Why will it do that? If all games went back to 3pm as they could be televised wouldn't that be better?
Possibly, but are people really going to give up on their local club just because Blackburn v Swansea is on TV? To clarify I'm talking about scrapping the rule for second division down, not PL.
Yeah, I do think it'll have an impact - even if it was a Championship game. I think a better way of doing it would be to protect a three o'clock black out and allow all other games to be televised - then the PL (and even the Championship I guess) can do what they like and everyone else has some protections.
Fair enough. I'm skeptical of how much impact there is these days when illegal streams exist but hard to quantify I suppose.
I just assumed it was so they could try to draw people away from the habit of going to matches, normalise watching from home and ultimately increase TV audiences. Edit: Oops, didn't realise I was 2 pages behind
Apparently the reason that there is only one Premier league game on boxing day and the rest are on the next day is to ensure they don't fall foul of broadcasting agreements regarding how many games have to be shown on a weekend.
Of course it would if you want the matches to be played out to near empty stadiums, but full pubs.. Next will be piped in crowd noise, like they use at televised RL games these days, because the football would otherwise be played in an empty stadium with no atmosphere at all. Look how many 3.00 pm Saturday ko's we have had so far this season? Our next one is the 20th of December. Sky want the lot, they are dictating the agenda, and eventually will get their way, football kick off times will be dictated too by them entirely, the traditional 3.00pm ko on a Saturday afternoon will be televised eventually, just you wait and see, then the game will be finished. For me anyhow. Sky cater for the armchairs fans, those watching in the pub and the advertisers who buy the air time to catch those watching football every where but in the stadiums on a Saturday afternoon. The traditional 3.00 pm kick off on a Saturday afternoon is a dead duck, like FA Cup replays. The bloke who turns up to support his club every week at the stadium is the one least listened too and catered for, just ask those on the road to Norwich at daft o'clock this morning, and the Pompey fans coming here next Saturday.
I think the boxing day game is man u vs Newcastle, again not easy for supporters. They could have planned for a two London teams or two north West teams but they don't give a **** about the supporters.
Its not so long ago when Boxing Day was a full football programme, even if it fell on a Friday with the clubs playing again the next day, and it was always the biggest attendance of the season by a country mile.
boxing day football is how i got into football got christmas present tickets for a prem match ( i know, i know) 20 odd years ago, and after liking that so much i wanted to go see hull city
I dont understand these people who dont put City's matches as a priority I saw a guy on here who missed a City match because of his two year old's birthday The guy I watch City streams with says he'll miss a match because relatives are visiting Two of my friends missed a City match because they were on holiday in Turkey A couple of weeks ago my wife told me that a friend was visiting at 4 pm on a saturday. When I said City were playing she said "Tough". I phoned my friend and asked her to come after 5 pm. It's not difficult. I remember years ago a City fan had just retired and arranged 8 or 9 holidays for the following season. He'd arranged them so they avoided City matches!
I haven’t been to a City match in a while, although it’s not because I don’t want to. I would love to be there every match if possible. ATM though through illness and if I go to a match it costs me 300 (fuel, tickets, food & drink etc.) minimum. It’s one of the reasons, not the main reason, but a big consideration as to why I’m really considering moving back down so I can go to more matches, well a lot more.
The thing is, the lower you get down the football pyramid even just a few people deciding not to go makes a big difference. At non-league it could even be in the tens of people. illegal streams are clearly making a difference, and will become an increasingly big problem but as soon as you make it ‘easy’ or ‘mainstream’ then it threatens the money keeping our deep grass roots game operating which not only effects clubs but kids teams, volunteer places and opportunities just to have a run out. As I say, I think streaming is a clear threat to all of this the more people get used to it - which is why I think a blackout remaining but an ability to move games is probably the answer for the health of the sport in the long run.
