reynard Posted 22 February 2014 Posted 22 February 2014 I tell you what, Premiership footballers. Hows about you stop 'earning' 300k a week? Take 150k instead Wayne.. that will stay buy you two nice cars every week. And with the other 150k, plough it back into grass roots football? Or bringing down ticket prices? That'd be nice.. I agree with you but sadly it won't ever happen and the fans have it in their power to change things but that will never happen either. If every fan just said enough is enough and stopped going and stopped sunscribing to Sky and Bt then clubs would have to think again but there is zero chance of this ever happening and the clubs know this. The other thing would be to impose a maximum ticket price structure but this would probably be illegal and challenged in the court. The obscene wages for Rooney also make financial sense to United. 300k a week for five years is roughly 78 million. Pretty much what it would cost to replace him with another similar quality player. As long as the premiership continues then it is bad news financially for the average fan. Ticket prices will continue to rise as will the cost of merchandise etc. I know I'm in a minority here but the introduction of the Premier League has proved a disaster for competitive football in this country and has led to a boring top level league in which there is not true competion. Sides like Leicester, Forest, Derby etc have virtually no chance now of ever winning the League and it is always the same 4 or 5 clubs who will dominate. Meanwhile clubs lower down the pyramid chase the glory and end up in financial ruin because of the unfair distribution of money. Personally I'd like to see the governement bring in legislation to tax sporting organisations income at 50% and to redistribute directly back into lower league and grass roots sports. The Premier League is also largely indirectly responsible for the terrible attitude of clubs to both the League and FA cups and has been of very great detriment to the development of young British talent. The only real benefit for the modern day fan are the excellent new stadia for which we are all now paying a massively inflated ticket price.
elangLCFC Posted 22 February 2014 Posted 22 February 2014 Always think we should sell second half tickets for £10-£15 and fill up that block of empty seats on the side at half time
suffolk fox Posted 22 February 2014 Posted 22 February 2014 I tell you what, Premiership footballers. Hows about you stop 'earning' 300k a week? Take 150k instead Wayne.. that will stay buy you two nice cars every week. And with the other 150k, plough it back into grass roots football? Or bringing down ticket prices? That'd be nice.. Agree with this. Laughable to think that buffoon is worth 300 k a week? Mediocre player, whatever next.
suffolk fox Posted 22 February 2014 Posted 22 February 2014 I agree with you but sadly it won't ever happen and the fans have it in their power to change things but that will never happen either. If every fan just said enough is enough and stopped going and stopped sunscribing to Sky and Bt then clubs would have to think again but there is zero chance of this ever happening and the clubs know this. The other thing would be to impose a maximum ticket price structure but this would probably be illegal and challenged in the court. The obscene wages for Rooney also make financial sense to United. 300k a week for five years is roughly 78 million. Pretty much what it would cost to replace him with another similar quality player. As long as the premiership continues then it is bad news financially for the average fan. Ticket prices will continue to rise as will the cost of merchandise etc. I know I'm in a minority here but the introduction of the Premier League has proved a disaster for competitive football in this country and has led to a boring top level league in which there is not true competion. Sides like Leicester, Forest, Derby etc have virtually no chance now of ever winning the League and it is always the same 4 or 5 clubs who will dominate. Meanwhile clubs lower down the pyramid chase the glory and end up in financial ruin because of the unfair distribution of money. Personally I'd like to see the governement bring in legislation to tax sporting organisations income at 50% and to redistribute directly back into lower league and grass roots sports. The Premier League is also largely indirectly responsible for the terrible attitude of clubs to both the League and FA cups and has been of very great detriment to the development of young British talent. The only real benefit for the modern day fan are the excellent new stadia for which we are all now paying a massively inflated ticket price. Great post this.
Vlad the Fox Posted 22 February 2014 Posted 22 February 2014 I agree with you but sadly it won't ever happen and the fans have it in their power to change things but that will never happen either. If every fan just said enough is enough and stopped going and stopped sunscribing to Sky and Bt then clubs would have to think again but there is zero chance of this ever happening and the clubs know this. The other thing would be to impose a maximum ticket price structure but this would probably be illegal and challenged in the court. The obscene wages for Rooney also make financial sense to United. 300k a week for five years is roughly 78 million. Pretty much what it would cost to replace him with another similar quality player. As long as the premiership continues then it is bad news financially for the average fan. Ticket prices will continue to rise as will the cost of merchandise etc. I know I'm in a minority here but the introduction of the Premier League has proved a disaster for competitive football in this country and has led to a boring top level league in which there is not true competion. Sides like Leicester, Forest, Derby etc have virtually no chance now of ever winning the League and it is always the same 4 or 5 clubs who will dominate. Meanwhile clubs lower down the pyramid chase the glory and end up in financial ruin because of the unfair distribution of money. Personally I'd like to see the governement bring in legislation to tax sporting organisations income at 50% and to redistribute directly back into lower league and grass roots sports. The Premier League is also largely indirectly responsible for the terrible attitude of clubs to both the League and FA cups and has been of very great detriment to the development of young British talent. The only real benefit for the modern day fan are the excellent new stadia for which we are all now paying a massively inflated ticket price. Like you I'm not sure of the legality but setting maximum ticket prices would be good as this could be a way of forcing wages down. Or failing that if clubs were forced to offer a percentage, say 25%, of the ground as affordable ticketing. As for the premier league I agree, it saved football and brought it out the doldrums but partnered by sky it has become an uncontrollable monster that needs slaying.
Leicester Lass Posted 22 February 2014 Posted 22 February 2014 Where? C1 is JTT place, where is cheaper than this? He wanted it so I got it him C1 is not JTT. A1 and C2 are the JTT areas, it would have cost you £22 in there.
broughtonblue Posted 22 February 2014 Author Posted 22 February 2014 C1 is not JTT. A1 and C2 are the JTT areas, it would have cost you £22 in there.My mistake, his money anyway😉
Itsthejoeker Posted 22 February 2014 Posted 22 February 2014 Clubs must look at the size of our away following and think they can make an easy buck.
A fox for life Posted 22 February 2014 Posted 22 February 2014 Does anyone know a sort of rough average wage our players are on?
Vicki Vixen Posted 22 February 2014 Posted 22 February 2014 Like you I'm not sure of the legality but setting maximum ticket prices would be good as this could be a way of forcing wages down. Or failing that if clubs were forced to offer a percentage, say 25%, of the ground as affordable ticketing. As for the premier league I agree, it saved football and brought it out the doldrums but partnered by sky it has become an uncontrollable monster that needs slaying. But forcing wages down would just result in the top players leaving for foreign clubs. On a separate question, can someone enlighten me what JTT is? Is this a restricted access area?
Leicester Lass Posted 22 February 2014 Posted 22 February 2014 But forcing wages down would just result in the top players leaving for foreign clubs. On a separate question, can someone enlighten me what JTT is? Is this a restricted access area? Not restricted at all, it's 'Just the ticket' areas. It's just the cheapest parts of the ground, blocks A1 and C2.
Danizen Posted 22 February 2014 Posted 22 February 2014 I tell you what, Premiership footballers. Hows about you stop 'earning' 300k a week? Take 150k instead Wayne.. that will stay buy you two nice cars every week. And with the other 150k, plough it back into grass roots football? Or bringing down ticket prices? That'd be nice.. Yeah but football is a short career. If he did that, he'd only have £120,000,000 to live on for the rest of his life.
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