After all the faux outrage over ESL accusing the clubs involved of pretty much what broadcasters who secured the right to broadcast Premier League and Champions League football have themselves been doing for 3 decades now, one main point that needs to be addressed urgently by the Government review is for broadcasters to HAVE to make sports packages more cost effective for football fans and for them be able to pay significantly lower fees to watch games involving their team of choice only
I was in favour of the ESL, because I believe that Sky Bt and other broadcasters have been allowed to fleece fans and bleed them dry for far too long and that with the event of an ESL, fans would then be able to pay significantly reduced fees for packages to watch their club only, which on the face of it, is how it should be were it regulated properly, with the vats majority of proceeds/profits for subscriptions to view a club's games, going to that club, a fair system for the clubs and the fans
The current unmerited blanket coverage of women's football is just another example of broadcasters exploiting fans of clubs who only subscribe to watch games involving their team and making these fans hand over money that they can invest elsewhere to try and expand into new sports or different branches of existing sports and create a niche and new market for themselves to then over charge fans again
Fans need to be able to watch more games of their clubs games and select to watch other leagues of their choice if say they have an interest in watching other top European leagues because their teams Champions League competitors play in them
Sky BT and co had an awful lot to say about ESL, but they're the one's hugely over charging millions of fans for other services and products they don't want, using these fans money to try and invest in and expand into other markets - It's similar in my view to the issues we had with banking for many years, to PPI even, customers being forced to pay for services they don't want or need, it needs putting a stop to, it's never been acceptable
"If Everton were playing at the bottom of my garden, i'd close the curtains”
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