It really is about time this was addressed. If they allowed this then more Saturday 3pm games could take place.Perryashburtongroves wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 10:08 amOooh, you dreamer. We're firmly in a battle for the top-half. In terms of the Amazon Prime thing, it'll be interesting to see whether this is something which is allowed more frequently in coming seasons. For years, English football has had this mania about not broadcasting matches when others are going on at the same time for fear of affecting gates at other matches. I think we might see more Premier League matches played on days when there is no other games going on, especially Tuesdays or Sundays and more deals with broadcasters to show all the matches. I think Sky Germany have been doing this type of thing with the Bundesliga for a few years. They broadcast all the matches being played on different channels and have a channel which shows one main game but then cuts to the action and goals from all the others. So you can either watch your team's game or if you're a casual fan or don't support one of the teams playing, you can see all the action as it happens. It's quite a popular thing on a Saturday to go to the pub if you're not at at a game and watch the goals go in from around the league. The deal only applies in the countries bordering Germany but seems to have become a bit of a template for other leagues and their future tv deals.Gunner Rob wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2019 9:50 ama big match as we battle for one of those Europa League places
by the way I'm loving Amazon Prime - was in a pub last night and it was amazing to have 6 games to watch all going on at the same time
However I do wonder where all this is going? If all games become available to watch live on TV, who will go to the stadiums? Especially if the admission prices remain what they are. TV needs full stadiums for viewers to keep watching. At the same time, if the TV money dwarfs the gate money to the extent that the big clubs do not rely so heavily on gate revenue anymore, then maybe to attract a crowd they'll be able to allow free or heavily subsidised admission sometime in the future.
If that sounds too good to be true it's because it is - because it will be for members only. Meaning the clubs get to control who is a member ... or in other words they get to pick their own crowd. Dissenting fans criticising boards, managers and players will have their membership cancelled - sycophantic tourist types or they kind of people willing to take part in co-ordinated flag displays and songs praising the owners etc. will be permitted. And they'll all become part of the product that is being sold to the world - the world being the TV viewers generating the money. Traditional fans like ourselves will be a thing of the past.