its the armchair fans innit

Enough people get swayed by the media, and enjoy 'supporting' the big clubs from home to take on the expensive subscriptions.
However once the real fans of the other clubs start to get bored with the lack of competition (which is clearly happening) they start to stay away.
TV revenue still their from the armchair fans, but their enjoyment will start to erode when the real people stop going.
Less fans in ground means less atmosphere, which lessens the enjoyment of watching.
Also players do thrive on the atmosphere, and more and more games in half full stadiums will affect the quality of the games.
When that happens, TV interest starts to die, TV deals become less, and those spending the money become royally f**ked. Its a short to mid term plan at best.
Long term it is (IMHO) simply unsustainable.

Posted By: megson on March 21st 2007 at 16:19:18

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How good would this be? (Other Football) - Old Git, Mar 21, 14:42:56
- I rather like the fact (Other Football) - camcan, Mar 21, 14:50:52
- we should be against it (Other Football) - mr carra, Mar 21, 14:49:54
  - But isn't that the eternal dilemma? (Other Football) - CB41, Mar 21, 14:55:33
    - Yeah, and we have FAITH (Other Football) - Old Git, Mar 21, 14:58:22
      - they're already going to be getting bigger parachute payments after next season anyway (Other Football) - mr carra, Mar 21, 15:15:44
        
        But will already have bigger wage bills and higher transfer outgoings to match (Other Football) - Old Git, Mar 21, 15:33:45
  - absolutely. This would be a catastrophe for us. (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 21, 14:53:52
    - Solution is simple. (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Mar 21, 14:57:59
      - Is the correct answer (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Mar 21, 15:03:29
        
        And they would be exactly right - which was why ITV Digital went bust (Other Football) - Old Git, Mar 21, 15:05:48
        
        No problem with that. (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Mar 21, 15:17:00
        
        its the armchair fans innit (Other Football) - megson, Mar 21, 16:19:18
        
        if that's true... (Other Football) - mr carra, Mar 21, 15:22:11
        
        What if, right, this was what is going to happen ... (Other Football) - Arizona Bay, Mar 21, 15:29:10
        
        Surely, it'll follow the US model (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Mar 21, 16:09:00
        
        Surely.. (Other Football) - mr carra, Mar 21, 15:50:49
        
        I don't understand that (Other Football) - Old Git, Mar 21, 15:31:24
        
        I'm sure there will. (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Mar 21, 15:26:48
        
        True enough (Other Football) - BerlinCanary, Mar 21, 15:13:26
        
        Yep. (Other Football) - Johnny Comecardiff, Mar 21, 15:05:34
      - or return to that system (Other Football) - camcan, Mar 21, 15:01:38

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