Confirmation that the game will be live streamed on iFollow tomorrow despite the 3pm Saturday rule. Apparently the EFL have shoehorned a rule about screening on international weekends.
The Accrington chairman, who is fuming, mentioned that the home club receives 80p in the pound for iFollow games and the rest goes to the EFL.
Personally donāt have a problem with it. I go every home and away, however Iām missing this Saturday so might watch it on iFollow. Will it convince me to stop going and just watch them all on iFollow? Of course not. If you enjoy going then youāll still go. People convinced by iFollow probably rarely bother anyway.
Itāll help people who canāt make the odd game far more than itāll hurt clubs with a sudden massive drop in income.
If the team is playing well,you will go and watch them to enjoy the atmosphere.If the team is playing rubbish you wouldnāt even pay to watch it on ifollow anyway.
Agree, if you already planned to go to Barnsley tomorrow (train, beers, match etc) then discovered the game was on iFollow, youāre hardly going to decide not to go after all because you can stream it.
I think at our level supporters still love the actual experience of going to an away game, itās far more than the game and the result.
I agree to an extent. My plans for yesterday have changed and I considered making a dash up the M1 to Barnsley instead. Trouble is, if I pay for myself and the 2 kids then itās Ā£61 just to get in, let alone petrol, parking, food & drink.
Iām quite happy to miss the game to be honest but if I had the urge to see the game then Ā£10 for all 3 to watch may be tempting.
I absolutely love the buzz of an away game but at some point the cost of away travel is going to come into play in peoples thinking.
And perhaps thatās the point where it becomes dangerous for match day revenue. You put either Ā£61 into Barnsleyās coffers at the gate or Ā£8 through iFollow, either way you get to see the 3pm game with the kidsā¦
Apparently this is one of the games being screened in the Far East during the international break so weāll get fancy camera angles, studio graphics etc.
These weeks should be even less likely to be televised not more. With the big teams not playing thereās an even better chance you might get a few more on the gate.
As has happened before, I put in my card details, click on āBuy Nowā, then I am asked to sign in again, and enter my card details again⦠Circles.