http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31357409

 

This is an insane amount of money, £5.1 billion spent between Sky and BT. Money in football is crazy.

 

 

 

It's fucing bolloxks, winds me up aswell its nit fair for Sky to have it all apparently yet we have to pay more out?

Friday games?

Sky is the devil.

Just shows the draw of PL football. I imagine this could possibly have been a factor in Hazard's deal considering our income will increase in the second year of his contract.

 

 

Sky is the devil.

 

Jose agrees so I'm sure he'll return the money they give us. 

Viva the streamers and illegal sly boxes.

Anyone else concerned that BTs coverage of the champions league will feel a bit 'cheaper'? Sky know what they're doing

Friday games?

Yup, recently confirmed that as part of the new TV deal Friday evening games were being introduced, as a fan I'd much rather go to an evening game on a Friday than a Monday.

Anyone else concerned that BTs coverage of the champions league will feel a bit 'cheaper'? Sky know what they're doing

 

Absolutely. Sky might get sh*t but they put on a damn good show whereas BT is second-rate at best.

Can't be any worse than ITV's coverage.

Personally don't mind BT too much, it's Owen's drab co commentary that lets them down.

Absolutely. Sky might get sh*t but they put on a damn good show whereas BT is second-rate at best.

yeah but if you watch early sky re runs they weren't great in comparison to today, they was just good cos it was was a novelty to be watching live league football, at least i don't have to pay for b.t or suffer a dodgy stream, and they are not as biased as kneecap and henry! b.t will get better once they've found their feet.

And we won't have to listen them w**kers townsend and tyldsley. thank god, you would never believe that townsend was a former chelsea captain.

Edited February 10, 201511 yr by croydonblue

Yup, recently confirmed that as part of the new TV deal Friday evening games were being introduced, as a fan I'd much rather go to an evening game on a Friday than a Monday.

 

I wish they would do away with Monday games. It's the worst day of the week for football, it never feels right having a game on a Monday.

Wet windy monday nights in stoke

Yup, recently confirmed that as part of the new TV deal Friday evening games were being introduced, as a fan I'd much rather go to an evening game on a Friday than a Monday.

Friday night is better than Monday night but overall I'd rather football just stay on Saturday and Sunday if I had it my way or even better just Saturday by itself but that wouldn't TV networks who want to maximise ratings. 

Edited February 11, 201511 yr by Jezz

Will this be passed on to the fans in ticket prices coming down or to the players in sallerys 

I think the PL should consider sharing a small part of the TV money (like 10%) with the Football League. Wouldn't be good for the PL anyway to let the gap between them and the Championship get wider.

Friday night is better than Monday night but overall I'd rather football just stay on Saturday and Sunday if I had it my way or even better just Saturday by itself but that wouldn't TV networks who want to maximise ratings.

I quite like the games being spread out myself, it gives neutrals plenty of football to watch and allows everyone to have lots of talking points over the course of the week, we're more or less at a point now where there are going to be matches played everyday of the week which as a viewer and a fan of football is a good thing.

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)

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.

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.

 

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. 

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

It will happen when they start airing CL games next season

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.

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)

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!