The Premier League’s pay-per-view test is driving a risky piracy boom

by Pejazzle
37025InvernessTMD

Karma. Price out the supporters and they'll find a way!

SafePay8

The weird thing about this is Sky and BT were against it but the PL (19 of the 20 clubs) voted in favour of it. They thought they could fleece their own fans and ended up with pie in their face, if there's one positive around this is fans have raised over £300k in foodbank donations. This is because many fan groups have urged supporters to donate the £14.95 fee to a foodbank instead of the PPV cost.

cleanutility

Hey guys. Do you remember Napster and cd piracy. And do you remember torrents and downloading films. Where the hell did they go. Oh. Yeah. No one really does them anymore because they made streaming affordable so people decided not to do it. How about they try doing the same with the premier league. Fucking 15 quid a game. Have a day off you cunts and stop trying to fleece everyone. There’s a pandemic on and a massive recession incoming. It’s called the people’s game for a reason. Wankers

clinch09

Seriously if they really want to fix piracy do the following things

  1. All TV is free and streamable (Revenue from Adds)

  2. Not pay the outrageous salaries for the talking heads if their show isn't bringing in the dough.

  3. Solve world Peace because TV piracy is no longer a thing

Alexyyyy

It turns out people won't pay for a service that's a total rip off.

Maybe if they offered I don't know a reasonable online streaming service for all premier league matches I would pay.

Dcm210

Well duh. Who the fuck is gonna pay for each soccer game. Maybe if it was $20 for all the games included.

jgeorge1983

It’s ridiculous when other countries can pay around £150 for premier league passes and watch all the games they want. But that will never happen in the UK because of the monopoly that is sky and BT. I actually find Amazon’s coverage the best at the moment and that’s included in my prime

X4dow

dont the clubs get enough $$$$ from their gambling sponsorts?
The Uk splashes 4 times more into gambling than EU membership, yet, everyone raves on how the EU membership is a waste of money...
Keep betting and "match betting" and "beating the system". Every year theres more and more new gambling companies reporting billions in profit. Idiots.

Mccobsta

I've sent loads of links of free steams to friend's and work mates from loads of places due to this

We should have gone past ppv sports at this point it's just not worth it thesedays

ConsoleKingUK

To be honest they are only offering something which wasn't avaliable in the first place. Those who are dead-set on not paying with always turn to piracy, there will always be some who will not resort to such measures.

yerdunclelarry

Its soccer ffs. I watched paint dry last night too that was a fucking blast