Home game v Birmingham moved for Sky TV
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Brown Nose
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Re: Another Home game for TV!
Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Stupid fecking sky, fecking us about again. Aren't we entitled to lives that involve arrangements other than City? Two or three changes a season I can accept, but this is fecking ridiculous.
Following tomorrow night, I think I can only make one more home game this season now. What a waste of a fecking season ticket.
Noooooooooooooooooooooooo!
Stupid fecking sky, fecking us about again. Aren't we entitled to lives that involve arrangements other than City? Two or three changes a season I can accept, but this is fecking ridiculous.
Following tomorrow night, I think I can only make one more home game this season now. What a waste of a fecking season ticket.
Motown Fox
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FryattFox
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Re: Another Home game for TV!
What say do the club have exactly? Sky pick the fixtures and the club get paid as a result.
It's the fans that lose out, but the club probably aren't that happy about it either.
What say do the club have exactly? Sky pick the fixtures and the club get paid as a result.
It's the fans that lose out, but the club probably aren't that happy about it either.
LeeCovFox
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I'd normally sympathise with the view that fans know the score and should expect some games to be moved. It does seem to have been a bit excessive this season, though. Presumably we are victims of our relative success. It's not an issue for me personally. I mean, I'd prefer as many games as possible to kick off as 3pm on a Saturday. But I can normally make it regardless. But there must be a good number for whom a season ticket becomes a waste of money because of all the moves.
I'd normally sympathise with the view that fans know the score and should expect some games to be moved. It does seem to have been a bit excessive this season, though. Presumably we are victims of our relative success. It's not an issue for me personally. I mean, I'd prefer as many games as possible to kick off as 3pm on a Saturday. But I can normally make it regardless. But there must be a good number for whom a season ticket becomes a waste of money because of all the moves.
Hazzman
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Re: Another Home game for TV!
How about 'no thanks sorry Sky we want to give ourselves the best chance of going up'.
Birmingham have no game in the midweek, they will have six days break and we will instead have 72 hours.
How about 'no thanks sorry Sky we want to give ourselves the best chance of going up'.
Birmingham have no game in the midweek, they will have six days break and we will instead have 72 hours.
bocadillo
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Not possible under the terms of the contract which the Football League has with Sky. The only people who could stop it would be the Safety Committee and we all know that they are paid by Sky.
Not possible under the terms of the contract which the Football League has with Sky. The only people who could stop it would be the Safety Committee and we all know that they are paid by Sky.
Doggie_muz
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Re: Another Home game for TV!
As alluded to in the blog to an extent, the anger seems to be mis-directed. Sky have a responsibility to their shareholders to maximise profits which, in part, is done by showing the most popular games of football. It's the contract which the Football League negotiated that should have put in relevant safeguards (e.g. max home games moved), as their responsibility is to their members and to the fans.
As alluded to in the blog to an extent, the anger seems to be mis-directed. Sky have a responsibility to their shareholders to maximise profits which, in part, is done by showing the most popular games of football. It's the contract which the Football League negotiated that should have put in relevant safeguards (e.g. max home games moved), as their responsibility is to their members and to the fans.
bocadillo
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Re: Another Home game for TV!
Did the clubs lobby the Football League for these 'relevant safeguards' to be included in the contract? Or did they just say, "Get as much money as you can"?
I think we all know the answer to that.
Did the clubs lobby the Football League for these 'relevant safeguards' to be included in the contract? Or did they just say, "Get as much money as you can"?
I think we all know the answer to that.
bocadillo
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