Premier League suspended until April (or whenever?)

[drummindefender]

Reading all these names has got me feeling all nostalgic

as has this

 

[homer]

Oh FFS

 

[Blaarev]

Oh FFS

Come on, he’s an ‘’Active Member’’

 

[Joe_Fox]

Blimey - Talkingballs !

It's the return of the one who bangs the drums. Hello!

 

[pork pie fox]

4 years!!

 

[Miles Away]

I think this is very odd. I see that Sky/BT are arguing that the product is not the one they bought and somehow they have a contract with the Premier League that enables them to say such a thing. They're actually getting more matches than they're contracted to show but for almost half price.

If I were a Premier League side, I'd be furious at this. So furious in fact that I'd hasten efforts to withdraw entirely from Sky/BT and into my own Netflix style product where I can charge less and make more.

It just feels to me like a really stupid thing for the TV companies to do. There has been a lot of talk about the Premier League taking over their own TV packages, and surely this decision is just going to push them towards this?

My line of work exactly. You underestimate how much broadcasters have historically been willing to pay for rights. A league-owned OTT/streaming model is going to take a bit of time. The Subscription revenue just doesn’t match the rights fees. That’s to say nothing of the commercial/advertising revenue challenges that gating your premier content presents....and the costs of building and supporting the platforms themselves.

its probably an inevitability just because it’s the right way to distribute sports, but the traditional broadcasters make a streaming model very cost prohibitive for a league at the moment.

 

[Funky Fox]

Blimey 4 Years is a long time

 

[Lako42]

Blimey 4 Years is a long time

Indeed, Id have expected a much better opening post.

 

[drummindefender]

Have I missed anything since March 2016?

 

[drummindefender]

Oh FFS

I had assumed you were dead to be honest

 

[pds]

Have I missed anything since March 2016?

Aye up Benny Boy

 

[tedfoxxx]

What’s going on here then? Has there been a time slip and we’re in 2007 again?

Am going to wake up in the Walkers Stadium watching an overweight Matty Fryatt chugging around the pitch?

 

[drummindefender]

Aye up Benny Boy

****ing hell Paul didn’t know you still posted on here !

 

[pds]

****ing hell Paul didn’t know you still posted on here !

I don't/didn't Had a look back yesterday and saw you had posted too.

 

[Blue Maniac]

As long as Steven doesn’t come back it’s fine.

 

[drummindefender]

As long as Steven doesn’t come back it’s fine.

I did check

 

[drummindefender]

I don't/didn't Had a look back yesterday and saw you had posted too.

Working on getting Hazzman out retirement

 

[pds]

Working on getting Hazzman out retirement

Maybe a TBFC return?

 

[Lako42]

Oh ffs. It's been decent only having 3 posters

 

[Skitzo]

saw in the papers this morning that the FA are hoping the FA Cup final on 1st August will be the first to have fans back in the ground, under a reduced capacity