC I fully understand the joy TV gives to millions who cannot get about of course but IMO it takes massive inward meditation to release from the poison There is no experience like seeing our team live nothing comes close to watching a game live if you can The TV mainly shows you where the ball is and that's only 30% of the content the rest is down my trousers
I urge anyone to share this brilliant article on social media. It would be great to force Sky to respond and there must be many more supporters in the Country who feel the same.
From their point of view. it's neither arbitrary nor ill-conceived. The economics of it seem to make little sense to us but then when you have a virtual monopoly and the owners and authorities are prepared to force us all to say jump, they know they can get away with it. If clubs go bust because Sky want to corrupt the whole football pyramid., that in their view will not be their fault. We live in a world where those who have money want to ensure that they get almost all of the money that someone is willing to pay. We may well end up in a few years time with 20 or so mega clubs where all their teams - first second third and fourth play in the League. The small independents will have been squeezed out. They don't give a toss that West London has 5 football league teams, each with their own history and culture. If Sky could they would have us all play as Chelsea at one stadium with the pitch being relaid every two weeks at Sky's expense. Football 5 days a week from Stamford Bridge and everybody paying per game to watch.
I still think the win win is to go and see your game live even if it's on Sky Maybe a few chants to Sky on the terraces would be more effective They just paid money to your club and real fans are watching it live
One problem that hasn't been mentioned is just how much money Sky recuperate by selling the games to just about every country in the world.
Wdnt hurt the club to reduce prices for sky games especially night games n get more people in the ground ain't rocket science!
Makes it better on the tele too. Personally I always preferred night games, and it doesn't matter what day it is. Far more atmosphere than daytime, especially the daytime when you haven't had time for breakfast.
Oh well, Clive will get a Saturday afternoon game in January now following FA Cup draw, can't see Blackburn's visit being on the box...
Police may move it given Chelsea and Brentford also at home. Middlesbrough v Hull is on now purely to remind people either team exists.
Why does it penalise them? ST Holders can maybe get a rebate in their ST the following season or the club can add the money to their QPR cash money. If we have 6 live games on the tele and the difference in price for non-ST holders is £5 per game for games being shown live, ST holders get their ST's the following season for £30 less. 6 x £5.
A well written article raising important issues for real genuine active foitball fans. I do hope that Sky answer and I think that they will. But the answer will be along the lines: - tremendous investment in football that has changed the game - accessible via TV to an international audience - they compensate the inconvenience to the clubs - those fans affected are a minority compared to the millions who benefit -etc, etc But well done Clive. I hope other fans in other clubs take up in it.
Assumes that the mugs season ticket holders renew. I don't think it's compulsory yet. Why should ST holders have a complicated and conditional rebate. Is the QPR cash money real money or club shop tat money? I'm sure there are ways to do this though. Send them a cheque or credit the card they used to buy the ST for example.
