Popular Post Ouchmefoot Posted October 9, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 9, 2020 So, the Premier League have decided that it's fair to charge £15.00 to watch any game not selected by Sky or BT. I pay £60 per month for Sky Sports, BT Sport and Amazon Prime. I did this to maximise the amount of possible Villa coverage but an extra £15 per game is surely taking the piss. Villa's three remaining October games (Leicester, Leeds, Southampton) are all PPV. Are you prepared to spend £45.00 for those games? This is pushing people (including me) towards illegal streams. 19 clubs, including Villa voted for this - they should be ashamed of themselves. Only Leicester voted against it. Am I in the minority feeling this way. Are you happy to pay £15 for each game BT/Sky decide isn't interesting enough to show? 15 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ouchmefoot Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share Posted October 10, 2020 Just to add, I would normally be at every Villa game and happy to pay the £30+ ticket price, but that is a totally different experience and currently isn't an option. I feel the premier league and Villa are gouging at the time when Villa fans can least afford it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Ouchmefoot said: So, the Premier League have decided that it's fair to charge £15.00 to watch any game not selected by Sky or BT. I pay £60 per month for Sky Sports, BT Sport and Amazon Prime. I did this to maximise the amount of possible Villa coverage but an extra £15 per game is surely taking the piss. Villa's three remaining October games (Leicester, Leeds, Southampton) are all PPV. Are you prepared to spend £45.00 for those games? This is pushing people (including me) towards illegal streams. 19 clubs, including Villa voted for this - they should be ashamed of themselves. Only Leicester voted against it. Am I in the minority feeling this way. Are you happy to pay £15 for each game BT/Sky decide isn't interesting enough to show? You are not alone in your criticism of this scam. I pay like you do and absolutely feel aggrieved at this PPV bollocks. I won't buy it and will cancel my subscription and go for the illegal little rivers instead. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briny_ear Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ouchmefoot said: So, the Premier League have decided that it's fair to charge £15.00 to watch any game not selected by Sky or BT. I pay £60 per month for Sky Sports, BT Sport and Amazon Prime. I did this to maximise the amount of possible Villa coverage but an extra £15 per game is surely taking the piss. Villa's three remaining October games (Leicester, Leeds, Southampton) are all PPV. Are you prepared to spend £45.00 for those games? This is pushing people (including me) towards illegal streams. 19 clubs, including Villa voted for this - they should be ashamed of themselves. Only Leicester voted against it. Am I in the minority feeling this way. Are you happy to pay £15 for each game BT/Sky decide isn't interesting enough to show? I am definitely not happy and, like you, I have paid top whack for access via BT Sport, NOW TV and Prime (well, actually, my wife pays for Prime!) However, if necessary I suspect I will pay up the extra £15 per game. Last time I tried an illegal stream my computer got a nasty virus that ultimately ended up with me having to buy a new laptop. Hopefully the public hue and cry that has already started up around this greedy policy will force them into retreat. Edited October 10, 2020 by briny_ear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 If they could’ve make it much less would have been better and reasonable, something around £5. I’m abroad so won’t get affected by that, but I think the price would be high especially as Villa would have much less games on TV than top 6 or whatever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Someone in another thread said the revenue goes to the clubs, if so it puts a different complexion on things. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 3 hours ago, Ouchmefoot said: So, the Premier League have decided that it's fair to charge £15.00 to watch any game not selected by Sky or BT. I pay £60 per month for Sky Sports, BT Sport and Amazon Prime. I did this to maximise the amount of possible Villa coverage but an extra £15 per game is surely taking the piss. Villa's three remaining October games (Leicester, Leeds, Southampton) are all PPV. Are you prepared to spend £45.00 for those games? This is pushing people (including me) towards illegal streams. 19 clubs, including Villa voted for this - they should be ashamed of themselves. Only Leicester voted against it. Am I in the minority feeling this way. Are you happy to pay £15 for each game BT/Sky decide isn't interesting enough to show? It's outrageous greed. In a time when football is one of the few things bringing anyone any joy, they try to swindle people. Unless their plan is to funnel the money to lower league clubs, I can't see the justification for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 50 minutes ago, bannedfromHandV said: Someone in another thread said the revenue goes to the clubs, if so it puts a different complexion on things. This is my understanding at the moment too. Tbh, we’re just going to end up with a ‘premflix’ model or a model where clubs stream their own games and make fans pay sooner or later. The latter would make the rich clubs even richer. The PL is an absolute marketing machine. The money in the game is spiralling out of control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul514 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 58 minutes ago, Delphinho123 said: This is my understanding at the moment too. Tbh, we’re just going to end up with a ‘premflix’ model or a model where clubs stream their own games and make fans pay sooner or later. The latter would make the rich clubs even richer. The PL is an absolute marketing machine. The money in the game is spiralling out of control. If that model was used firstly it would be dished out in the same way as it is now and secondly it would be cheaper than sky sports is currently. Tito