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Thread: Sky TV is killing the game for the majority of clubs.

  1. #51

    Re: Sky TV is killing the game for the majority of clubs.

    Quote Originally Posted by JamesWales View Post
    2000?! That's an incredibly low sum. Easy to believe that 100 less away fans will travel to Peterborough on a Monday night instead of a Saturday afternoon, so that's the 2k lost already.
    Exactly. It was a really good interview he speaks well and put Simon Jordan in his place too.
    As he reminded him, he hasnt been involved in running a football club for 15 years he doesnt know what goes on in the EFL meetings.

  2. #52

    Re: Sky TV is killing the game for the majority of clubs.

    I remember a few years back when Klopp was berating a BT Sport reporter live on air after they'd lost in an early kick off, and the reporter had to point out that it was his club who'd negotiated to play at that time so they could be visible in the east Asian market.

    So the clubs are not blameless on this. Some may have felt they had no choice (although you can argue their own financial mismanagement was the root cause of that), but I think most of them just saw the dollar signs and didn't consider the long term impact beyond that.

    As for our club, the club's ticket pricing is actually one of the few things they've got very right IMO. A ST down the City remains not just one of the cheapest in the Championship, but in the entire EFL.

    There could be more done to attract families though. Here in Cyprus, the team my boy supports have traditionally struggled for crowds. So they started doing child tickets for 1 euro (and they give them a small gift at the turnstile). Mine is 13 euros, so basically 5 pounds each. Crowds have doubled in the last 4 years and I'd say well over half of them are families.

  3. #53

    Re: Sky TV is killing the game for the majority of clubs.

    Quote Originally Posted by J R Hartley View Post
    Exactly. It was a really good interview he speaks well and put Simon Jordan in his place too.
    As he reminded him, he hasnt been involved in running a football club for 15 years he doesnt know what goes on in the EFL meetings.
    So the question is, why did his club vote for it?

  4. #54

    Re: Sky TV is killing the game for the majority of clubs.

    Quote Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman View Post
    So the question is, why did his club vote for it?
    If youre that interested it will probably be on YouTube. He can explain it far better than I can.

    As I said in my initial post it was a few months ago and from recollection he implied they didnt really have much of an option as the new broadcasting deal was dependant on it.

    He also said the EFL needed to get their own house in order instead of constantly throwing stones at the EPL as the clubs.

  5. #55

    Re: Sky TV is killing the game for the majority of clubs.

    Quote Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman View Post
    So the question is, why did his club vote for it?
    I can only assume they feel leant on given Sky's general powerful position.

    Also, perhaps it was worth trialling to see how it went?

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