Newcastle fans boycott pay-per-view and donate fees to local food bank

[editor]

More of this please

Newcastle United supporters have raised an estimated £19,000 by choosing to give to a local food bank charity rather than watching their team on pay-per-view at the weekend, a fans’ group has said.

Premier League matches in October which have not been earmarked for regular televised coverage can only be watched live via Sky Sports’ or BT Sport’s PPV “box office” services for a fee of £14.95 per game.
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...uce-pay-per-view-fixtures-on-sky-and-bt-sport
Many fans felt that was a step too far when they already pay regular subscriptions to broadcasters to watch live matches. Last week the Newcastle United Supporters Trust claimed the club have banked about £7m in advance sales for season tickets supporters are unlikely to use until next spring at the earliest.

The nufcfoodbank Twitter account said Newcastle fans had raised £19,000 by giving money to the city’s West End food bank rather than pay to watch the Magpies’ match against Manchester United on Saturday evening. Newcastle lost the match 4-1, conceding three late goals having taken the lead.

Newcastle fans boycott pay-per-view and donate fees to local food bank

Newcastle United have raised an estimated £19,000 for a local food bank by boycotting their pay-per-view game against Manchester United

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[editor]

Premier League is filth.

The Premier League chief executive, Richard Masters, said last week that the pricing for PPV matches was “defensible” and that the broadcasters were ultimately responsible for setting the price – with BT instead pointing the finger at the league.

The chief executive of BT’s consumer division, Marc Allera, said on Thursday that the suggested price came from the Premier League, and that BT was “pretty much just covering our costs to put these games on”. Allera said the intent of the move was to “get some money moving into the clubs and the leagues that are struggling”.

 

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[The39thStep]

Fantastic initiative

 

[passenger]

I really want to see Palace play Fulham I pay 20 pounds per month just for BT Sport
and think that's a real luxury in the current economy, so will not give it to them but
not trying to be a brown nose will give to the server fund.

 

[passenger]

Is it still the same account details for the server fund Lazy Llama

 

[Lazy Llama]

Is it still the same account details for the server fund Lazy Llama

I think so, editor can confirm.

 

[editor]

Is it still the same account details for the server fund Lazy Llama

Yep!

 

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Premier League to drop pay-per-view matches, confirms chief executive Richard Masters

We have listened to feedback, we will be changing direction and moving away from it and taking another step that will see us through lockdown, the Christmas period and into January, said Masters

www.skysports.com

 

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