have an excellent video they put out about 6 months back on it. On topic however I will be paying to view these games as it is the only way I can legally. If there was an option to do this for ALL our games I would cancel sky sports instead to offset the cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OutByEaster? Posted October 10, 2020 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted October 10, 2020 I think we need to be very careful of anything that puts money into clubs based on how many PPV subscribers they generate on a game by game basis - it would be another enormous step toward solidifying the top two or three clubs at the top of the tree forever. It's absolutely vital that any money generated by the Premier League is spread throughout the Premier league - a situation where each club has their own TV deal is the end for us - and for everyone barring Liverpool and Manchester United. For this particular deal - it's a step toward where the Premier league would like to be and another step away from where football fans would like to be - it's a bit late to start complaining now though, we sold our souls in 1992. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wezbid Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 It's no wonder people go down the dodgy viewing avenues. A fiver a game and people would more than likely stump it up. 100,000 x 5, half a million quid a game and people doing it legally. 15 quid a game is ridiculous. That said, I'm paying £10 a game to watch Wrexham home streams. They absolutely need the money though until overlords Reynolds and McElhenney take over (hopefully). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M_Afro Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Just to put a slightly different spin on it. We will still make a massive loss this year. That has not stopped our owners continuing to invest heavily to enhance our viewing experience. We can’t have it both ways and the payment is, of course, optional. I know that these are difficult times for people but there is still an economic reality for big football clubs. I would much rather pay £15 to watch Ross Barkley and Ollie tear it up than have what was dished up for much of last season for free. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post villaglint Posted October 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 10, 2020 32 minutes ago, OutByEaster? said: I think we need to be very careful of anything that puts money into clubs based on how many PPV subscribers they generate on a game by game basis - it would be another enormous step toward solidifying the top two or three clubs at the top of the tree forever. It's absolutely vital that any money generated by the Premier League is spread throughout the Premier league - a situation where each club has their own TV deal is the end for us - and for everyone barring Liverpool and Manchester United. For this particular deal - it's a step toward where the Premier league would like to be and another step away from where football fans would like to be - it's a bit late to start complaining now though, we sold our souls in 1992. What happened to one generation not making decisions for the next one, that was 30 years ago. Referendum anyon..... Actually na I’ll just watch it for free like every other sane person who owns a (checks notes...) computer. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Said in the other thread our next 3 games are PPV so £45 Evertons next 3 games are included within the standard subscription so £0 extra Its a shambles, the likes of Liverpool, City and utd are on TV 25+ times, we will be around 15, baggies might be the minimum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OutByEaster? Posted October 10, 2020 Moderator Share Posted October 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, villa4europe said: Its a shambles, the likes of Liverpool, City and utd are on TV 25+ times, we will be around 15, baggies might be the minimum Thinking about that, if you're Sky and BT, do you put Albion vs Fulham on BT1 and let Liverpool vs Man Utd go to PPV to generate more income? That would put the cat amongst the pigeons! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mykeyb Posted October 10, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 10, 2020 Would they get 3 times more subscribers at £5.00.............I would bite at that price point. At £15 I will find other ways 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thug Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 It’s a business model, they have done their research and decided that this is what people are likely to pay. myself, I’ll just continue to use alternative methods. Up to £8 would be a fair price that I would happily pay, 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aston_Villan4 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 Illegal streams... here I come. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 So is it correct that the £15 goes straight to the club or is it siphoned out to a bunch of other actors as well, and if so how much of the £15 does the clubs end up with? I imagine a lot of people (out of those who feel they can afford it) are happy-ish enough to pay the money if it does end up with the club, but it's still a lot of money for a TV game. No idea what the deal will be in Sweden yet but as the games are spread out I'm hoping they will all be on the telly. If not I will of course be outraged and sulk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
punkiller1981 Posted October 10, 2020 Share Posted October 10, 2020 I’m not prepared to pay anything in addition to my sky & bt subscription. As much as I love the villa I’m not supporting a love to rape fans even more. I think this is the first step to ruining a competitive league if all this does is mean the rich get richer which it will. How long before we have a scenario like Germany where the same club has Won the league 8 years in a row or France for that matter. It end up making the league so predictable people stop watching or going to games. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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