[Albion] £14.95 to watch Albion

[Blue Valkyrie]

If the Albion can afford to pay £10m+ for two Polish players that are lent straight back to their Polish clubs then the club is not in any financial difficulty. I've paid for my season ticket thanks. I'll continue to watch streamed games thanks. Getting a bit sick of the Albion's loss of soul now.

#together, pah.

Yes, the money raised from player sales minus fees for incoming players is now ~ £2.5million in credit after purchasing the Polish players.

Still enough available for a striker loan or to gift to the EFL.

 

[Perfidious Albion]

I don’t have Sky Sport or Bt so I am unaffected. If I could afford Sky Sport there is no way that I would pay a premium fee on top of my sub. To watch a game ,race ,fight etc. I am against it in principle... money grabbing b@st@rds.
I get that the £14.95 is apparently ( most of it) going to the clubs. But still it is a terrible deal for the fans.
There is no comparison between attending a live game with all the crowd and atmosphere against seeing it on tv, especially now with empty stadiums.
If Covid rules allow I would rather spend the £15 watching a non league team occasionally.
So it is Radio Sussex and Warren Aspinall still for me...

 

[Marty___Mcfly]

Hard to justify paying £15 when free streams are available.

Folk need to vote with their feet- not happy with the cost, don’t but the product. Ideas like this only continue if people voluntarily pay the price for the product.

Same with ticket prices.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I’m not against the idea but 15 quid is off putting.

 

[DJ NOBO]

I really don't understand the sentiments here. Those extra games are not part of the package we paid for with Sky/BT. There was an agreement reached between EPL and the broadcasters for last season remaining games to all be shown but wasn't that part of the deal to reduce the refund that clubs had to pay to the broadcasters and surely no one thought that would continue ad infinitum? As for the wages/fees, it's a market place and you pay the market rate. There are no salary caps in the top leagues so if we want Brighton to maintain their EPL status then that's what they have to pay. Not sure you can argue that BHA have really splashed the cash this window!!!

It would be great if every game was free to watch but that isn't going to happen.

Yes, the £14.95 service is extra and optional And on top of BT and Sky packages many signed up for.
But it is not as simple as that.
If clubs are going to play this card it opens a can of worms - surely the idea of player wage cuts Needs to be taken more seriously.
Also Pre-paid STH’s should be given the option of having their money back (without losing their seat) until they can go to games again.
As someone else said, the hefty price is another issue. Personally I might split the Cost with Mrs Jasper (yep that’s why they call me The Charmer) but it encourages large get togethers of non-related friends, potentially spreading Covid.

 

[The Maharajah of Sydney]

How much to watch this for ex pat fans on their respective platforms? I assume nil in with their subscription price. UK fans shafted again.

Here in Oz, Optus Sport charge just £55 ($99AUD) a year. Coverage of every Premier League match is shown 'live'.
In addition there is there is also the option to watch a Full Replay of every PL match On Demand, a 24-minute Mini-Match or 3-minute Highlights plus one game each week is also made available to watch as a Mega Mini-Match (45 mins) - last week it was Man Utd v Spurs.
All these options are made available up until the following weeks games kick off.
Champions League, Europa League, Internationals, plus a few other minor Leagues are all shown 'live' too and there's also a dedicated Fitness Channel streaming Yoga and Pilates classes etc..,

And top it all off, in mid-July Optus Sport released a TV App for the LG Smart TV that I'd I bought a few months back, making it as seamless to watch as flicking on to Netflix.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Through gritted teeth...(Most of) this.
Essentially, the £14.95 service is on top of BT and Sky packages many signed up for.
Although if clubs are going to play this card, then there is no excuse not to properly consider wage cuts.
Also Pre-paid STH’s should be given the option of having their money back (without losing their seat) until they can go to games again.

Interesting. So you have to have a Sky/BT subscription to use the PPV ?

Oh well. I don't and never will have either of them.

Hopefully one day there will be a proper PPV which isn't tied to an existing subscription.

 

[Terry Butcher Tribute Act]

What absolute cock and bull. The club have made it abundantly clear that the season ticket money is there should we be allowed back in the grounds and if we aren't for this season we aren't going to lose it.

Firstly, it's very unlikely we're going to be allowed back into the ground.

Even if we are, it's going to be a very different experience to the one we signed up for.

Yesterday the Chancellor announced further measures to protect jobs. The economy is crumbling. People are being made redundant left, right and centre. Many of these people would like the money back that is currently sat in the club rather than going towards a game that might not be until next year (or later!)

The club have just about avoided a meltdown over that, but to then expect fans to pay an extra £15 to watch West Brom at home is a disgrace.

You can't justify it by reassuring supporters that they might be able to go to a game in 6 months time at no extra cost and sit 4 seats away from their mates in a different stand to where they usually sit.

As has been said several times, we've just paid £10 million for a couple of kids to be loaned out to Poland. We turned down nearly £30 million for Ben White. Bloom doesn't need the money and nor do the club.

Everyone is entitled to an opinion but personally, mine is that anyone thinking this is reasonable has either been brainwashed by Barber or is totally insane.

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[DJ NOBO]

Interesting. So you have to have a Sky/BT subscription to use the PPV ?

Oh well. I don't and never will have either of them.

Hopefully one day there will be a proper PPV which isn't tied to an existing subscription.

Not sure but if you want to part with your money to watch a game I’m sure the broadcasters will accommodate it. They’re good at that ,

 

[blockhseagull]

Firstly I’d like to agree that £15 to watch a game on TV is too much.

However the point is ... nobody HAS to pay it and the club aren’t EXPECTING you to pay any additional money than you already have ... it’s about choice.

