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<blockquote data-quote="Channel Hopper" data-source="post: 3285" data-attributes="member: 175144">If football is so popular in this country, why is it that watching it at home has been so poor in attendance. 1) If its piracy thats the problem then the medium of TV when compared to the real thing also plays a part. Those that would pirate to view from home are probably not the sort that would get up and go to a match either. 2) Poor Nationwide coverage of signals has a small part to play in this, and the competition from BSkyB an even greater one. The deal was struck in order to outbid, this was a grave mistake when the number of subscribers was at such a low figure, especially when it was known that the take up of boxes was not what the planners had hoped3) Football clubs should have been doing their utmost to bring the spectators to the match rather than recommending bums on couchesThe promise of money for old rope (new technology) was too attactive to miss out on, and this has been their downfall4) Said it before but paying for a programme when the revenue by advertising is greed in anyones eyes. If it really does cost so much to operate a football club then this is first place that should be checked. Companies that run cannot show a profit are advised to shut down after three years by HM government, footie clubs are no different.5) If Piracy plays a part in all of this, the parallel running drama of Canal+ and the claims of hacking show that whilst illegal viewers are walking through an open door, it was NDS that picked the lock in the first place.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Channel Hopper, post: 3285, member: 175144"] If football is so popular in this country, why is it that watching it at home has been so poor in attendance. 1) If its piracy thats the problem then the medium of TV when compared to the real thing also plays a part. Those that would pirate to view from home are probably not the sort that would get up and go to a match either. 2) Poor Nationwide coverage of signals has a small part to play in this, and the competition from BSkyB an even greater one. The deal was struck in order to outbid, this was a grave mistake when the number of subscribers was at such a low figure, especially when it was known that the take up of boxes was not what the planners had hoped 3) Football clubs should have been doing their utmost to bring the spectators to the match rather than recommending bums on couches The promise of money for old rope (new technology) was too attactive to miss out on, and this has been their downfall 4) Said it before but paying for a programme when the revenue by advertising is greed in anyones eyes. If it really does cost so much to operate a football club then this is first place that should be checked. Companies that run cannot show a profit are advised to shut down after three years by HM government, footie clubs are no different. 5) If Piracy plays a part in all of this, the parallel running drama of Canal+ and the claims of hacking show that whilst illegal viewers are walking through an open door, it was NDS that picked the lock in the first place. [/QUOTE]

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