England match only on the internet

[sandeep2504]

You think that the "skill" involved in being a footballer warrants their astronomic wages? Compare that to often-stressful life-saving careers such as fire fighters and life-boat personnel.

 

 

 

Correct.

 

Of course not if you compare it to careers such as nurses, firefighters etc.

 

I hate to use a often used quote but thats the way the world is.

 

If you compare it to the money clubs make through television deals, sponsorships, revenues players bring to clubs through shirt sales etc then yes they are not overpaid.

 

They pay tax and NI (although no doubt some of them employ favourable accounting measures!)

 

They are paid according the "market" and as long as supporters pay ridiculous ticket prices and overpriced subscription costs it will continue.

[Guest Guest]

Just another nail in the coffin for me...

 

Obviusly its been going commercialised for a long time now but our national team on pay per view for a meaningless match, that truely is disgusting!

 

You cant drink, you cant smoke, you cant shout nasty things at the players incase it upsets them, hell they wont even let you have a good ol' scrap after the game anymore

 

Players who dont even want to play for their country, getting taught to be professional divers and cheats throughout their carreer, clubs doing dodgy backhander deals and using underhand tactics...

 

 

Is it just me who thinks football has lost its magic?

[Michael]

They have put a limit of 1 million connections, which would be £5 million approx in revenue.

Not bad for a poxy england match

 

Minus the infrastructure required, servers, staff and obtaining the live feed. This would easily go into the millions. I don't think it's that profitable which is probably why they're attempting to charge £11.99 on match day.

[sandeep2504]

England matches should be free for all.

 

The FA are hardly in the clear with this.

 

They need to pay for the ridiculous price of Wembley Stadium hench selling England games to the highest bidder.

 

There are a list of sporting events that have to be made to free to view on tv.

 

[ame=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITC_Code_on_Sports_and_Other_Listed_Events]ITC Code on Sports and Other Listed Events - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]

 

No doubt we will eventually see World Cups on pay tv.

 

Also shouldn't fans be able to take celebrations from players if they are going to abuse them?

[AyatollahPies]

Paul Whitehouse wouldn't stand for this.

 

All together now, GREEN ARMY!

[Theblacksheep]

A fool and their money....

 

 

 

If there was something that could replace SKYs monopsony it would be micropayments and PPV.... but firepans and fires spring to mind.

 

Still, at least it can be found online elsewhere.

[RabbieBurns]

Did anyone subscribe to the stream? What was the final score?

[kitsch]

over paid bunch of inarticulate Neanderthals kicking a bag of wind around

 

Wonderful... absolutely wonderful. A poem of a phrase.

[kitsch]

It won't be available in pubs, but some cinemas will be showing the game... at a price and you'll need to smuggle your own popcorn in to avoid being fleeced for that!

 

I read somewhere that a cinema can make over a million pounds PROFIT a year on pop corn. Apparently, it has a much greater profit margin that turning poppies into heroin.