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All this talk of ifollow being available routinely is boring now. This past year has shown us that football is pointless without fans in stadiums. We don’t need to make it easier for fans to stay at home watching on TV, we need to be encouraging fans in stadiums.
Someone mentioned in an earlier post that as a compromise ifollow could be made available when the ground is full.
In that event any proceeds of ifollow sales are kept by the respective club no matter if home or away.

 

Did he say anything else of interest

 

Oh come on there’s a big difference between admin / handling fees and the full value of a ticket.

 

We shall see!!

 

I think that, many years ago the away team did receive a percentage of the gate takings - maybe 10% but not sure. This was one of the main gripes by the "big" teams that they (EG Man Utd/Arsenal etc) had to give the small teams (EG Burnley/Stoke etc) some of the revenue received from spectators coming to see the "big" club. It helped at the time to level up the playing field so that the smaller clubs had a bit more money to play with. This subsequently got changed and the home team keeps all gate receipts from League matches.

 

I really don't understand the point you're trying to make.
My post was self explanatory. Football with fans is obviously much better. But even without it's still interesting enough to keep 3000 City fans watching away games and to keep this forum going strong. Ergo, football without fans isn't 'pointless'.

 

It's had enough momentum for this season because we've all missed it. Season on season that interest would decline until the majority of clubs just pack up and fold.

There's no interest whatsoever in football without fans, nor first class sport in general. That's abundantly clear and the overriding point from the last 12 months.

 

It’s an idea but say we play Coventry away, we’re not selling out the away end unless it’s a promotion party and so no iFollow tickets go on sale. Forest Green, maybe. A way will be found because when the likes of City are selling £25-30k worth of iFollow passes per away game, they won’t want to give up half a million a year in extra revenue.

 

I’ve watched every City game on ifollow because I’m a fan but can I say I’ve enjoyed the experience, definitely not.
I simply haven’t bothered with any other sport on TV where usually I’d be an interested neutral for big PL games / cup games and Champions league.

 

You are too focused on the income that clubs are getting for this season. It won’t continue like that next season as normality resumes.
My guess is that the ifollow service may continue but the ratio of how the proceeds are shared will be biased towards the home club.

 

If ifollow was to continue with the same T&C’s as this season then you could see away clubs limiting sales of match day tickets to 500 so as to maximise profits from ifollow passes.

 

If I am focussing on the income this season, you can get every chairman in the league is.

 

But this is not a normal season, they’ve relaxed the broadcasting restrictions and allowed away teams to take a lions share of profits.
Like I say, there may be some compromise but I doubt it will involve every 3pm Saturday game being made available and even if they were, the home club would want the biggest share.
So the benefits to Bradford City of fans staying home and watching ifollow will be minimal.

 

So maybe the compromise is that the home club can only take income from ifollow sales equal to what their away capacity is.

 

I disagree I think it would definitely have an effect on away followings that’s why the smaller clubs won’t agree to it