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Not every player is looking for a 100% increase.
I don't give a stuff about NFL. They could have reduced the stadium cost substantially by scrapping the NFL tie-in.
Other clubs are paying their players a lot more than us on lower gate receipts.
They are clever people who run the club. They know what the T/O will be in the next season or two.
We will have the highest season ticket pricess in the league next year.
We will still have one of the lowest net spends on transfers
We will still have among the lowest wages to T/O ratio in the league too.
We will still have a lot of room to improve our commercial revenues (which aren't that good, comparatively)
The club has already benefited from substantially increased TV revenue
Given all that, I can't see any compelling reason to raise ST prices as high as they have done, and I agree with the sentiment of the quoted article.
I paid £745 for my ST this year. By the time I can buy one in Phase 7, I don't expect to be able to get one for less than £1125 anywhere in the ground. That's a 51% increase. If by some piece of luck there are £995 tickets still available, I'll only have to stump up an extra 33%. Lucky me.
Good points.