Posted on 8th October 2014
This week La Liga announced that it will be staging competitive fixtures in the USA and Canada as part of a new 15-year broadcast deal.
Posted on 8th October 2014
This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.
As reported today (The Times, BBC, and others), the Premier League is exploring the possibility of holding competitive matches overseas.
Once again the idea of potentially huge changes to the game has arisen without consultation with one of the groups who matters most – the fans. If the reaction to previous incarnations of ‘Game 39’ and the idea of matches abroad is anything to go by, we expect this proposal to be met with the strongest possible opposition from supporters.
The potential impact on the value of season tickets, which would see fans of half the Premier League clubs missing out a home match, could be enormous. Inevitably some of the fixtures to be moved will be either local derbies or other high-profile fixtures.
The FSF is against the proposals as they have been reported, and will be consulting with Premier League fans’ groups and individuals to formulate an appropriate response.
If you would like to get in touch with your own views on the proposal, please email info@fsf.org.uk, leave a comment on our Facebook page or tweet @the_fsf.
Thanks to Action Images for the image used in this story.
This week La Liga announced that it will be staging competitive fixtures in the USA and Canada as part of a new 15-year broadcast deal.
Earlier today the Premier League announced an interim measure for the broadcast of their competition’s games on a pay-per-view basis on Sky Sports and BT Sports – charging £15 per game for sides that weren’t chosen for broadcast across a typical match weekend.
Below is a joint statement from the Football Supporters’ Federation and Supporters Direct following the decisions taken by their respective members last weekend:
Following reports that the EFL will allow its clubs to break the 3pm blackout convention this weekend by broadcasting games to UK audiences via its iFollow service, the FSF has issued the following statement: