Originally Posted by brundlebud:
“And yet in another thread, when I was arguing that having more games available didn't mean people would WATCH more games, you were arguing that people WOULD watch more football if their team was available every week, as they would watch their own team PLUS any big games.
So which is it?
For everybody to be able to have all of the 38 games available to them for their own team (assuming they are an EPL team supporter) means that all 380 games need to be available, whether they want to watch them or not.
As a business model for Sky/BT/EPL, do you really think that it adds an awful lot to their ability to generate money?”
Huh? Your argument in said thread was a very definitive one. You were arguing that people only watch one game per week, and that would still be the case even if their own team were available every week. I pointed out that surely if a subscriber's preferred team was on every week, as opposed to the (at best) 1 in 2 at present, then it is really not a stretch to suggest that they would watch other games too. You were insistent, and strangely adamant, that they would still watch just one game.
In this thread, you are misreading my post, presumably for effect, so - as I've made no statement that could read lead to your response above, here it is again:
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“People wanting their own team doesn't necessarily equate to them wanting more live games in total (not sure where you're getting that from tbh) - it just means they want more of their own team.”
It's a face value thing. In most cases they are not thinking about the increase of games across the board, or whether or not they'd watch any, or all, of the other 9 games on top of their preferred game. The just want to be able to see more of their own team. You are reading all the extra points that you are making into it.
I cannot speak for anybody else but it really is so very simple: people want to be able to watch their own team every week.
Speaking for myself, I want my team's 38 games. Whilst I don't really care about the other games, the fact that I have all 380 means that I do watch other games in any given week. But if they weren't available to me I wouldn't be pushed.