So you can't have an opinion about something that doesn't impact you directly now, that's interesting...
The reasons are in this thread
If you don't live in the Uk, surely you can already watch 3pm sats? (Or whatever the time is where you are?)
Yeah agree here.
There is no proof it works. Most fans of lower league clubs will also prefer to watch live football than on tv because the whole point is they want to attend live football. I haven't met a single person while attending matches that would start skipping matches because they can watch 3pm Premier League matches. There is no basis for it making any tangible difference.
The average League Two club brings in 4m in revenue, 12.5% of which comes directly from payments from the Premier League. The lower leagues are a financial disaster which are already propped up and kept alive by the top of the game. The English game is also the only country in the world who provide these payments to prop up lower league clubs.
I didn’t say you can’t have an opinion did I. Don’t be so juvenile. I just struggle to understand why you are bothered about something that has no effect on how you consume football because clearly you can watch games at 3pm GMT on a Saturday.
it’s ridiculous to talk about proof when there no proof that is doesn’t work. We can both smash out anecdotal evidence based on our own personal experiences.
Yes, I can. But even if I couldn't, and say Liverpool were on at 3pm and my local team played at the same time, I'd simply stream it. There's no difference anymore... People have acccess to whichever game they want to these days, one way or another, and it's their choice to stay at home or not.
But Utd are on the internet at the same time right now all the time? One Google search and you have a HD stream on your TV in half a minute, what's the difference?
It’s never the same quality, and is a phaff and I’m certainly not going to watch a stream with non English commentary. Perhaps I’m looking in the wrong places
People do say things like "feck it I'll stay at home it's on the tele" hungover on a wet Saturday lunch time though. Figures won't be an issue for teams like United, Liverpool as can always find buyers, but I can see numbers taking a hit elsewhere in the league. That's why the broadcast ban existed, but obviously there's too much money involved for it to continue.
None of us know how the lower league teams would be affected by lifting the blackout. However, I think there's more to it than the players' wages and putting money into infrastructure for clubs in the National League or non-league football.
If they can spread the games out across more days, they can air more of them at different times, which means more money from broadcasters.
OK, but they could still avoid 3pm Saturday and spread the games out. For example, PL kick-off times could be 12:30pm, 5:30pm and 8:00pm Saturday; 12:30pm, 3:00pm, 5:30pm and 8:00pm Sunday; and 8:00pm on Monday. That's 8 different kick-off times for only 10 matches per week, meaning nearly all could be shown without viewers having to choose between matches, it protects the Saturday 3pm slot for clubs lower down the pyramid who need fans at the stadium and allows all PL matches to be shown on TV in the UK.
Well, sure. But you initially asked why the Premier League doesn't play all of its games on Sunday. There's your answer.
There's an issue with the police not liking night games on weekends, so I'm not sure they're ok with Sat/Sun 8pm every week.
