[Albion] £14.95 to watch Albion

[East Staffs Gull]

Think any clubs season ticket holders should be issued a free pass to watch.

But many are having their season ticket money refunded?

 

[Fred Oliver - Legend]

Nope, not a chance.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

If it is £15 for each Brighton game I can certainly live with having MOTD for highlights of other matches so it might work out cheaper to stop my Sky+ subscription unless we get on TV three or four times a month.

Which is what makes me think they won't do it.

Not sure of your logic there. How would cancelling Sky help as you then couldn't legally watch the games they show? Only non televised games are PPV. You will get the same value, however you quantify that, from your Sky subscription. The only difference is that games you would normally or and not watch/watch illegally are available to watch legally for a fee.

 

[blockhseagull]

At the moment they are available for "free". (Accepting that Free can mean ST, plus BT Sport, plus Sky subscription, Plus amazon Prime, Plus TV licence)

15 quid a game on top of that is a step too far for me. Especially if they want pubs to cough up an additional shed load as well (given the hit they've taken)

Currently yes

But that had stopped.... after the international break it was only ever going to be the games that BT and Sky picked every weekend. Meaning half the games wouldn’t be on TV at all, so Sky and BT don’t stand to lose anything from this and it’s only the clubs that are going to be losing out because of no matchday revenue.

The idea is sound .... just the price point which is way out of whack.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Be interesting to see how this affects the games being picked. Given that Liverpool/City/United are on Sky/BT so much, they will have very few chances to use their PPV which would likely be a pretty penny. All depends if the extra money per game over the top of the minimum offsets the income they would get for PPV. Otherwise they will be demanding they aren't on TV as much as that Sky show Brighton v Burnley rather than the Manchester Derby.

 

[Dick Swiveller]

Currently yes

But that had stopped.... after the international break it was only ever going to be the games that BT and Sky picked every weekend. Meaning half the games wouldn’t be on TV at all, so Sky and BT don’t stand to lose anything from this and it’s only the clubs that are going to be losing out because of no matchday revenue.

The idea is sound .... just the price point which is way out of whack.

Yep - think that is the bit people are overlooking. If it carried on like this then clubs would be out of pocket - I think the extra games were to keep Sky/BT sweet for the money they think they lost last season. It would need Sky/BT to stump up more money for the clubs to show all of the games live for the rest of the season to offset the lack of matchday income and they are unlikely to do that so this is the only option. I am torn between it being too expensive and it being cheaper than watching two blokes hit each other or pretend to throw each other around a ring that people pay for without blinking.

 

[e77]

Not sure of your logic there. How would cancelling Sky help as you then couldn't legally watch the games they show? Only non televised games are PPV. You will get the same value, however you quantify that, from your Sky subscription. The only difference is that games you would normally or and not watch/watch illegally are available to watch legally for a fee.

Just read the details and you are correct. However depending on what Brighton games are available on Sky Sports v PPV if you were on a limited budget and that was all you are interested in it might make sense to cancel your Sky and BT Sports subscriptions and pay for your PPV as you might be able to afford more Brighton matches.

 

[Icy Gull]

Yes, as long as the commentary team aren’t creaming themselves over the opposition all game. No big six pundits either

I’d happily pay that for a non scheduled extra game

 

[gazingdown]

£5 - I would prob watch most/every game
£10 - would be very selective about which game to watch.
£15 - no chance.

I don’t think there’ll be enough people paying £15 a game (£60 a month if you wanted to watch all your clubs’ games in a month !)
At £5 you would get more than 3 times (i.e. more revenue than £15 each) the number of people watching it IMO.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

No.

Is the only answer surely? The day I decide something is better than watching the Albion is the day I stop posting on NSC. A lesson from which Das Reich might learn something?

 

[tonyt]

Sky reported profits of $1.3bn for the 6 months to June 2020 so I wouldn’t be too worried about their loss of income.

 

[swindonseagull]

Firestick and iptv

 

[swindonseagull]

Why is it a bad move ?

The games they are making available for £14.95 aren’t currently being shown on TV so I’m not sure how they stand to lose anything.

They will be on overseas TV

 

[drew]

Think any clubs season ticket holders should be issued a free pass to watch.

Don't agree. I pay for a season ticket so I can go to games. If we don't get to any games this year because the Government won't allow it, the money I have paid will be carried over to next year. With this option, I can pick and chose which games I'm prepared to pay the fee for.

 

[nicko31]

You looks at what other countries pay to watch all PL matches, we are totally mugged in the UK. Total fans boycott and things would change

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Only going out for those who haven’t made 6 payments

Stopped for everyone else.

I've made 7 payments with the final 8th one in 3 weeks time.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Ok

Once you have paid for half of your season ticket the payments stop

Once you have paid for 12 games out of the 19 your payments stop.

 

[dwayne]

Be interesting to see how this affects the games being picked. Given that Liverpool/City/United are on Sky/BT so much, they will have very few chances to use their PPV which would likely be a pretty penny. All depends if the extra money per game over the top of the minimum offsets the income they would get for PPV. Otherwise they will be demanding they aren't on TV as much as that Sky show Brighton v Burnley rather than the Manchester Derby.

But on the flip side they may lose a shed load of subscribers if they do that....

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[Originunknown]

Already do pay for Sky, it's a good product as I love my golf and cricket.

BT on the other hand, won't be giving them anymore of my hard earned ever.

 

[dstanman]

I have already paid for the whole season upfront, so not going to pay out more. If the club start refunding the games I’ve missed then may think about it, but otherwise it is a no from me