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Premier League TV rights, 2016-2019

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bluedave said:
Good news for Premier League players, agents, managers and chairmen but not so good for the rest of us. All of this extra money will have to come from the fans somehow. Clubs will never reduce ticket prices as long as demand outstrips supply.
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Advertising revenues will increase simply because sports are still one of the few times people actually watch live tv and sit through adverts. Everything else people watch is timeshifted. But I'm sure Sky will once against hike their prices.

The c**ts at OFCOM screwed people over when they deemed Sky's product a 'monopoly' which was bad for consumers. So now instead of possibly having everything under one subscription you need two in order to see everything. w**kers.

 
What I'm worried about is if BT stop streaming their games "free" to BT internet customers and start to charge for their matches. 

 
Yep, they have have literally Billions to make up for, its not going to be free next season.

But there will always be streams, or illegal boxes...

 
This (absurd) deal makes relegation and promotion issues this season and next, vital. The gap in income post 2016 between the PL and other domestic leagues will be big enough to make a side coming up and staying up a rare event, imo.

 
SHELLY said:
It makes me laugh when "neutrals" and journalists blame the likes of Abramovich for the insane amounts of money spent by clubs, without Sky this would never have happened in the first place. They turned it from a Sport into a product, and I have to say despite employing Jaymee Redknapp, they do a pretty good job of it.

Its especially funny when the journos sit round the table on Sunday Supplement bemoaning how football has changed, while being in the pay of Murdoch themselves (I assume they are paid some sort of retainer for their services)
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It's the thing about football being a product that worries me when rule changes are discussed. Sky would love there to be more breaks in play (for referrals to a tv ref for example). They'd shove an ad into the pause; probably a 'bet in play' ad about the outcome of the referral!

 
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