<]:^D wrote:the blackout rule is ridiculous in this day and age
"oh no, theres no football on, ill go watch Accrington Stanley instead"
It's not that way round though that's the worry is it?
It's meant to be stopping an Accrington Stanley fan staying in and watching Man United v Liverpool instead. You might get season ticket holders at lower league/non-leagie clubs picking and choosing games based on what's on TV. Some of it might be scare-mongering but you can definitely see it happening towards the end of the season when there could be decisive PL games on and some people decide to watch them instead.
To be honest, I have no problem with 3pm games on a Saturday not being shown. There aren't shortages of watchable games across the week and it's largely oversaturated coverage of the same half a dozen teams anyway.
Not every game needs to be televised. As a Boro fan, I get to see half a dozen or so games on TV each year (a little more if we are in the promotion battles). I can accept that, so why can't Chelsea, United, City, Liverpool fans who gets to see upwards of 20-30 matches a year?
For me, if we aren't on TV I accept I will have to listen to the local radio (I pay a subscription fee but that's fine as it's locally made and decent), or I have to get myself there in person. Back when I was in the UK, I got a season ticket so I could see the home games.
For fans that live apart from their teams, why do you demand even more coverage? As I said, these fans tend to support the big clubs who get a massive share of the coverage pie (and cash) already. Missing out on games is part and parcel of being a fan of a big side and living elsewhere. You're already missing out on going to home games every other week, so I don't know why people get uppity about TV coverage. You made the choice to follow one that's a couple of hundred miles away.
I'm not sure why some fans demand games at 3pm. 90% of other fans have to accept their team rarely being on TV.