You think? Think about it next time you watch an Engerluund match on tv when (if!) fans are ever allowed back. Indeed, if you ever watch a re-run of an old game. Take a look at the English flags and banners in the crowd, particularly in away games, and you’ll see very few, if any, from any club in the top six. They’re mostly fans of mid, bottom table and championship clubs. These are the people that will pay whatever it takes to see their teams. That can’t be said for the majority of the fans of the bigger clubs.
The top six to eight clubs are on Sky week in week out; the rights to those games bring in a fortune from around the globe. They don’t need to charge extra to watch those games because of the revenues they generate. You ever been into a bar in Indonesia and found it rammed with fans watching Aston Villa v Brighton or Crystal Palace v Southampton? No, and you’re not likely to either. However, stick Man Utd v Chelsea, Liverpool v Arsenal on and the bars are overflowing well past midnight to watch these games. I’ve seen it more times than I can recall all over Asia and Africa
This is why those fans of the less fashionable clubs will be targeted by pay-per-view; no one is interested in the games other than the fans of those teams but the neutrals and general football fans will almost always watch the fashionable clubs. Their televised games don’t generate enough income so they need to increase it by other means. It’s a bit like targeting problem gamblers.
Sure, games involving the fashionable top six will be on a pay-per-view but very disproportionately.