The games that have been made PPV weren’t going to be on the TV anyway, so it would have been people watching on illegal streams or listening on the radio. They were the only choices, so the clubs have come to an agreement with the broadcasters to make these games available should anyone want to watch them. Yes the £15 is too high, but for games that people wouldn’t have been legally able to watch it’s an option that some now have should they wish to take it up.

I can understand that people are upset at the price but I’d imagine that Sky/BT are still charging a rate to the PL to broadcast these games as they will have costs so assume the clubs want to try and make some money if they can.

£15 is too much, but you don’t have to pay it and you don’t have to watch the game.

 

[Terry Butcher Tribute Act]

Firstly I’d like to agree that £15 to watch a game on TV is too much.

However the point is ... nobody HAS to pay it and the club aren’t EXPECTING you to pay any additional money than you already have ... it’s about choice.

The games that have been made PPV weren’t going to be on the TV anyway, so it would have been people watching on illegal streams or listening on the radio. They were the only choices, so the clubs have come to an agreement with the broadcasters to make these games available should anyone want to watch them. Yes the £15 is too high, but for games that people wouldn’t have been legally able to watch it’s an option that some now have should they wish to take it up.

I can understand that people are upset at the price but I’d imagine that Sky/BT are still charging a rate to the PL to broadcast these games as they will have costs so assume the clubs want to try and make some money if they can.

£15 is too much, but you don’t have to pay it and you don’t have to watch the game.

You're totally missing the point.

The only reason it is not 'legal' to watch the game by other means is because of a global pandemic that's cost thousands of lives and jobs in the UK.

The same supporters who want to watch these games are, primarily, the ones that paid for a ticket expecting to go the game.
They would go week in, week out. They are the loyal supporters.

They are now being asked to pay a further £15, because, apparently, the clubs need the revenue stream in the absence of supporters, despite blowing £1.2 billion in the latest transfer window.

Justifying this latest money grab as being acceptable because there's no obligation to supporters is presumably the same sort of out-of-touch decision making that resulted in clubs voting in favour and the resulting PR shit storm.

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[Wrong-Direction]

Let's just go down the pub and f*** the football off from now on

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[blockhseagull]

You're totally missing the point.

The only reason it is not 'legal' to watch the game by other means is because of a global pandemic that's cost thousands of lives and jobs in the UK.

The same supporters who want to watch these games are, primarily, the ones that paid for a ticket expecting to go the game.
They would go week in, week out. They are the loyal supporters.

They are now being asked to pay a further £15, because, apparently, the clubs need the revenue stream in the absence of supporters, despite blowing £1.2 billion in the latest transfer window.

Justifying this latest money grab as being acceptable because there's no obligation to supporters is presumably the same sort of out-of-touch decision making that resulted in clubs voting in favour and the resulting PR shit storm.

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So you’d rather they didn’t make them available ?

Or is the price the issue ?

 

[DJ NOBO]

You're totally missing the point.

The only reason it is not 'legal' to watch the game by other means is because of a global pandemic that's cost thousands of lives and jobs in the UK.

The same supporters who want to watch these games are, primarily, the ones that paid for a ticket expecting to go the game.
They would go week in, week out. They are the loyal supporters.

They are now being asked to pay a further £15, because, apparently, the clubs need the revenue stream in the absence of supporters, despite blowing £1.2 billion in the latest transfer window.

Justifying this latest money grab as being acceptable because there's no obligation to supporters is presumably the same sort of out-of-touch decision making that resulted in clubs voting in favour and the resulting PR shit storm.

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I totally feel your frustration, but It’s not a ‘further’ £15.

 

[Terry Butcher Tribute Act]

So you’d rather they didn’t make them available ?

Or is the price the issue ?

Home games should be available to STHs free of charge.
Away games (or games for non STHs) less than a tenner.

Do that and I can't see too many grumbles, can you?

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[blockhseagull]

Home games should be available to STHs free of charge.
Away games (or games for non STHs) less than a tenner.

Do that and I can't see too many grumbles, can you?

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Point 1... yes that would be great, but they can’t do that because of the deal with the broadcasters

Point 2. Completely agree the price point is way wrong.

A question on your home games should be made available for free to season ticket holders, would you still expect your money back for your season ticket should you be able to watch the home games for free on TV ?

 

[Terry Butcher Tribute Act]

I totally feel your frustration, but It’s not a ‘further’ £15.

It is further to the several hundred pounds of my money currently sat in the club bank account.

I might have died of Covid by the time I'm allowed to see anything in return for that

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[DJ NOBO]

It is further to the several hundred pounds of my money currently sat in the club bank account.

I might have died of Covid by the time I'm allowed to see anything in return for that

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You Are right about that.
It’s not right for The club to hold on to your money in these circumstances, if you are not happy with the credit option.
I hope if you contact the club about this, they sort you out.

 

[Terry Butcher Tribute Act]

Point 1... yes that would be great, but they can’t do that because of the deal with the broadcasters

Point 2. Completely agree the price point is way wrong.

A question on your home games should be made available for free to season ticket holders, would you still expect your money back for your season ticket should you be able to watch the home games for free on TV ?

You say they can't do that, but the broadcasters made every game free to the nation last year- presumably they couldn't do that either?

This is only for those games not in the 'usual' round of TV picks, which it is begrudgingly accepted are available at a premium price.

Would i expect my money back on a ST if it was 'free' to me as a benefit? Well, I'd still expect some money back as it's a very different (inferior) product. But it's not unreasonable to think clubs couldn't give the option to supporters of using some of their credit towards this rather than expecting them to shell out again.

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[essbee1]

Home games should be available to STHs free of charge.
Away games (or games for non STHs) less than a tenner.

Do that and I can't see too many grumbles, can you?

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This.