- Oct 2, 2004
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No. The amount of prize money is dictated by the performance of the team throughout the season, not by a TV company.
Exactly. Not even remotely comparable.
No. The amount of prize money is dictated by the performance of the team throughout the season, not by a TV company.
Its terrible that its that low, to be honest. Its crazy to think England doesnt have all English Premier League games televised/available to stream but the USA do. I think there was only 1 game I had to get through the streaming app because it wasnt on cable.
It's simply because it is unlikely that a high ratio of broadcasted matches in the US will influence the actual number that chooses to attend matches in person in PL. Here, fewer matches are televised because that leads to more people actually going to the match. I'm sure there are similar mechanisms within the US for domestic sports broadcasts.This.
It's arguably a bit of a joke that we have to struggle so much to be able to see our team live every week when you consider that in the US, EVERY game for every team across every single sport is televised (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL). My mate is a big NFL fan (as am I) but he's not much of a footy fan and he simply can't understand why I don't get to watch every single game that Spurs play each week.
Yet Germany broadcast all games don't they?It's simply because it is unlikely that a high ratio of broadcasted matches in the US will influence the actual number that chooses to attend matches in person in PL. Here, fewer matches are televised because that leads to more people actually going to the match. I'm sure there are similar mechanisms within the US for domestic sports broadcasts.
It's simply because it is unlikely that a high ratio of broadcasted matches in the US will influence the actual number that chooses to attend matches in person in PL. Here, fewer matches are televised because that leads to more people actually going to the match.
No we do not have anything like that at all. Every game in every sport is broadcast on the teams regional networks(either contracted out or owned by the team) and some games are picked up nationally. If your out of region for your team, the leagues have streaming/ppv packages you could buy for the games. The point is you always have a legal avenue available to you to watch a game. Not only do we have that for the sports here, we also now have that ability for the PL, Bundesliga, CL, EL, Euros, WC. And much of La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1 are available to watch/stream as well.It's simply because it is unlikely that a high ratio of broadcasted matches in the US will influence the actual number that chooses to attend matches in person in PL. Here, fewer matches are televised because that leads to more people actually going to the match. I'm sure there are similar mechanisms within the US for domestic sports broadcasts.
This is where it gets a bit complicated though, i can definitely see a case for televising all PL games, but the argument is it would hit lower league clubs hard in their attendances, and their match day revenue is essentially what keeps these clubs running, as they get buggar all from TV rights.Yet Germany broadcast all games don't they?
The model here is wrong. Fewer people are watching football on Sky and BT, and are streaming. Not sure it necessarily affects attendances.
Ticket prices need to come down, and all games should be televised. Would lead to higher attendances.
This.
It's arguably a bit of a joke that we have to struggle so much to be able to see our team live every week when you consider that in the US, EVERY game for every team across every single sport is televised (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL). My mate is a big NFL fan (as am I) but he's not much of a footy fan and he simply can't understand why I don't get to watch every single game that Spurs play each week.
That is precisely what is happening anyway? No matter which way you do it, some clubs will get screwed either because of the inherent bias of the media or the larger fan base. But it will be way more fair for the fans to show all the games, and even though it might lead to the same discrepency in payments, every side could get more money.Firstly we cannot watch 15:00 saturday games because they want to protect the smaller teams. They worry that people will not go and watch barnet if arsenal v spurs is on tv.
Secondly we can't watch all our games because the premier league is a shared tv deal. How long would that last if the majority of viewers were watching the big teams and not the smaller teams? Man utd, liverpool would demand a bigger slice of the cake. Look at spain. Also sponsors might hold back money if only a few thousand were watching boro v soton and everyone else were watching the other matches.
That is precisely what is happening anyway? No matter which way you do it, some clubs will get screwed either because of the inherent bias of the media or the larger fan base. But it will be way more fair for the fans to show all the games, and even though it might lead to the same discrepency in payments, every side could get more money.
The Premier League could just create a pay monthly or annually streaming service for the UK and show all the games on it, but black out those that get picked for tv. Fair for the fans as they could then get to see their club play, more money for the clubs. Win/win.
Yet Germany broadcast all games don't they?
The model here is wrong. Fewer people are watching football on Sky and BT, and are streaming. Not sure it necessarily affects attendances.
Ticket prices need to come down, and all games should be televised. Would lead to higher attendances.
No we do not have anything like that at all. Every game in every sport is broadcast on the teams regional networks(either contracted out or owned by the team) and some games are picked up nationally. If your out of region for your team, the leagues have streaming/ppv packages you could buy for the games. The point is you always have a legal avenue available to you to watch a game. Not only do we have that for the sports here, we also now have that ability for the PL, Bundesliga, CL, EL, Euros, WC. And much of La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1 are available to watch/stream as well.
I'd reckon all the current rules in England do is give way to a huge influx of traffic to illegal streaming sites
Nope. Games are very rarely, if ever, blacked out anymore
Those are all national broadcasts. Blacked out on the regional networks because it is available exclusively on the national networks.http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/official_info/broadcasts/national_wkend.jsp
Fair enough it's rarer in the U.S. , more frequent here in the civilized world
That was disproved when Sky first started televising matchesIt's simply because it is unlikely that a high ratio of broadcasted matches in the US will influence the actual number that chooses to attend matches in person in PL. Here, fewer matches are televised because that leads to more people actually going to the match. I'm sure there are similar mechanisms within the US for domestic sports broadcasts.
Across the entire football pyramid? I think the argument outlined above is that if Spurs are on the telly when away then fewer people rock up to Barnet or Enfield Town which is a serious issue for those clubs.That was disproved when Sky first started televising matches
Teams were compensated by Sky in anticipation of the decrease in live match day attendance due to the increased coverage of matches, but in actual fact attendances went up
Us not being able to watch all games live on tv has nothing to do with the potential for match attendance to go down
It's purely down to tv rights - the EPL sells packages to competing broadcasters like BT and SKy and no one has the right to show all matches so packages aren't sold for any one broadcaster to be able to show all games live on demand like in the US (or how sky do with the highlights and the red button match select)
I suppose at least it levels the playing field somewhat - if all games were shown live eventually the bigger/more watched teams would start demanding more money or the rights to broadcast (or at least have a share in the direct revenue from the broadcast) of their matches as a unique entity from the over all EPL package