Kellfire
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But it's only an option because demand isn't there. If demand was higher, these deals wouldn't exist.
Is Football Finished?
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But it's only an option because demand isn't there. If demand was higher, these deals wouldn't exist.
Doon frae Troon
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The fact that most EPL teams can now run at a profit without any spectators should send an alarm bell ringing.
No crowd = no atmosphere = no interest in game. Perhaps the TV companies will dub in the crowds.
Interesting that these clubs will still charge extortionate entry fees/season tickets when in reality they could let the fans in for nothing.
No crowd = no atmosphere = no interest in game. Perhaps the TV companies will dub in the crowds.
Interesting that these clubs will still charge extortionate entry fees/season tickets when in reality they could let the fans in for nothing.
Its not finished, its just evolving and will continue to evolve. It may, eventually, go the way of American Football did way back when many clubs folded and the NFL/AFL was born.
MegaSteve
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Jeepers... I'd just like to mention there's a whole lot more to football than the Prem or any of the other top tier leagues... Footie will only be 'finished' when there's not enough folk willing to turn out for any of the many 'local' teams playing in a park near to you any weekend of the year...
Doon frae Troon
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On my village playing field you tend to see more kids playing rugby than football
You get that in certain areas, always have done. The Border areas are big rugby areas for example. Leicester, Bath, Gloucester are big rugby places in England. Come to the NE of England and it is football central. Yes there is rugby but it is very much a minority sport in this area. Unless it has changed Liverpool and Manchester were the same.
BristolMike
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Flint will do really well at boro, top defender.
GB72
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That to a certain extent true (though Tigers have had to substantially increase their ground size over recent years as they have a significant number of season ticket holders).
Did a recent report not say that premier league clubs really did not need ticket revenue. Surely this is an ideal way of making sure this and future generations get to see their club live.
Orikoru
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Or from the football club's perspective - an ideal way to charge as much as they bloody like without having to worry about what happens if people stop coming.
MegaSteve
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Possibly why fitba is struggling and footie is doing OK...
Not in my mind. It's changed, not wholly for the better and needs a radical boost at grass roots level with kids given access to decent pitches and facilities. I miss the unique atmosphere of standing on the terraces and if it works in Germany I feel it could work here again.
Doon frae Troon
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Leicester is not really a rugby town from the playing point of view although the Tigers are the best supported Club side in England.
Local kids play football in far, far greater numbers than rugby. When I lived in Somerset the same was true of Bath.
