Whilst watching a stream for the game against Southampton I was left wondering (whilst it buffered) isn’t it about time the FA/Premier League considered allowing ‘legal’ streams for ALL games?

The age old argument of not showing games at 3pm as it’ll diminish the crowds is now defunct and out dated in todays modern world.

Tens of thousands of us regularly use streams to watch games, and has it affected attendances? Like hell it has. So surely it’ll be a money spinner for them and the clubs?

It’s a bit of a no brainer. Gain control of the streams, driving the shysters and money grabbing 3rd parties out of the equation, allowing the clubs to gain extra revenue from their own fans in the process. As fans we then have the security of knowing we can watch our teams games as and when they’re being played without any fuss.

To start the ball rolling I’d like to see ‘away game’ season tickets introduced for clubs to sell to fans at say (£3 a game) that we can watch. Not all of us can get to away games…but I bet there are thousands who jump on a stream instead.

And for those then thinking..”hang on if fans start to avoid away games…that WILL affect attendances” again I say it won’t.

All clubs will do is sell those seats to home fans…offering more Season Tickets as a result and gaining more revenue in the process…they could even use the extra revenue to subsidise tickets (ok ok maybe that’s pushing things a little too far)

So when the next set of rights come up for bidding, I’d like to see a ‘streaming package’ that offers someone the ability to host these streams..perhaps even managing the Away Season ticket for the clubs.

As for after that I can see subscription packages being re-structured as a whole, with different packages being offered from a complete sweep of all games for all clubs in all competitions down to Club level where providers offer us ‘digital season ticket’ specifically for our clubs games and no one else’s; but I can’t see this happening for a decade or so yet.

I just think it’s about time the Premier League and FA moved into the 21st century!

Does anyone else have any thoughts on how this could and should be developed moving forward?

To be honest - not all but a good amount of PL games are played on US television, and you can find streams for these online. Not always the best but there are some good HD streams out there.

I can't see the PL allowing 3pm kick off games to be shown on UK TV anytime soon though.

Whilst watching a stream for the game against Southampton I was left wondering (whilst it buffered) isn’t it about time the FA/Premier League considered allowing ‘legal’ streams for ALL games?

The age old argument of not showing games at 3pm as it’ll diminish the crowds is now defunct and out dated in todays modern world.

Tens of thousands of us regularly use streams to watch games, and has it affected attendances? Like hell it has. So surely it’ll be a money spinner for them and the clubs?

It’s a bit of a no brainer. Gain control of the streams, driving the shysters and money grabbing 3rd parties out of the equation, allowing the clubs to gain extra revenue from their own fans in the process. As fans we then have the security of knowing we can watch our teams games as and when they’re being played without any fuss.

To start the ball rolling I’d like to see ‘away game’ season tickets introduced for clubs to sell to fans at say (£3 a game) that we can watch. Not all of us can get to away games…but I bet there are thousands who jump on a stream instead.

And for those then thinking..”hang on if fans start to avoid away games…that WILL affect attendances” again I say it won’t.

All clubs will do is sell those seats to home fans…offering more Season Tickets as a result and gaining more revenue in the process…they could even use the extra revenue to subsidise tickets (ok ok maybe that’s pushing things a little too far)

So when the next set of rights come up for bidding, I’d like to see a ‘streaming package’ that offers someone the ability to host these streams..perhaps even managing the Away Season ticket for the clubs.

As for after that I can see subscription packages being re-structured as a whole, with different packages being offered from a complete sweep of all games for all clubs in all competitions down to Club level where providers offer us ‘digital season ticket’ specifically for our clubs games and no one else’s; but I can’t see this happening for a decade or so yet.

I just think it’s about time the Premier League and FA moved into the 21st century!

Does anyone else have any thoughts on how this could and should be developed moving forward?

So if you can already stream sky bt and just about every other premiership game, why would you pay, even a minimal amount for a legitimate stream?