Canaryboy
Well-Known Member
For the Blackburn game at least.
All Championship clubs have been hooked up by a new fibre optic network, courtesy of the football league, which allows them to beam back midweek away games at minimal cost.
So clubs can come to an arrangement between themselves to beam a game live to the away teams stadium, presumably the away team pays the home team money for the privilege, and then charges their fans to watch the game. This is currently only an option for midweek games (and good, people that's when the majority of fans have a good excuse to not go).
On Tuesday 19th August the first beam back will happen, Brighton fans will be able to watch their away game against Leeds at the Amex, and a couple of other teams have come to arrangements for future away games.
On the Blackburn Rovers website they claim to have made an offer to Norwich to beam back our midweek game to Ewood Park, on a reciprocal basis (our game at Ewood park is also midweek, in February).
"Obviously with the timing of the game on a week night and the distances involved, we would have wanted to help our fans by providing a beam back facility," said Director of Communications Alan Myers.
"Of course this would have been on a reciprocal basis for the return game at Ewood Park.
"However it is the home team's prerogative to refuse and we respect Norwich City's decision."
http://www.rovers.co.uk/news/article/away-fans-to-get-new-opportunities-to-watch-matches-1828745.aspx?
What are peoples thoughts about this? I'd understand why we would refuse these requests usually, but with both our games being midweek - we would probably have seen more people at Carrow Road paying to watch our away game then Blackburn will at Ewood Park?
Or is the club thinking that they simply don't need the money and would rather have the boost that a couple of hundred extra away fans would have in what may turn out to be an important away fixture?
All Championship clubs have been hooked up by a new fibre optic network, courtesy of the football league, which allows them to beam back midweek away games at minimal cost.
So clubs can come to an arrangement between themselves to beam a game live to the away teams stadium, presumably the away team pays the home team money for the privilege, and then charges their fans to watch the game. This is currently only an option for midweek games (and good, people that's when the majority of fans have a good excuse to not go).
On Tuesday 19th August the first beam back will happen, Brighton fans will be able to watch their away game against Leeds at the Amex, and a couple of other teams have come to arrangements for future away games.
On the Blackburn Rovers website they claim to have made an offer to Norwich to beam back our midweek game to Ewood Park, on a reciprocal basis (our game at Ewood park is also midweek, in February).
"Obviously with the timing of the game on a week night and the distances involved, we would have wanted to help our fans by providing a beam back facility," said Director of Communications Alan Myers.
"Of course this would have been on a reciprocal basis for the return game at Ewood Park.
"However it is the home team's prerogative to refuse and we respect Norwich City's decision."
http://www.rovers.co.uk/news/article/away-fans-to-get-new-opportunities-to-watch-matches-1828745.aspx?
What are peoples thoughts about this? I'd understand why we would refuse these requests usually, but with both our games being midweek - we would probably have seen more people at Carrow Road paying to watch our away game then Blackburn will at Ewood Park?
Or is the club thinking that they simply don't need the money and would rather have the boost that a couple of hundred extra away fans would have in what may turn out to be an important away fixture?
