Pay per view deal

[spaldy]

Not sure much of a presence ESPN has over the pond but here stateside they decided to get into the high end cost market as well as political arena.

Disney has them for sale and it will be much cheaper than the valuation was just a year or two ago. There is a finite limit on how much you can bend people over. That limit is reached much quicker when you have no fans in the stands and all of the development leagues are either not playing or shut down. The differences between football, baseball, basketball and throwball are not as much as some might think.

The biggest issue is behavior change. quite a few people have stopped dedicating all or part of their off days to watch sports. Once that happens it's not an automatic that they will come back.

I believe there is an old saying "don't kill the golden goose". Football is not immune to that.

[WTF11]

Not sure much of a presence ESPN has over the pond but here stateside they decided to get into the high end cost market as well as political arena.

Disney has them for sale and it will be much cheaper than the valuation was just a year or two ago. There is a finite limit on how much you can bend people over. That limit is reached much quicker when you have no fans in the stands and all of the development leagues are either not playing or shut down. The differences between football, baseball, basketball and throwball are not as much as some might think.

The biggest issue is behavior change. quite a few people have stopped dedicating all or part of their off days to watch sports. Once that happens it's not an automatic that they will come back.

I believe there is an old saying "don't kill the golden goose". Football is not immune to that.

Spot on!

[pete1967b]

Thing is Pete, boxing isn't subject to season tickets, and is by it's very nature a singular event sport, unlike football where a revenue stream has already been established with a business model to boot. All that is being done now is to fleece sky/BT customers with a subscription even further, and to put two fingers up to ST holders who are being asked/expected to pay twice. So much for being in it together.

I hear what you are saying, Not sure what the data is as we stand but there is potential for around 40,000 ST Holders, However they may be lets say 100,000 fans that want to watch Leeds but cant, so i suppose what i am saying is for those who already pay the subscription are having to pay extra, something i dont agree with, So i am in agreement with you whichever way we look at it, But i will still pay and they know thousands of others will too..