Bradders wrote:It's a ridiculous blackout, if the EFL have control of it.
Not least because there are lots of avid fans who simply cannot go to matches, and many more who can't afford the considerable cost of travelling to away matches. We all know that there are ways around the ban, although these aren't open to the less tech-minded. But there seems to be little effect on gate numbers. The experience of actually attending will remain a huge draw to those able and willing.
It's harsh that someone who has followed a club for perhaps sixty years but is now too elderly to attend games, should be denied access to a match that's being streamed live. Even though their subscription will benefit the EFL and the club.
You may be much younger, and too disabled to go. Or you may be ill. There are a lot of people who would benefit from an end to the ban.
young vanish wrote:Should it also incorporate a season ticket holder benefit?
Everyone paying the same flat fee, currently £10, would mean oldwestander & others in similar positions paying a hefty additional £230 for home league games alone.
young vanish wrote:Should it also incorporate a season ticket holder benefit?
Everyone paying the same flat fee, currently £10, would mean oldwestander & others in similar positions paying a hefty additional £230 for home league games alone.
gazza1988 wrote:Home games would be available though. You can't allow one without the other.
If our home game is unavailable it will be available for the away team. So available to home fans.
It's all or nothing..
one f in mansfield wrote:gazza1988 wrote:Home games would be available though. You can't allow one without the other.
If our home game is unavailable it will be available for the away team. So available to home fans.
It's all or nothing..
Disagree , if you registered as a support of any club you get a membership number , enter your membership number to watch a game . if your number is not for an away game of your club then you cannot subscribe , sorted .
one f in mansfield wrote:young vanish wrote:Should it also incorporate a season ticket holder benefit?
Everyone paying the same flat fee, currently £10, would mean oldwestander & others in similar positions paying a hefty additional £230 for home league games alone.
I live 20 miles away and getting there for night games makes it a bit of a rush , if I had the option of watching from home tomorrow I would consider it , If others felt the same way then crowds / atmosphere and support for the players would suffer , With a little bit of planning I will be there and that is how it should be for home games . feel sorry for anyone who cannot make home games for what ever reason but I don't think home games should be available .
one f in mansfield wrote:gazza1988 wrote:Home games would be available though. You can't allow one without the other.
If our home game is unavailable it will be available for the away team. So available to home fans.
It's all or nothing..
Disagree , if you registered as a support of any club you get a membership number , enter your membership number to watch a game . if your number is not for an away game of your club then you cannot subscribe , sorted .
Sedgwick wrote:Ive just used a vpn when I cant travel and its not on a weekday. Club still gets the money
Just open it up to all
Marky Mark wrote:I suspect that there'd end up being some price tiering involved, and wouldnt be surpised if it ended up being bundled in with a season ticket. Ultimately the club aren't going to want to end up losing out on money because of this, and why would they - so there'd be no benefit to them in making ifollow cheaper than a season ticket, or cheaper than a pay on the day - so I'd also expect that a single home game would end up being more than a pay on the day. It's the only way the pricing structure would work - there's no incentive for them in making it cheaper to stay at home and watch it.
Bradders wrote:Marky Mark wrote:I suspect that there'd end up being some price tiering involved, and wouldnt be surpised if it ended up being bundled in with a season ticket. Ultimately the club aren't going to want to end up losing out on money because of this, and why would they - so there'd be no benefit to them in making ifollow cheaper than a season ticket, or cheaper than a pay on the day - so I'd also expect that a single home game would end up being more than a pay on the day. It's the only way the pricing structure would work - there's no incentive for them in making it cheaper to stay at home and watch it.
I don't think that it's as simple as people choosing whether to watch the match from home or at the ground. They're two very different products. A lot of people only go to one or two matches per season, and if iFollow was available for all matches they'd probably watch a lot more games, and still turn up only for one or two. The iFollow price should remain somewhat cheaper than a match ticket, as it's likely to attract the less committed.
Some sort of season ticket scheme might be possible, but there's not much point in us trying to devise one.
Marky Mark wrote:Bradders wrote:Marky Mark wrote:I suspect that there'd end up being some price tiering involved, and wouldnt be surpised if it ended up being bundled in with a season ticket. Ultimately the club aren't going to want to end up losing out on money because of this, and why would they - so there'd be no benefit to them in making ifollow cheaper than a season ticket, or cheaper than a pay on the day - so I'd also expect that a single home game would end up being more than a pay on the day. It's the only way the pricing structure would work - there's no incentive for them in making it cheaper to stay at home and watch it.
I don't think that it's as simple as people choosing whether to watch the match from home or at the ground. They're two very different products. A lot of people only go to one or two matches per season, and if iFollow was available for all matches they'd probably watch a lot more games, and still turn up only for one or two. The iFollow price should remain somewhat cheaper than a match ticket, as it's likely to attract the less committed.
Some sort of season ticket scheme might be possible, but there's not much point in us trying to devise one.
They're the same product, but different ways of obtaining it. For that reason you cant make the possibility of watching 23 home games on your tv per season cheaper than buying a season ticket to sit in the ground, regardless of how many times the purchaser would or wouldn't have gone to the game - and for the same reason you cant make purchasing the game to watch on the day cheaper than it would be to walk up and buy. No club would (or should) allow watching every game on tv to be cheaper than going into the ground.
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