June 13th Premier League return?

We'll be at it until a vaccine is found it seems.

comment by kneerash-23 Cara Gold (U6876)
posted 2 hours, 1 minute ago
People still watch loads of it though
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Does this mean we'd get enormous highs whilst watching games followed by a massive feeling of guilt and shame at the final whistle?

could do with any kind of sport back on the box tbf

People said amazon and Facebook would dominate the previous bidding process but it didn't happen.

comment by FootyMcfootfoot (U21853)
posted 3 minutes ago
People said amazon and Facebook would dominate the previous bidding process but it didn't happen.
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Which people?

comment by Champers - Pow! Right in the kisser (U6859)
posted 22 minutes ago
comment by FootyMcfootfoot (U21853)
posted 3 minutes ago
People said amazon and Facebook would dominate the previous bidding process but it didn't happen.
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Which people?
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The media. The PL also believed it was simply a matter of time before they entered the fray. It didn't materialise and the bids were lower than anticipated.

Amazon secured a 'cheap' deal for some games, testing the water, but the PL was hoping FB/Amazon/Netflix would look to bid for multiple packages.

comment by FootyMcfootfoot (U21853)
posted 32 seconds ago
comment by Champers - Pow! Right in the kisser (U6859)
posted 22 minutes ago
comment by FootyMcfootfoot (U21853)
posted 3 minutes ago
People said amazon and Facebook would dominate the previous bidding process but it didn't happen.
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Which people?
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The media. The PL also believed it was simply a matter of time before they entered the fray. It didn't materialise and the bids were lower than anticipated.

Amazon secured a 'cheap' deal for some games, testing the water, but the PL was hoping FB/Amazon/Netflix would look to bid for multiple packages.
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Having dipped their toe into the water, it will remain to be seen if Amazon are happy with their current deal going forward or whether they see it worthwhile in going for the whole lot at the next bidding process.

The only thing you can be sure of is that if they do want the whole package, there's not really anyone out there that could stop them. Amazon are comfortably rich enough will take what they want if they want it badly enough.

comment by Champers - Pow! Right in the kisser (U6859)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by FootyMcfootfoot (U21853)
posted 32 seconds ago
comment by Champers - Pow! Right in the kisser (U6859)
posted 22 minutes ago
comment by FootyMcfootfoot (U21853)
posted 3 minutes ago
People said amazon and Facebook would dominate the previous bidding process but it didn't happen.
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Which people?
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The media. The PL also believed it was simply a matter of time before they entered the fray. It didn't materialise and the bids were lower than anticipated.

Amazon secured a 'cheap' deal for some games, testing the water, but the PL was hoping FB/Amazon/Netflix would look to bid for multiple packages.
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Having dipped their toe into the water, it will remain to be seen if Amazon are happy with their current deal going forward or whether they see it worthwhile in going for the whole lot at the next bidding process.

The only thing you can be sure of is that if they do want the whole package, there's not really anyone out there that could stop them. Amazon are comfortably rich enough will take what they want if they want it badly enough.
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I agree. Bezos is a megalomaniac though and his ego won't let him just high ball the competition. He likes to use amazon's strength as leverage.

I suspect they will toy with sky and bt for a while so they are less inclined to try and compete, which may allow amazon to get some packages they see as value.
Much like they did with the 100 million package but I think it will slowly snowball.

If people think levy is shrewd Bezos wrote the manual 😅

comment by FootyMcfootfoot (U21853)
posted 33 minutes ago
comment by Champers - Pow! Right in the kisser (U6859)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by FootyMcfootfoot (U21853)
posted 32 seconds ago
comment by Champers - Pow! Right in the kisser (U6859)
posted 22 minutes ago
comment by FootyMcfootfoot (U21853)
posted 3 minutes ago
People said amazon and Facebook would dominate the previous bidding process but it didn't happen.
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Which people?
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The media. The PL also believed it was simply a matter of time before they entered the fray. It didn't materialise and the bids were lower than anticipated.

Amazon secured a 'cheap' deal for some games, testing the water, but the PL was hoping FB/Amazon/Netflix would look to bid for multiple packages.
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Having dipped their toe into the water, it will remain to be seen if Amazon are happy with their current deal going forward or whether they see it worthwhile in going for the whole lot at the next bidding process.

The only thing you can be sure of is that if they do want the whole package, there's not really anyone out there that could stop them. Amazon are comfortably rich enough will take what they want if they want it badly enough.
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I agree. Bezos is a megalomaniac though and his ego won't let him just high ball the competition. He likes to use amazon's strength as leverage.

I suspect they will toy with sky and bt for a while so they are less inclined to try and compete, which may allow amazon to get some packages they see as value.
Much like they did with the 100 million package but I think it will slowly snowball.

If people think levy is shrewd Bezos wrote the manual 😅
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Haha you're not wrong there

The problem for PL teams is one that people hate to admit. It's all about the money. Call it karma call it what you will, the fact is nearly all PL teams that don't have billionaire sugar daddies will have their finances destroyed.

For years the PL TV money has allowed our league to sign and pay for the best players. Teams like Bournemouth, 80%+ of their revenue is from TV money.
No behind closed doors games would be catastrophic.

Then look at Spurs, United etc with their huge stadiums and debt/loans to service. That's monstrous amounts of money they will lose from no fans, probably until 2021 with the current government guidelines.
Imagine them also having no TV money? People are talking like footballers cannot be safely quarantined. They have to be for the survival of football as we know it.
Clubs aren't going to risk a 100 million pound asset dying from covid without massive safety precautions.
They can address survival and safety equally without sacrificing either. It just takes serious planning which is what they are doing.

All teams will be effected. If anything the bigger teams will lose more money from the turnstiles but the day the PL became all about record TV deals we kinda made a deal with the devil.

Even if Bournemouth played behind closed doors and got relegated (after playing their remaining games), they would be in a better situation arguably than if the season was canceled with no more TV money. Oh but they would get next seasons tv money you say! But them games would be behind closed doors and no different to what they are proposing now.

No fans in stadiums won't change scrapping this season. Covid won't just go away so we can start next season in September. That's the reason they haven't just voided the season already.

France, Belgium, holland etc their clubs just don't have the dependence on TV money. If they did they would also be looking at the same things the PL are, in my view.