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On The TV 20/21

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13 minutes ago, BakerLCFC said:

Premier League pay-per-view plan will 'drive fans towards illegal streams' https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54491180

Something i've always questioned about the illegal bit. We pay for broadband from an internet service provider.  If that service includes piracy such as streamed films, sports, music, porn or whatever, they are still the ones providing it. It's not our fault that they cannot remove it, it's their fault, their servers are connected to the network. It's no different to a drug dealer and a drug user, the drug user cannot stop what they are doing because they are addicted, they may have been at fault in the first place for taking the drug but it's the drug dealer that's the real culprit, he's the one who's providing the service and consequently the penalty for dealing in drugs is far worse than taking them.

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8 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said:

I am starting to hope fans aren't allowed back for a while now, at least that way it'd force me to go the non league route, which I'd probably end up enjoying.

Yeh its good fun, it usually includes a side portion of UFC .

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Despite most peoples opinions on the TV monies im kind of ok with it. I wouldnt choose it but I understand the need to balance revenue.

 

Whilst I'm not an expert, would this action by Sky etc potentially lower the TV company's revenue on the PL football clubs when the next round of contracts are up for auction by lowering there bids based on covid etc and maybe having more control? The potential for this would be a hammer blow for a lot of PL clubs.

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1 hour ago, yorkie1999 said:

Something i've always questioned about the illegal bit. We pay for broadband from an internet service provider.  If that service includes piracy such as streamed films, sports, music, porn or whatever, they are still the ones providing it. It's not our fault that they cannot remove it, it's their fault, their servers are connected to the network. It's no different to a drug dealer and a drug user, the drug user cannot stop what they are doing because they are addicted, they may have been at fault in the first place for taking the drug but it's the drug dealer that's the real culprit, he's the one who's providing the service and consequently the penalty for dealing in drugs is far worse than taking them.


Well yeah.

 

Thats why hardly anyone faces the consequences of watching these streams and the people uploading them end up in court eventually.

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15 hours ago, Adster said:

Eh? 

 

EA make the same fvcking game each year with extremely minor "enhancements" and have the audacity to get people to pay for it again and again whilst starting from scratch and labeling it as "new". The only noticeable "difference" is the roster change. Don't get me started on their greedy and gambling-like micro transactions in it's shitty FUT mode. Its corporate greed at its finest and is totally comparable. 

It's not the same every year though is it. It might seem like that to you but it's not easy within a yearly iteration to drastically change a game.

 

My point is that by releasing it every year it isn't corporate greed. There would be uproar if games like FIFA decided to release every other year. You don't have to buy it each year. You don't have to buy FIFA points.

 

However the Premier League are charging us £15 as the only way to watch a match. There is no (legal) alternative.

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I've created a petition on change.org. We need to fight against this PPV as if we just sit back and take this before we know it this will become the norm. I know it might not change anything overnight but we need a way to send a message to the premier League. http://chng.it/N9XyDGzqFf

Does anyone know if foxes trust or anyone else are planning any action to combat this?

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8 hours ago, Crashtoasted said:

I was annoyed by this but now I’ve woken up and seen that two of our matches have been picked for PPV in the opening week of it I’m seriously pissed off. So now not only are the premier league trying to tear money from skint football fans they are punishing the club most representative of those fans as they were the only ones to dare to vote against it.

I very much doubt they've picked our next two games to get back at the club via the fans.

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49 minutes ago, BakerLCFC said:

I've created a petition on change.org. We need to fight against this PPV as if we just sit back and take this before we know it this will become the norm. I know it might not change anything overnight but we need a way to send a message to the premier League. http://chng.it/N9XyDGzqFf

Does anyone know if foxes trust or anyone else are planning any action to combat this?

Discussions between the Premier League Fans Groups are currently underway to decide the next steps, an initial statement was issued by the Football Supporters Association and a couple of individual Trusts have already published their reaction, we are currently working on a statement

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4 hours ago, yorkie1999 said:

Something i've always questioned about the illegal bit. We pay for broadband from an internet service provider.  If that service includes piracy such as streamed films, sports, music, porn or whatever, they are still the ones providing it. It's not our fault that they cannot remove it, it's their fault, their servers are connected to the network. It's no different to a drug dealer and a drug user, the drug user cannot stop what they are doing because they are addicted, they may have been at fault in the first place for taking the drug but it's the drug dealer that's the real culprit, he's the one who's providing the service and consequently the penalty for dealing in drugs is far worse than taking them.

See the argument, but don’t like it at all, although the drugs argument is dead right I will admit!

 

Outside of drugs and the like, the argument leads to too much of an abdication of personal responsibility, something we need more of, especially right now. The counter argument would be a car manufacturer, and if I ran someone over because I am shyte driver, it’s not their fault, it’s mine. Just because they provided the service/goods, does not make it their fault.

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7 hours ago, Webbo said:

Apart from the the thousands of paying customers every week, the rebates to the broadcasters and 100 million plus handout to the lower leagues. 

Good point. However they are more likely to incur rebates by doing this and moving fixtures which goes against the Asian markets who are currently the main demanders of the rebate 

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Going forward, am I being a bit cynical thinking games that will be on the standard sky channels will be the Burnley, Brighton, Palace etc type games, whereas the real interesting fixtures like local Derbies and the top teams vs each other will be on PPV.  Surely they’ll want Liverpool and Manchester Utd fans paying the extra given there’s probs over a million of them out there. 

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4 minutes ago, Blueman1967 said:

Seen in the paper today Sky plan to put fifteen matches on paid for view for £14.95 each, there was a vote on this and Leicester City was the only club to vote against, are fans being taken for cash cows?

Always have been and always will be by the likes of Sky and Bt unfortunately. 

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9 minutes ago, MonmoreStef said:

Going forward, am I being a bit cynical thinking games that will be on the standard sky channels will be the Burnley, Brighton, Palace etc type games, whereas the real interesting fixtures like local Derbies and the top teams vs each other will be on PPV.  Surely they’ll want Liverpool and Manchester Utd fans paying the extra given there’s probs over a million of them out there. 

I was thinking the exact same earlier, take the next game week for example would the games be swapped if given a chance 

 

Saturday 17 October

Everton v Liverpool - BT Sport (12:30 BST)

Chelsea v Southampton - PPV on BT Sport Box Office (15:00 BST)

Manchester City v Arsenal - Sky Sports (17:30 BST)

Newcastle v Manchester United - PPV on Sky Sports Box Office (20:00 BST)

 

 

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