Defining a genuine fan is where the fun starts. I’ve not trawled back through this thread but I doubt the data in the OP is comparing like for like, or if indeed it is genuine.
There are two free places at every home game by lottery. If parents want to pay, and they do, why shouldn’t the club charge?
Except its really not much of a cash cow is it - given the club give you full kit, food, tickets, car parking, and photos. Doubt its doing much more than break even given they give 2 packages away.
Yes, I forgot parking & photos in my list.
Man United are on a whole other level of fan exploitation. INEOS are just openly taking the piss now.
Agreed but there are plenty of other clubs in the PL now doing likewise. How about Villa charging nearly £100 for Champions League tickets ? or West Ham and Forest testing the water by removing or reducing concessionary pricing ? or Fulham charging nearly £3000 for a non corporate season ticket ? Albion charged £75-100 for 3 European tickets last year, and have no plans for any of the above - they deserve criticism but tough to single them out around ticket pricing especially and "pricing out families"
False equivalence.
RIP off. Surely they should be giving it away
I’ll take your word for that.
Imagine a world where Premier League teams would take 5% of their income from global TV rights and use it to support the local community through making it cheaper for people to watch football, rather than suck every possible pound out of normal people to be able to afford another luxuary car for their backup left back.
Imagine a world where clubs support their communities in far far more ways than just letting them watch football. I know, they could have a Foundation!!!
Not forgetting that there are probably a couple of people dedicated to looking after the kids and families throughout the day that need paying.
I recently applied and received funding for new goal posts for my local village kids football club via The Football Foundation - which is a charity funded by the PL through a levy from their TV rights income. We were very grateful. of course you can and many do argue that the levy should be a lot higher.
footballfoundation.org.uk
Some parents would be volunteering their kids for that. I know my son was a right little so & so for around 18 months.
