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Post by Andy K on May 5, 2023 17:52:30 GMT
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Post by Amber Aleman on May 5, 2023 18:40:23 GMT
248 League Two matches a season: if my arithmetic is correct (by no means certain!), we can expect to be on TV about ten times in 2024/25 - provided we're still in League Two then.
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Post by Del on May 5, 2023 21:30:01 GMT
Sounds like a very good deal with more money and more publicity.
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Post by Stewart on May 6, 2023 7:26:24 GMT
Sounds like a very good deal with more money and more publicity. Not so good for away fans, as I assume kick off times will be changed.
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Post by Del on May 6, 2023 9:14:35 GMT
Sounds like a very good deal with more money and more publicity. Not so good for away fans, as I assume kick off times will be changed. You can get up to Carlisle if you start off at 3 in the morning !!! lol
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Post by boomboom on May 6, 2023 9:34:10 GMT
248 League Two matches a season: if my arithmetic is correct (by no means certain!), we can expect to be on TV about ten times in 2024/25 - provided we're still in League Two then. That assumes that the matches will be spread proportionally across the clubs but there's no mention of that in the report. I might be in a small minority but I'm far from enthused with the deal. Whilst not a hardline traditionalist in the vast majority of things in life, football kicking off at 3pm on Saturdays is all but sacrosanct for me (plus midweek evening KOs of course). We can now expect silly KO times and it's now not beyond the realms of possibility some could be returning home from trips to the likes of Barrow and Carlisle in the early hours of a Monday morning. (The report refers to streaming on 12.30 Saturdays but no mention of the broadcast times.) It's just another example of TV's stranglehold on how football is run with real fans put second to those in their armchairs or in clubs & pubs. Quite what size audiences there'll be for say Mansfield v Colchester I wouldn't care to predict given the saturation of football on TV already but no doubt Sky have done their research and sums to consider it worthwhile. As for the money, a 50% increase on 2018 by the time we get to 2029 will have all but evaporated, if it hasn't already, because of inflation. In any case, the experience of the Premier League suggests it'll nearly all end up in players' wage packets. Any additional publicity will surely be negligible. The only silver linings I can see for us is the option of watching some away matches if we don't wish to travel and are happy to cough up to Sky...plus....a little bit of funding for, say, ground improvements.
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Post by baboonfish on May 6, 2023 9:38:00 GMT
That's a significant increase in TV revenue. IMO it will make the division even more competitive next season, with clubs willing to spend big in a scramble to stay up. We've seen a few endangered clubs spend big each Jan. I see next season as a make or break for our ambitions to establish ourselves as a League club long term, and it will be a real dogfight. Hopefully Matt's budget for the season reflects the importance of this. A little more strength in depth would go a long way on the balance of this season.
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Post by markf on May 6, 2023 10:29:05 GMT
While understandably the clubs will gleefully take the extra cash on offer, as others have said, this could be a real kick in the teeth for fans.
I have Sky but the experience of the Covid season tells me watching on TV is not the same as being actually in attendance.
Referee's would probably prefer it though !
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Post by garethl on May 6, 2023 14:37:10 GMT
Seems a good deal. Does it create more of a cliff edge to NL? Or are the ‘parachute’ type payments adjusted? The coming season looks like a pivotal one for the history of our club.
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