Associate
- Joined
- 9 Sep 2008
- Posts
- 1,377
Wonder how high the winning bid will be?
Al Jazeera to bid for Premier League?
- Thread starter philip2009
- Start date
Wonder how high the winning bid will be?
Soldato
- Joined
- 18 Oct 2002
- Posts
- 11,701
- Location
- Cheshire
I would love to see Sky lose all the football rights, if only to completely shake up the market...
The costs to subscribe to Al Jazeera in countries where they own rights to certain key sports (Such as Camel racing in Dubai /UAE .. yes, seriously) is really very high, we would likely end up paying substantially more then we do now for Sky, and the only content of interest will be the PL games, meaning those of us who watch other stuff on Sky will have to run two subscriptions .. three if ESPN keep some games, and sky keep a few games too.
We could realistically end up shelling out £100's per month just for football.
We could realistically end up shelling out £100's per month just for football.
Or going to the pub to watch it and end up paying even more for a pint or three.
Even if the price is dropped to something more affordable to the UK, there's still the realistic possibility that we will end up paying subscriptions to three different companies which will surely be more expensive then what we pay now.
Downside is double the rates, ill want to still sub the football and retain the sky sub for the other stuff i watch on ss.
Then again, if they do an espn and package with virgin, things wouldn't be so bad... got virg tv all packaged in with the internet.
Then again, if they do an espn and package with virgin, things wouldn't be so bad... got virg tv all packaged in with the internet.
I would gladly pay that if i could watch camel racing. Sounds top tier
Caporegime
- Joined
- 1 Dec 2010
- Posts
- 53,766
- Location
- Welling, London
Be very careful what you wish for.
I was all for it when Setanta won a premier league package, but that soon turned to disappointment when it was clear that their coverage was disjointed, poorly presented and the PQ was far inferior to even Sky's SD offering.
The fact is Sky are the best at producing football. Forget money or subscription costs, that won't affect us as it is all priced similarly. I'm more interested in overall production. For that, I still think Sky are top dogs and will be for some time.
Nothing will ever beat the warm fuzzy feeling of sitting down and watching a football match on Sky Sports. I though Al Jazeera was some dodgy TV network that spewed propaganda for terrorism.
I haven't had Sky for ages (V+ user who refuses to pay OTT prices for Sky Sports) and I watched the Liverpool Arsenal game at my mums, and it was great. Shame about the result though.
I haven't had Sky for ages (V+ user who refuses to pay OTT prices for Sky Sports) and I watched the Liverpool Arsenal game at my mums, and it was great. Shame about the result though.
Sky Sports would be better if it was not for:
Ben Sheppard
Gary Neville
Graeme Souness
Jamie Redknapp
Martin Tyler
Alan Smith
... who else is there, basically all their commentators/pundits for the Premier League are woeful.. bung the Champions League in there with that as well.
Id rather watch the game in silence then listen to their tripe.
ESPN are not much better with Craig wants to be controversial Burley on the mic.
I liked it more pre Sky when games were on ad hoc on a Sunday, team lineups, sometimes miss the kickoff, dreary cameras, game without a score on the screen so if you didnt watch frmo the off you never knew what was going on... same for the time, until about the 25th minute when a graphic overlay came on.
Half time with ads, cant remember if there was analysis.. probably but nothing notable.. then 2nd half, end of game and maybe an interview if there is time to squeeze it in. Just pure football, non of this media nonsense that surrounds the game now... no need for the Ref, Physio, 4th official, Dave with his t-shirt off in the snow to become celebrities just because the camera focuses on them or some silly blonde bird with a mic goes around the ground talking to the 'fans'
Everything I now hate about the game has been caused by sky, the over analysis, the tacticians that have been bought about, the hype over tackles, the missed decisions that in the old days just got on with but now we have to see 142 replays and get 16 expert opinions on to decide if Robin Van Persie really did fart. I just cba, plus at 25 quid a month or whatever Virgin charge me, its a joke.
The fact that my Mrs likes to watch it, says a lot to me. She wouldnt go near football, now its like a soap opera with a game in the middle that may or may not mean anything, but with added fanfare of Pardew celebrating in front of O'Neill... god forbid.
Ben Sheppard
Gary Neville
Graeme Souness
Jamie Redknapp
Martin Tyler
Alan Smith
... who else is there, basically all their commentators/pundits for the Premier League are woeful.. bung the Champions League in there with that as well.
Id rather watch the game in silence then listen to their tripe.
ESPN are not much better with Craig wants to be controversial Burley on the mic.
I liked it more pre Sky when games were on ad hoc on a Sunday, team lineups, sometimes miss the kickoff, dreary cameras, game without a score on the screen so if you didnt watch frmo the off you never knew what was going on... same for the time, until about the 25th minute when a graphic overlay came on.
Half time with ads, cant remember if there was analysis.. probably but nothing notable.. then 2nd half, end of game and maybe an interview if there is time to squeeze it in. Just pure football, non of this media nonsense that surrounds the game now... no need for the Ref, Physio, 4th official, Dave with his t-shirt off in the snow to become celebrities just because the camera focuses on them or some silly blonde bird with a mic goes around the ground talking to the 'fans'
Everything I now hate about the game has been caused by sky, the over analysis, the tacticians that have been bought about, the hype over tackles, the missed decisions that in the old days just got on with but now we have to see 142 replays and get 16 expert opinions on to decide if Robin Van Persie really did fart. I just cba, plus at 25 quid a month or whatever Virgin charge me, its a joke.
The fact that my Mrs likes to watch it, says a lot to me. She wouldnt go near football, now its like a soap opera with a game in the middle that may or may not mean anything, but with added fanfare of Pardew celebrating in front of O'Neill... god forbid.
Soldato
- Joined
- 8 Nov 2006
- Posts
- 7,663
- Location
- Ireland/Northern Ireland Border
I think pre SKY more people actually went out and watched their local clubs live. Rather than everyone supporting whoever was the flavour of the month on TV.
Remember the Newcastle fans everywhere under Keegan?
Same here.
ESPN are garbage and Setanta was worse. Sky do an overall good job and I'm happy with what I pay for. Would rather not pay more for less games and get some dodgy channel get it with random **** pundits they would end up hiring.