Nottin more than pure greed mate. The rats have completely sold the lads in Spain down the river.
We’ve put up with a heck of a lot through the ‘greed is good League’ era. Aka the Premier League. From extortionate ticket prices, to games being played at ridiculous times on ridiculous days, with absolutely zero consideration to the paying supporter, without whom they’d have NO game, let alone TV product. The subscription fees to watch football on the TV. Getting F around following your team in Europe with the extra games on different days and the airlines joining the clubs in exploiting the last penny out of everyone. And all points in between.
But I think that would be the final straw for me if/ when the PL go down this disgraceful road through nothing more but out and out greed.
Not gonna disagree with what you said, the supporter in the stadium gets a rough deal, but, and I am probably out of touch a bit as I emigrated 9 years ago, aren;t away tickets at least price-capped? I heard something like 30 quid, and I think Cardiff are subsidising away tickets for their fans to the tune of a tenner per ticket - so if you are a Cardiff fan, you pay 20 for an away match ticket. Good on Cardiff if what I hear is true.
I also read an article (can't remember where sorry) that showed 18 premier league clubs would still run a profit if they played a season behind closed doors - such is the power of the TV money and the strength of the PL as a commodity. The match-day fan isn't required anymore.
As for teams playing in other countries, that doesn't sit well with me either, but again, here in New Zealand, I follow the Phoenix, it is a 7 hour drive to the ground - and back. They are a Wellington team, but play some of their home games at other cities - I can see them in Auckland and/or Hamilton, so can understand, in a small way, the team going to the fans. For the Spanish clubs, the Hispanic following they have in the US is huge. For Spanish fans they miss one game, for the US fans it's the chance of a lifetime to see their team.
As I said, I'm not gonna disagree, just offer an alternative viewpoint, if Man Utd were to play Liverpool or City in Wellington I would fight tooth and nail to get a ticket. ****, I would for ANY PL match to be fair. In the meantime, I will keep paying my TV subscriptions so I can see MY team and support them as best I can from distance. To be fair though, I am seeing more minutes of my team now than I ever did as a season ticket holder in the 'old days' before Sky.