The premier League gone mad!

[kayos]

So Sky and BT are paying £5.14 billion for the rights to televise football matches!!??

This is more than the GDP of some 50 small countries!

Has the world gone mad? Where will it end?

Million pound a week wages? £50 a month to watch Sky? More foreign players, damaging the international team's chances of ever doing anything? More players only playing for money, not pride in the club? More diving, cheating and conning the ref? No benefit to the supporters at all in lower ticket prices, just more games played at any time other than the traditional 3pm on a Saturday?

Thank goodness I am not a football fan...............or a Sky Sports customer!!

[Philthebag]

Considering murdochs personal worth is over 13 billion a drop on the ocean for him, what I can't understand is why the owner of Facebook paid silly amounts for what's app, it's life the rich get richer, and money makes money fact,

[Bob C]

Madness. & £50 a Month for Sky lol. More like £75.

[kayos]

Madness. & £50 a Month for Sky lol. More like £75.

Probably Bob, I meant just the sports package, but as I don't have any sports with Virgin, I was just guessing! Can't understand how they will recoup their investment? I thought football was supposed to be a "Working man's game!" You would need some damn good work to pay for it these days!

[KeithB]

With the amount of Android / IPTV boxes floating around it's a wonder they recoup anything.

[Philthebag]

Probably Bob, I meant just the sports package, but as I don't have any sports with Virgin, I was just guessing! Can't understand how they will recoup their investment? I thought football was supposed to be a "Working man's game!" You would need some damn good work to pay for it these days!

That's what there claiming that there investment is giving the sport back to the working class man haha yea right.

[Philthebag]

However my mate has a local pub that holds around 300 people max, sky charge pubs by the square metre and for that people they wanted £1400 a month subscription, then £500 plus for box office events. that's how they make there money.

[Nooo Fish]

However my mate has a local pub that holds around 300 people max, sky charge pubs by the square metre and for that people they wanted £1400 a month subscription, then £500 plus for box office events. that's how they make there money.

Nee the wonder loads of pubs and WMC are closing down. It wouldn't be so bad if they got to pick from all games played every week. It would bring a lot more people in regularly.

[Philthebag]

Nee the wonder loads of pubs and WMC are closing down. It wouldn't be so bad if they got to pick from all games played every week. It would bring a lot more people in regularly.

I agree surely they could bring regional versions out all the weatherspoons pay £1million a month for sky!!!!!

[Codqueen]

I agree surely they could bring regional versions out all the weatherspoons pay £1million a month for sky!!!!!

I have never been in a Wetherspoon's pub that shows live football matches, Sky news, with the sound turn down, yes, but not live games.

Is it different in England?

[Philthebag]

Not sure about Scotland but most if not all in England have the live football on.

[Codqueen]

Not sure about Scotland but most if not all in England have the live football on.

News to me, I thought the whole point of this chain was a no music, no TV, other than Sky news with subtitles and the sound turned down?

[lead chucker]

Are those android box thingy mejigs any good do they work, sky is a rip off like, but need dave for river monsters and top gear but I'm considering a box thingy, gone off point a bit, yes football gone mad, that Chelsea boss is boring egotisticąl knob

[paul davison]

So Sky and BT are paying £5.14 billion for the rights to televise football matches!!??

This is more than the GDP of some 50 small countries!

Has the world gone mad? Where will it end?

Million pound a week wages? £50 a month to watch Sky? More foreign players, damaging the international team's chances of ever doing anything? More players only playing for money, not pride in the club? More diving, cheating and conning the ref? No benefit to the supporters at all in lower ticket prices, just more games played at any time other than the traditional 3pm on a Saturday?

Thank goodness I am not a football fan...............or a Sky Sports customer!!

why make a thread on the English Premier league then? or the investment in it by SKY? especially since you're a jock non-football fan? doesn't make much sense to me

[kayos]

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why make a thread on the English Premier league then? or the investment in it by SKY? especially since you're a jock non-football fan? doesn't make much sense to me

Says the man who joined a fishing forum, but has never actually taken the time to post a thread about fishing!!