bigash_swfc Posted October 15, 2020 Share Posted October 15, 2020 Just had a peek at the fixtures this weekend: Newcastle United vs. Manchester United - SKY BOX OFFICE. Leicester City vs. Aston Villa - SKY BOX OFFICE. Following weekend; Liverpool vs Sheffield United - SKY BOX OFFICE. Arsenal vs. Leicester - SKY BOX OFFICE. No doubt all entertaining games, taken away from the neutral. All these offers to get you to buy into Sky Sports, then they do this. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plonk Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Well there’s a surprise! Do you have to have sky and then pay for the game, or can you just pay for the game? Not that I’m going to do either I’m just curious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigash_swfc Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 I doubt you'd need Sky Sports to purchase a game on Box Office. But each game is £14.95. - Disgusting for the neutral. - Brilliant for a family at home who supports either club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markg Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Wouldnt pay anything to watch a match as a neutral. Especially at the moment with no crowds, so dull and pointless 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG D Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 8 minutes ago, markg said: Wouldnt pay anything to watch a match as a neutral. Especially at the moment with no crowds, so dull and pointless Certainly not £15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markg Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, BIG D said: Certainly not £15 No, that's crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latemodelchild Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Well they won't be getting 15 quid off me for a game between 2 teams who I don't support. My sky sports package cost about 17 quid a month. As if I'm paying that again for 1 match. Also, when was this idea conceived? Only heard about it recently. Seems odd that Newcastle v man u is box office, I'd have thought that would have been one of the games picked for broadcast anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bulgaria Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 (edited) It was only a matter of time. The Covid 19 pandemic is the perfect time to bury bad news. Edited October 16, 2020 by Bulgaria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beighton Owl 87 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 This is the PL equivalent of ifollow. Its so fans of those clubs can still watch their team whilst behind closed doors. £15 is steep though considering clubs aren't so reliant on gate receipts at their level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanharper Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 9 hours ago, bigash_swfc said: Just had a peek at the fixtures this weekend: Newcastle United vs. Manchester United - SKY BOX OFFICE. Leicester City vs. Aston Villa - SKY BOX OFFICE. Following weekend; Liverpool vs Sheffield United - SKY BOX OFFICE. Arsenal vs. Leicester - SKY BOX OFFICE. No doubt all entertaining games, taken away from the neutral. All these offers to get you to buy into Sky Sports, then they do this. They haven't been "taken away from the neutral" they weren't originally scheduled to be broadcast at all. Now their fans have the option to pay to watch, albeit at an extortionate price. It's not really any different to Ifollow apart from the price, but I suppose their stance is that if there are people willing to pay £10 to watch Mansfield v Stevenage on the internet then there'll be plenty willing to pay £15 to watch Liverpool and Man Utd play on Sky. At least they're still showing the 5 most attractive games live as usual across Sky and BT, and not using their boxing model when you have to pay extra to watch the big fights because they're not included in your sub. (Yet!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post H2Owl Posted October 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2020 I can see it now - All the good games in the future will be Box Office, while people getting mugged off for their Sports subscription get Burnley vs Crystal Palace 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigash_swfc Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 2 hours ago, alanharper said: They haven't been "taken away from the neutral" they weren't originally scheduled to be broadcast at all. Now their fans have the option to pay to watch, albeit at an extortionate price. Well they have because Sky are choosing the more fancied games for Box Office. Games that would have originally been scheduled for Sky Sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattitheowl Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 These games aren't for the neutral though are they. They are being offered so that fans of those clubs who can't attend can watch their team when they aren't televised. It's basically the EPL version of iFollow. 1 Just not bothered... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ever the pessimist Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 This will encourage people to go out to watch the games in a pub. Unless you are Liverpool fans in Merseyside, in which case you can't watch them v pigs due to their local lockdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigash_swfc Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 13 minutes ago, mattitheowl said: These games aren't for the neutral though are they. They are being offered so that fans of those clubs who can't attend can watch their team when they aren't televised. It's basically the EPL version of iFollow. You see what I'm saying tho? The fancied games. The entertaining games. The games that are picked for Sky Sports....have transferred over to Box Office. So the "good games" have been taken away from the neutral 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nbupperthongowl Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 11 hours ago, bigash_swfc said: Just had a peek at the fixtures this weekend: Newcastle United vs. Manchester United - SKY BOX OFFICE. Leicester City vs. Aston Villa - SKY BOX OFFICE. Following weekend; Liverpool vs Sheffield United - SKY BOX OFFICE. Arsenal vs. Leicester - SKY BOX OFFICE. No doubt all entertaining games, taken away from the neutral. All these offers to get you to buy into Sky Sports, then they do this. I would like to be entertained by Liverpool scoring about 12 and seeing Wilders face..... wouldn't be paying £1.50 never mind £15 for it though 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beighton Owl 87 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 20 minutes ago, bigash_swfc said: You see what I'm saying tho? The fancied games. The entertaining games. The games that are picked for Sky Sports....have transferred over to Box Office. So the "good games" have been taken away from the neutral They haven't though. The games on box office are games not originally picked for tv. If that was the case why is the Merseyside derby not on box office? Neutrals are not missing out on anything that they would normally have access to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helmut_rooster Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 Stream it, deserve everything they get trying to bum people like this, people losing thier jobs and no jobs to go to. These cants spending gazillions on players and do this. Ollox to em. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigash_swfc Posted October 16, 2020 Author Share Posted October 16, 2020 1 minute ago, Beighton Owl 87 said: They haven't though. The games on box office are games not originally picked for tv. If that was the case why is the Merseyside derby not on box office? Neutrals are not missing out on anything that they would normally have access to. Because BT Sports have had the rights to that game since the season started. You're wrong mate, sky sports are picking and choosing games last minute. They're choosing the better games. Pointless putting WBA vs. Burnley on PPV for example 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beighton Owl 87 Posted October 16, 2020 Share Posted October 16, 2020 10 minutes ago, bigash_swfc said: Because BT Sports have had the rights to that game since the season started. You're wrong mate, sky sports are picking and choosing games last minute. They're choosing the better games. Pointless putting WBA vs. Burnley on PPV for example The better games are on sky or bt it's the others that have been put on box office. https://www.live-footballontv.com/live-premier-league-football-on-tv.html The other games are catered for fans of wba or burnley etc who will likely pay the £15 to watch their team. It's no different to the efl allowing fans to stream games at £10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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