Its certainly heading in that direction currently. There may be the slightest of opportunity for LoI streaming games with the EPL and Championships only having a couple of games left. Maybe some addicted to football types will tune in for a fix. Depends on quality and cost; if its true that it will be between €50-70 for domestic and international season passes it's not going to get many of even the most fanatic or curious football fans signing up. With some games also being televised on RTE, to a lesser extent Eir, will people bother? €5 per game while potentially costing more seems an easier sell imo than a 'season' pass!?
Personally, I think the expected €55 is great value and my father has already asked me about that one, having not been at a LOI game in 30 years.
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I'd be willing to pay it myself and maybe you are right and Im being too negative. I do think that there is a psychological barrier in what people would pay. €5 per game seems like the bargain eg. €65 or whatever it will be for international streaming i think will put off overseas football fan.
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Think that's the balance they're looking for. Obviously people like us paying 55 quid is far less what we would if we were going to games (well, if we were paying at the gate) but this seems to be aimed at people who like the LOI but don't go to many/any games. Could work out OK for us, and be decent for promotion.
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This looks brilliant and well priced. €5 game pass is a great idea, which wasn't previously mentioned in reports.
All clubs buying ST holders a season pass (at a cut price) is good business too.
I think they're good prices for established LOI fans, but not so much if the aim is to get in new people. Just anecdotally, the EPL-heads in my office turned their noses up at the price, but it isn't like they were racing to get to Dalymount anyway.
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It’s a well presented package so well done to the FAI but sadly reckon it will only appeal to the hardcore. On top of that fans will potentially group together to watch games. I also know a lot of ST holders that can barely use their mobile phone never mind an online streaming service.
Maybe have a time-based passes, ala Now TV. A tenner for a full weekend, or a month or something. I just think your fairweather "Oh I might give the LOI a shot" type would blanch at 55. They might take in one game for just a fiver though. That's the part I'd be pushing hard.
I do wonder about the quality though.
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Sensible pricing imo. I also think there should be more made of the single game option - it's not an obvious price option that I can see on the main page unless you click on 'buy'. I'd have had it listed under 'packages' even as a single game. But maybe its nitpicking as its pretty close to what I was hoping for before the launch.
To be fair it seems decent and to have been handled well.
The €5 game pass is a good idea and RTE providing cameras and commentators will help.
Clubs getting it for season ticket holders will hopefully keep ST fans happy too and should stop people looking for refunds or expecting discounts next season.
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Yeah, that would be a good idea. A tenner for a gameweek might attract a few new people in.
It's a one camera RTE production so you'd imagine it will be Soccer Republic quality, so should be decent enough.
Clubs aren't paying €55 though, they're paying a lot, lot less. You'd also have households that have 2-3 STs.
If you've paid over €200, in some cases closer to €300, for a single ST, I think you're within your rights to expect a discount/refund having only been able to attend 2-3 games of the 18 games you had purchased for.
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I'm probably in the "watch more on tv than actually go to games" category. I think I'll get a subscription as a way to support the league as much as anything. Hopefully there's more in my category, who take an interest, go to games semi-regularly but don't have a season ticket, and want to support the league.
A lot of people badly impacted by Covid who may not see it as a good way of using any disposable income, but also others who are saving a lot by working from home (personally lunches, coffees, etc. probably 50 or 60 a week savings alone). I've been trying to donate something to a fundraiser or charity most weeks and I'd see this in a similar light.
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Nobody saying fans arent entitled or within your rights to expect something. For most clubs their bread and butter is season tickets however (unless you have a sugar daddy, which is fair enough) and I'd like to think that ST holders would be fairly hard core supporters and understand that. Im sure some will look for discount/ refund, which I would get, but Id like to think that streaming of all games would hopefully be a fair compromise for most fans given the pile of crap that season has become.
Manager: Fergal, have you your boots with ya?
Fergal: Ya, I have them here.
Manager: Ah good stuff, well give them to this man so, he forgot his!
What is the reason for tv companies only having one or two cameras at LOI matches? Is it purely financial or is it the facilities at most grounds? I think the floodlights in some grounds make it look bad too, dark areas on the pitch in Terryland and Richmond for example.
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