Don't get me wrong, I'm all for it, but it has to be arranged that the clubs can't negotiate their own deals, otherwise we'd end up like Spain.They could still negotiate a league wide price for showing all of their games and then leave the clubs to decide their pricing for each ticket. Although ultimately it is just supply and demand though right? I'm sure the bigger clubs could also have some system where after x number of tickets sold a percentage of that is filtered down to the clubs who sell less than that or something. It's more than doable.
Don't Germany broadcast all their games and boast rather impressive attendance figures, and low ticket prices? Sounds like the dream really.
Technology? I'm assuming it would be a simple case of going by subscriber addresses. i.e, If someone's address was Manchester, then they would have a restriction on their account and the satellite signal would have a condition attached to it and certain subscribers' smart cards wouldn't be able to decrypt it.Mockridge suggested amending that to a “regional blackout”, which would prevent Saturday 3pm Manchester United games being shown in the Greater Manchester area and Arsenal fixtures being shown in London.
“We have the technology,” he said, pointing out the National Football League employs a similar system in the United States.
Mockridge branded the current arrangements as “an analogue deal in a digital age” and “a bit nanny state”, arguing consumers should have the choice whether to attend games or watch them on TV.
Why the blackout at all? Seeing football live is different to watching it on TV, it's more of an experience.
Given the choice I can't imagine many people would opt to watch on tv and not go to games.
Maybe in years gone by, but now we have every game live.Blackout's a bad idea. Correct me if I'm wrong but in Aus they show aussie rules live if the match is sold out and if it's not they don't (at least was the case in WA)
No, it shouldn't the lower leagues is what makes england great imo.
Nowhere else in the world do you see 30k fans watching second division games or have 5k average fans for 5th tier football
The premier league in many ways is ruining english football, for a start clubs in the lower leagues are no longer running academies as its not worth the money as they will lose a top player for peanuts anyway due to the new rules brought in by the top club a couple of years ago
Don't Germany broadcast all their games and boast rather impressive attendance figures, and low ticket prices? Sounds like the dream really.
What about 29k watching a third division game?
Dated August 2014:
No//League//Country//Average attendance//League leader (rank / attendance)
1//Bundesliga.........................43,490 (+866) Borussia Dortmund (1st / 80,291)
2//Barclays Premier League..36,607 (-1,052) Manchester United (2nd / 75,207)
3//Primera División................26,843 (-1,406) FC Barcelona (3rd / 71,958)
4//Serie A..............................23,385 (+85) FC Inter (18th / 46,246)
5//Ligue 1..............................21,092 (+1,852) Paris Saint-Germain (21. / 45,420)
6//Eredivisie.......................... 19,434 (-162) AFC Ajax (11th / 50,871)
7//2. Bundesliga.....................17,888 (+649) 1. FC Köln (19th / 46,235)
8//SkyBet Championship........16,608 (-885) Brighton and Hove Albion (68th / 27,283)
9//Spor Toto Super Lig...........14,520 (+1,446) Fenerbahçe (26th / 42,270)
10//Jupiler Pro League............11,836 (+415) KV Club Brugge (74th / 25,728)
11//Premier Liga..................... 11,510 (-1,478) Zenit Sankt Petersburg (111th / 18,942)
12//Premier Liga......................11,082 (-1,456) Shakhtar Donetsk (47th / 33,335)
13//Raiffeisen Super League...10,772 (-1,247) FC Basel (66th / 27,841)
14//Primeira Liga .....................10,238 (+435) SL Benfica (24th / 43,613)
15//Scottish Premier League...10,010 (-2,024) Celtic FC (16th / 46,808)
They also have a rule whereby one game a week has to be available for everyone to watch
so few of what?10 years ago it made a difference but there are so few of them now it doesn't matter.
Don't Germany broadcast all their games and boast rather impressive attendance figures, and low ticket prices? Sounds like the dream really.
so few of what?