Quote Originally Posted by Zenith View Post
How can someone justify the cost - e.g a regular football fan watches a couple of games on the weekend and the odd Champions League or cup game when that's on.

Sky Sports - £27.50
BT Sport - £22.99

= £50.49 per month to watch around 10-12 live football matches. That's £605 per year to watch 120-144 matches. Around a quarter where you will be at the pub or similar anyway.

No thank you. ����
The issue is that people happily pay it, you hear people saying, i could spend £500 on a season ticket to watch 23 matches a season or i could pay £600 and watch 150, and that would be the top matches around Europe.

People in this country consume football on TV, they pay a premium for it, and SKY and BT then pay forever increasing sums, for coverage.

People complain that fans who attend are treated badly, however we created a system where the person at home paying his subscription is more important than the fan that attends. We are getting the treatment that football fans in the UK demand.