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When Will International Matches via CCTV Die?

Started by The Gaffer · 10 months ago

During an international break, it’s an unusual experience watching Euro 2008 qualifiers in the United States. The most talked about match, England against Israel, isn’t even on U.S. television (it’s only available via pay-per-view, so you have a choice b ... Continue reading »

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Charlie
1 year ago

This is not about international matches per se, but it's along the same lines... I will be on holiday in Las Vegas the week of 17 Sept. I've already located an Irish pub in Sin City that will be showing Man Utd's Champions League fixture 19 Sept on their big screen TV's. The cover charge is $20. Of course I'll end up ordering some food and drinking a couple of pints of Guinness... and if the server is female, doesn't spill my Guinness and has a pretty smile and a hot body, she'll get a tip... so add at least another $40 on top of the cover charge.

I have DirecTV at the house, so I watch a lot of EPL/UEFA from the comfort of my couch. I'm only going to this pub to watch the match because I'll be on holiday and thus I want to have some fun and relax. But I certainly couldn't afford to do this for every match.

This is one of the things that sucks about being a supporter of a big club like United -- people like the FA consider it a license to go ahead and screw you by making you pay wherever and whenever it can. Do you really think an FA Cup tie between (for example) Wigan and Derby County is ever going to end up on Pay Per View here in the States? (Barring the Miracle of All Miracles, of course, that those two sides should actually end up in the Final... And if hell should freeze over and this match actually came to pass, would the FA still charge $24.95 to watch it on PPV? *LOL*)

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The Gaffer
1 year ago

Charlie:

Precisely. Well said.

That was one of the questions I forgot to ask Fox Soccer Channel's Dermot McQuarrie when I interviewed him earlier this season -- whether FSC will continue to only show FA Cup Finals on PPV and, if so, why.

Cheers,

The Gaffer

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Anonymous
1 year ago

Don't forget GOlTV and it's France v. Italy! Also on TV5 USA.

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Anonymous
1 year ago

Are you advocating drink driving?

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Rob
1 year ago

In SF if you go to the Mad Dog, they have in the past charged $20, but you also get coupons for $20 to spend on food/drink, which is just fine with me.

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