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World Cup 2006 rights bidding starts 2moro
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<blockquote data-quote="jimbo" data-source="post: 80308" data-attributes="member: 175309"><p>I think you sky haters have it all wrong. The real 'tax collectors' are the organisations that run football, demanding astronomical fees for TV rights so they can pay players anything up to £100,000 per week. That sort of money multiplied through a squad plus the pay for managers, coaches and various support staff doesn't come through the turnstiles. It comes from marketing and TV rights plays a big part. So Sky pay the going rate and the BBC can't afford to. Sky's charges to cover their outlay doesn't seem OTT to me. Over 100 channels (yep some rubbish agreed) Sky Sports 1,2,3 and extra for just under £8 per week seems reasonable in the scale of things I just described. FFS it costs £25 to go to one game.</p><p></p><p>So if you think it's too much get on to the football powers that be and suggest they lower players wages to £100,000 a year instead of a week. I can see the point to that because I could scrape by on it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jimbo, post: 80308, member: 175309"] I think you sky haters have it all wrong. The real 'tax collectors' are the organisations that run football, demanding astronomical fees for TV rights so they can pay players anything up to £100,000 per week. That sort of money multiplied through a squad plus the pay for managers, coaches and various support staff doesn't come through the turnstiles. It comes from marketing and TV rights plays a big part. So Sky pay the going rate and the BBC can't afford to. Sky's charges to cover their outlay doesn't seem OTT to me. Over 100 channels (yep some rubbish agreed) Sky Sports 1,2,3 and extra for just under £8 per week seems reasonable in the scale of things I just described. FFS it costs £25 to go to one game. So if you think it's too much get on to the football powers that be and suggest they lower players wages to £100,000 a year instead of a week. I can see the point to that because I could scrape by on it. [/QUOTE]
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