DEL Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Mel is right on this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz_The_Ram Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 9 minutes ago, Tombo said: Would you prefer he didn't write a letter and take a stand against the FL? That's all he's really done, he isn't the one that went to the papers. My comments on this are ever so slightly tongue in cheek. I just don't like chairmen. Ever since the Maxwell era I've had 'chairman issues.' ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dcfc10 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Im all for it as long as the extra money don't go into the players pockets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennington Ram Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 45 minutes ago, EssendonRam said: As an Australian-based lifelong Derby supporter, he is absolutely right. Good point - I hadn't really thought about the international supporters as well. Teams like ourselves, Leeds, Newcastle, Forest, even Sheff Utd, Charlton etc in League One, must have plenty. I just don't understand the need for the Football League to basically force clubs to respect the really tight-arsed middle man that is Sky and other international rights providers, other than that I suppose Sky guarantees the status quo can be maintained for set periods at a time. They are probably still terrified of what happened when ITV Digital sank, but the longer it goes on, the longer they bleed money to a product that's fast becoming irrelevant. Why do we need a Sky Sports subscription if the Football League can give Derby an app that can just stream to a Chromecast/Apple TV/Amazon Fire/whatever-enabled TV? If FL clubs had a good streaming platform to deploy, they'd have a quality product that would have a worldwide customer base. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 3 hours ago, therealhantsram said: What's particularly interesting this that this comes a week after the news that DCFC are pulling out of the Football League website & mobile app deal to go it alone. I do wonder if Mel sees a money making opportunity there. New website was actually announced back in August, the TV rights were discussed and I think Scott posted Mel's thoughts a few weeks ago at the supporters committee meeting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North East Ram Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 58 minutes ago, Daz_The_Ram said: My comments on this are ever so slightly tongue in cheek. I just don't like chairmen. Ever since the Maxwell era I've had 'chairman issues.' ;-) I don't like economists since that ruddy Hitler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-Ram Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Can someone let me know if this is a Mirror report l should believe. I am getting terribly confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteHorseRam Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 1 hour ago, Daz_The_Ram said: My comments on this are ever so slightly tongue in cheek. I just don't like chairmen. Ever since the Maxwell era I've had 'chairman issues.' ;-) Would it help if they stood up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mostyn6 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 3 hours ago, Dcfc10 said: Im all for it as long as the extra money don't go into the players pockets. who do you propose the money goes to then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynny Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 24 minutes ago, Mostyn6 said: who do you propose the money goes to then? The fans, obviously... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynny Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 This part has got me thinking; Morris has been exasperated by the Football League’s insistence that their TV deals include a confidentiality clause so the exact information and figures are not shared with members. are we under the impression that the EFL are not distributing the money fairly or are they getting a bigger slice of the TV money than they are letting on? Or is it more a due diligence on oir part to make sure that neither of those are the case. If you are the EFL why would you want a confidentially clause in any agreement unless you didn't want people to see what was going off? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archied Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 It's progress ,,, every club should have the ability or option to stream live games and sell on match basis or season ticket to all games ,, as a fan living in london I would pay for a season ticket to watch all our games live ,, much rather have a real season ticket like I've had over the years but it's just too much of a travel and time consumer for me now ,, crack on Mel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 I bet it would cost the same as a match ticket. a bit more than the £7 fee to Now TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archied Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 3 minutes ago, RamNut said: I bet it would cost the same as a match ticket. a bit more than the £7 fee to Now TV. Would pay that ,, after all I used to have season ticket plus travel plus eats so quids in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 3 minutes ago, archied said: Would pay that ,, after all I used to have season ticket plus travel plus eats so quids in I reckon you'll still have to eat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brady1993 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 16 minutes ago, RamNut said: I bet it would cost the same as a match ticket. a bit more than the £7 fee to Now TV. I'm not sure it would make economical sense to charge it the same as a match ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brady1993 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 1 hour ago, rynny said: This part has got me thinking; Morris has been exasperated by the Football League’s insistence that their TV deals include a confidentiality clause so the exact information and figures are not shared with members. are we under the impression that the EFL are not distributing the money fairly or are they getting a bigger slice of the TV money than they are letting on? Or is it more a due diligence on oir part to make sure that neither of those are the case. If you are the EFL why would you want a confidentially clause in any agreement unless you didn't want people to see what was going off? I think it's probably due diligence and wanting a say on possibly better ventures. However these confidentiality clauses and the general lack of cooperation from the football league sound very suspicious to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadioactiveWaste Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 16 minutes ago, brady1993 said: I'm not sure it would make economical sense to charge it the same as a match ticket. If streaming of games was priced at say, 75% of cheapest match tickets when not on TV - thatd be a way to sell it as "an alternative for fans who cannot attend" and not undermining actual attendance. Might not be the way to maximize revenue but it might be an easier sell to the EFL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 5 hours ago, Tim Bucktoo said: I don't like economists since that ruddy Hitler Or artists. Or Sudetenland annexers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 The EFL do seem very inconsistent when it comes to new tech, it was only 2 years ago they were telling everyone how they were linking all the grounds in the league to a fibre optic network. http://mobile.efl.com/news/article/20140814awaygamesbeamingrg-1828606.aspx One game beemed back, and not a word since! One thing I'd say, I think the collective distribution of rights money is one of the strengths of English football, and a major reason why we can support 92 full time league clubs in the 1st place. Any move to overturn this and instead operate an everyman for himself policy would cause significant long term harm to English football. It's a rare example of collective good outweighing individual interests. However, if Mel, as a person with a great track record when it comes to innovation, can see a way for the league as a whole to enrich itself, the league would be foolish not to at least listen to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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