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Games are shown in pubs al over the world; what's the diff?
The pubs don't get a giant cheque from the broadcasters.
In general, pubs pay much higher licensing fees (as far as I am aware) to account for their showing the content to many more people (and the revenue they generate off it)
Showing the matches in stadium is basically biting the hand that feeds.
Playing devil's advocate here, but for the sake of discussion:
How many of the fans who would turn up to an empty stadium to watch on a big screen, don't already pay for whatever subscription is needed to also view at home?
(I don't expect anyone to actually have this number, just a question posed for consideration).
I'm sure similarly a mutually beneficial arrangement could be found.
Not to a great extent; not when you consider TV and advertising revenue on a global basis.
If clubs were free to screen away games as they wish, and thus incentives to do so to rake in concessions revenue? Basically all of them. Which is why I would imagine they're contractually prohibited from doing so unless they receive express permission for special occasions.
Broadcasters have to have the advertising revenue to recoup the billions they spend purchasing the rights to show games. Clubs open for business on away games will hurt their subscription numbers which impacts their ability to negotiate advertising fees.
It's all a philosophical debate about nothing. Spurs don't screen away matches, which means they aren't allowed to. Otherwise there's no way Levy isn't opening up the drinks and food counters in the stadium. He ain't passing up a buck.
I understand the current model.
I still don't think the number of bodies in question would be that detrimental in the grand scheme of things..... We're talking a fraction of the match-day crowd; a large portion of which may very well watch the games in the pub anyway (if they're even being shown here!).
The broadcast in the stadium could still show the same adverts & sky branding so that aspect of the viewing figures needn't be lost anyway.
Different discussion; but if they made the subs cheaper(*) here more people would pay for the general coverage even if they were also match-day fans that also went to the pub for their club's big games.
(*The big obstacle for most is the fact you have to subscribe to a shit TV package before you can add BT or Sky on top..... If it was just £25 pcm streaming subscription many more would be all over it.)
It's hardly a whimsical concept though..... Deals get struck, precedents get set.... Not every club has a stadium that would suit this kind of initiative.... We do though.
It's a good debate - and one I'm sure the clubs & broadcasters will have had at various levels. I'm wondering if, on a week-to-week basis, if it might not be financially worth Spurs opening the stadium to screen an away game. Norwich isn't a run-of-the-mill fixture and shouldn't be used as the yardstick.
I reckon if there was a profit in it for the clubs & broadcasters they'd be doing it by now.
Things evolve though and behind the scenes you'd imagine such convo's are routinely resurrected......
As per my last post..... Some stadiums are more 'modular' than others; which is why i think it may be more viable for us than most.
Let’s hope to fuck Lawrenson doesn’t say that , he’s always wrong!
But don’t forget Mrs P , the goons are more than likely going to bottle it , yet again
Fingers crossed
And not forgetting the Conte effect , which is a major plus
The contracts, however, aren't signed on a club to club basis. As you say, not all clubs have facilities capable of really supporting something like that (certainly not as well as ours can). So why would the vast majority of clubs, who can't turn as much if any revenue out of this as we could, support the minority's quest to carve away more niche revenue. So we end up negotiating against the broadcasters and our peer clubs.
It's a difficult sale. It's basically excluded from every sports broadcasting contract as this isn't happening in any major sport in the world.
I love the idea, just feel like it's next to impossible to get done.
Well Great Yarmouth is only down the road... so you never know!!
Need to go into this game like Liverpool have been doing the last few years; no fear. Shouldn’t be worrying about them scoring. Only thing on our mind should be getting the first goal and then the second and then the third. We should be able to beat these guys in third gear but I expect our team to be in fifth from the off. No excuses really. 90mins to play your pants off and the summer holidays, here we come!
hopefully norwich half come out to have a go and try to sign out with a win, if they do i fancy son to get golden boot. surely kane will be passing any pens over ( if the points are in the bag of course)