Friday, 4 January 2008

Televised football games should be free to attend

I reckon the TV money in football, should be used to make it free for (non-corporate) fans to attend. Of course it's not totally free as far as the fans are concerned ...the cost of getting to the match is not to be sniffed at.

After all, we are increasingly becoming 'extras' that help a TV program be made. Attendees to non-televised games could be rewarded with free tickets to broadcasted matches. For the clubs, many will benefit by better attendance figures, and, if you take the low-cost airline model, there are still revenue opportunities at the grounds ...catering, programmes, merchandise, corporate entertaining, betting, etc.