5 BILLION Really

[GB72]

I know that it is a free market economy but that is just obscene for 3 years of live football. Dread to think what the BBC will have to fork out for the highlights package. It now works out at over 10 MILLION for each live game. Guess the cost of sky subscriptions will be going up soon to compensate

 

[Tashyboy]

If it does Tashyboy will be going for BT only.

swop if for when.

 

[GB72]

BT are in for a fair few quid of that as well so I can see that going up as well

 

[fundy]

Funny isnt it how over the years they have been determined to introduce competition into the market under the guise of it being good for the consumer whereas actually all it is doing is putting up the price of viewing by the consumer and lining the pockets of everyone else involved (clubs, players, agents, tv companies, sponsors etc etc)

£11m per game, is an utterly amazing number, and is only going to be financed one way by even higher sky/bt prices. Will this be the one that breaks the camels back? Probably not but it should be

 

[GB72]

Reckon that when the time comes the entire BBC sports budget wil go into keeping Match of the Day and the 5 Live coverage. They expire at the end of next season. May be me being a conspiracy theorist but they have lost the open and rumour has it the 6 nation's as well. Are they clearing the decks to find the next football bid.

 

[bluewolf]

Well neither will be getting any money from me. After 30+ years of being an avid football fan, I'm finally ready to admit that I no longer care about the game at the top level. In future, I'll be spending my football time in the Non-Leagues and the Junior game.
Having been part of a bid from my local Village team to secure funding from the FA to finance a small football/rugby facility that will be a huge benefit to the community, and seeing the struggle to gain even a minor cash injection. There was a general feeling of disgust today when this was announced.

 

[GB72]

It was laughable that a total of only £56 million of this is going to grass roots football.

 

[ColchesterFC]

Reckon that when the time comes the entire BBC sports budget wil go into keeping Match of the Day and the 5 Live coverage. They expire at the end of next season. May be me being a conspiracy theorist but they have lost the open and rumour has it the 6 nation's as well. Are they clearing the decks to find the next football bid.

Already been announced at the end of January that the BBC are keeping it. £204 million for the rights to the highlights. MOTD and MOTD2 as it is now, plus an extra midweek "magazine programme" whatever one of them is.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jan/29/bbc-match-of-the-day-premier-league-highlights

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I liked Lord Sugar's take on it..........likening the money to prune juice....goes in one end and comes out the other:lol:

 

[Tashyboy]

It was laughable that a total of only £56 million of this is going to grass roots football.

Yup, and that one comment says in one sentence what is wrong with the people that run our game. More than that will be paid it in agents fees.

 

[Hacker Khan]

As with most sports that take the Sky shilling most of the money will go to the already wealthy elite level with very little going to grass roots. I believe the amount invested in grass roots football has actually declined in the last few years. But at least golf didn't fall for that old trickle down garbage and sold out to Sky.




Wait a minute...

 

[Deleted member 15344]

The Prem give a massive £12mil a year to grass roots - bravo

 

[Crow]

I think it's great.

All the Sky Sports and similar subscribers can feel even more pleased with themselves that they'll able to watch such a "valuable" product for another three more years.

 

[Wildrover]

I have Sky Sports mainly for the golf coverage, I haven't watched a live prem game in ages as I lost interest in so called top level football years ago. Until now I have been prepared to pay sky to watch the sport I want to whilst also forking out to cover the cost of the premier league I have no interest in, no longer. This £5billion deal is a disgrace and I'm not prepared to susidise it any longer. I'm getting rid of sky and will get a NowTV box and only pay when I want to watch a particular golf event, Open, Ryder Cup, Masters etc.

 

[Hacker Khan]

I have Sky Sports mainly for the golf coverage, I haven't watched a live prem game in ages as I lost interest in so called top level football years ago. Until now I have been prepared to pay sky to watch the sport I want to whilst also forking out to cover the cost of the premier league I have no interest in, no longer. This £5billion deal is a disgrace and I'm not prepared to susidise it any longer. I'm getting rid of sky and will get a NowTV box and only pay when I want to watch a particular golf event, Open, Ryder Cup, Masters etc.

I feel much the same. I rang them to cancel the Sky Sports but they offered me some discounted deal to keep me on. I think that has now finished so I will more than likely do the same.

 

[Adi2Dassler]

Remember, this is only domestic rights.Factor in International ones and we're over £8 Billion I think.

Now I know it's not comparing apples to apples, but the current deal for Scottish football is, I think, £56 Million, quite a difference.Clearly there is a gulf in the quality of product, and there are ongoing issues within Scottish football, but as someone who goes to football matches each week, I'd feel really quite uncomfortable going to watch my team if they were part of that deal.

One day soon, the arse will fall out of The Premiership and I'll take a punt that clubs aren't squirreling away this swag for a rainy day.

 

[Piece]

One day soon, the arse will fall out of The Premiership and I'll take a punt that clubs aren't squirreling away this swag for a rainy day.

The example of when the ITV Digital 'Championship' deal never materialised shows this to be quite true. Some clubs spent money that they never had and thought was coming (my club included) and suffered financially for years, nearly going out of business.

 

[Crazyface]

It was laughable that a total of only £56 million of this is going to grass roots football.

Just EXACTLY where the flippin eck (please add your own to enhance feeling) does this money for "grassroots football" go? Certainly not in paying for people to become coaches that's for sure. The FA charge £165 for level one and £350 for level two. god knows what after those levels. Level one is basically showing you 10 coaching sessions and then giving you one to act out. Disgusting !!!

 

[Hacker Khan]

Remember, this is only domestic rights.Factor in International ones and we're over £8 Billion I think.

Now I know it's not comparing apples to apples, but the current deal for Scottish football is, I think, £56 Million, quite a difference.Clearly there is a gulf in the quality of product, and there are ongoing issues within Scottish football, but as someone who goes to football matches each week, I'd feel really quite uncomfortable going to watch my team if they were part of that deal.

One day soon, the arse will fall out of The Premiership and I'll take a punt that clubs aren't squirreling away this swag for a rainy day.

I've been kind of saying that for a bit now but it hasn't happened. But I agree that it seems a bit like the banking industry before it crashed, in that it does not make any economic sense for all this money to be sloshing around and a lot of it is based on fairy tale economics. And when/if it does crash people will look back and say who in their right mind though that televising Burnley V Aston Villa was worth over 10 million quid.

 

[Papas1982]

I really don't get the fuss. It's simply supply and demand. Not all of sky's mkney comes from us "poor punters". Advertisement will cover it too. I'm not sure why it's inly football that's generally giving such a bad press. How much do a list movie stars get compared to aspiring actors on sets? How much does Andy Murray earn or how much prize money is awarded to tennis stars compared to spent at grass roots.

Im not sure if it's football(ers) getting the stick or sky. A business. It's worth noting that bt paid £897m for 3 years of CL footy and they've not been criticised so severely.