Originally Posted by Exile on Spencer St
A lot of this debate seems to be all about the cost of watching live football (I said a lot, Chrisr, I'm not talking about personal charms or otherwise about individuals).
Some are seemingly deciding not to buy another season ticket because, I presume, the existing arrangements are not considered affordable to them. Folk want concessions, lower entry prices, special deals, free parking....don't we all.
But Stanley is bottom-feeding deep in a business swamp that, on its sunlight surface, bask global sharks that are taking the economies of the game to, what I believe, are ridiculous levels. Occasionally, the odd soggy crumb is allowed to fall down from on high to keep the bottom feeders (barely) alive.
Like it or not, Stanley are in the same business as Real Manchuventas Inc. and, just like a corner shop is affected directly by how the likes of Tesco and Walmart run their business, so are Stanley having to survive in an industry whose finances are being manipulated by extremely powerful and greedy corporations.
And they have cemented that control, to a large part, by people sitting on their sofas to watch the game on telly. Very, very many of those people regard themselves as true 'fans' but they too never go to a live game and don't buy season tickets. They perhaps used to, but, because it's £20 to get, or raining, or a fag to park, they now watch telly and financially support Big Business FC.
I don't know if the current pricing structure at Stanley is right, fair, or daft. It just is. Like I said, wouldn't we all like a cheaper world but, of course, with no reduction in our wages/pensions/benefits.
So, if you have to find someone to blame for it all, why not blame all those 'fans' who never go to a live game. They are the ones who are really setting the exorbitant cost of football for real supporters.
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