[quote user="Buckethead"][quote user="Colchester Canary"] [quote user="Michael Starr"]Alot of these source streams are free, but the quality is poor, in fact most streams are where people simply point a webcam to their TV and stream it that way, often with a delay too, which can be up to 5 minutes from live. I''ve used these sources for Norwich games before, but often (especially in league 1), only "big featured" games are found. You can pretty much find most prem games through these sources, and a fair number of championship games. PROS: Streams are free, good choice for prem / championship CONS: Illegal (you take the risk), low quality, often delayed Give people a fair choice, and for a fair price... and I''m certain that most would abandon these streams to watch good quality legal broadcasts. The BBC took a step in the right direction by introducing the brilliant ''The Football League Show''. I hope they realise that football is our national game, and that there is high demand for Champ / L1 / L2 coverage. Here''s an idea... Give the football clubs themselves the rights to broadcast their OWN games to stream on their official websites or regional TV. Why not! Norwich fans unable to make matches would happily pay to login / watch live feeds of the game with Norwich based commentary. Commentators who know the players, the club etc. Incorporate some interaction with the viewers in the form of a chatroom or something to exchange opinion... this gives added revenue potential for banner ads etc. [/quote] Brilliant Idea! Only probably is that it could see a decline in attendances [/quote] And problem number two is that the internet rights to most clubs have already been sold for a very long time (top of my head it''s 2017) to a company of which Mr Neil Doncaster is a director. [/quote] To combat the low attendances i''d suggest copying what happens in the NFL all games are shown live if there is a sell-out. No sell-out of tickets (or say 90% of capacity) and the game doesn''t go out live in the local area, lets say for arguements sake the surrounding 50miles of Carrow Road/other venues. This way it encourages people to still go to the games, and with I.P addresses this locating of fans can be done. It would allow for those fans who are exiled to still be able to stream the game, and reward the clubs who fill grounds with spectators, which would inturn drop ticket prices in some cases, as this new broadcasting revenue would be gained through the sell-outs. It would benefit both the fans and the clubs through expanded revenue and the growth of fan bases and satisfying the desire of fans to watch their team if they are unable to. I may not have written that out in the simplest way, but i hope you can see where the i''m coming from. Also sounds like a good thing to write about on my Sports Business Management course at uni. [:)]
