TV RIGHTS

This is a different kind of entry for me , but variety as they say is the spice of life.

A landland in portsmouth was taken to court because she used a non prescribed satalite decoder , so in others words it was not approved and the big companys didnt like it cus she was watching with the people in her pub either cheaper football or free football.

The European Union has now ruled (Brace yourself as it was in our favour (or at the moment it is) that there is nothing anyone can do to stop people buying cheap satlite decoders and watching premiership football from other stations except SKY and ESPN.

I have news for you , many people watch premiership football online and free or for whatever they pay for their internet service and have done for ages.
The reason is becuase it is expensive to have to pay for sky and espn and other channels and some people just have not got the money to do this , plus many countries actaully watch the English premier league football without paying - I know Hong Kong does as when i was there I sat in my room one morning and watched a live game that kicked off a 3pm - Now how many games do we get to see that kick off at 3pm on a saturday live , I dont think i have ever heard of one to be honest.

So whats the answer.
The answer in my view is the football clubs bring down footyballers wages to a level where they are not treated as supreme beings and players dont get over £50,000 a year and that would mean the clubs had smaller over heads and would not need as much money to pay players and this should have a knock on effect , which would be hopefully cheaper tickets for the fans and maybe even cheaper team shirts.
That would inturn mean the FA or the Premier league did not need as much money from the rights that they sell and that would in turn hopefully mean that if the TV companies did not have to pay as much for the rights to screen the football the people at home would not have to pay as much to watch it.
That would mean everybody including the fans , the clubs , the Tv channels had less overheads and the fans would pay less to watch at home and at the grounds making them happy,
That would mean the clubs did not have such high wages so they could still make profits and maybe make more profits which could lead to a reduction in costs of shirts.
That would mean the TV broadcasters who had not paid as much to screen the football would noty have to charge as much to allow people to watching and more people may sign up , but saying that free is still free at the end of the day - So i know i for one would always take free over being charged even if the commentary is not in English , but as i have said to others you dont need the commentary to "WATCH" football