25-07-2017, 23:39
(25-07-2017, 23:10)spireitematt Wrote:(25-07-2017, 21:07)spireitematt Wrote: There's a group called Twenty's Plenty where they want all football tickets across the country capped at £20 which I think is fair especially with all the money clubs will be getting from TV deals.
That might be fair in the Prem (or those clubs with parachute payments) with all the money they have from tv but in the EFL the biggest revenue generator is still tickets sold for games. Each club in the Championship gets 2m tv money plus 100k for each live home game, that adds up to far less than ticket sales generate.
I understand what your saying but there needs to be a cap on each league because £25-£30 to watch League 1 or League 2 is a rip off. Championship could cap at £30.
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I get the sentiment and broadly agree, but the capitalist in me also says that market forces will ultimately decide what the price is. If its too high then people will walk away, not ideal for football but football has always needed to listen to its supporters more and sometimes its the disenfranchised ones who need to be listened to the most. Take SWFC, we have more ST holders currently than we have ever had despite also having the highest matchday prices we have ever had as well, but our owner has made it clear if you want the best prices then you will need to buy a ST. Most ST holders are paying about 19-21 pounds per game with their ST so in theory we are charging for most fans about the level you would like to see. Matchday tickets are not a good barometer of overall price because they do not include the ST holder who make up the bulk of fans in the ground anyway.