Is football killing itself?

Er... many fans have been priced out for years. 

You can watch the prem cheap,in fact cheaper than wrexham or chester,Wba will offer tickets at 20.00 pound for adult 2 pound for junior if the game is live,Blackburn and Bolton when both in the prem had some fantastic offers 5 years ago i went to Blackburn v Norwich and Blackburn v Wigan for 24 pound both games with my son,if anybody on here wants to take his son or daughter look at the live games and clubs like WBA which is only down the road have great offers,thd top clubs are a complete and utter rip off.

Even in 5 years prices of football have changed a hell of a lot, so has the money being spent by clubs. Man City did a £20 an adult game for their European home games which i thought was good this season. I think football is just about hanging onto it's status of being a working mans game. In a few years time, i'd be surprised if the average ticket in our league is less than £20 an adult. Some clubs in the world can afford to charge fans less and take a hit themselves, ie Bayern Munich. This is a rarity though. 

It's a bit like everything though, prices are constantly inflating, at a quicker rate than wages. I always think if i can't afford something i won't do it, i'd hate to think football could one day become one of those things for me or any future generations.

Wouldn't go to a premier league game even if it was free- not interested in the ponced up prema Donnas - give me grass roots local football anyday so I do think the gap is widening but the quality footballers are slipping down to non league football so the standard we watch is improving - just look at Sutton and Lincoln last year-

Just think what those Prem stars would be worth if they could use both feet! I seem to see so many instances now where so called stars are totally one footed, for example, trying to scoop with the outside of their right foot rather than a far simpler shot with their left - Coutinho for one. I wish someone would compile a video of examples of players using their wrong foot. So common now that the highly paid pundits don't even comment any more.
At least it's looking like retrospective action will be taken against those proven, via video review, to have gained by cheating. Interesting too to read Maradona claiming his "hand of God" goal wouldn't have stood with video review technology. Mind you, he also said England wouldn't have won the World Cup with a goal that didn't cross the line!!

As alluded to before, the problem for the likes of us is that some clubs up the pyramid can afford to charge less for tickets as they gain income through TV deals. There are some genuinely decent deals that some teams are doing, like Wolves, as Bluecamp says. Makes it so much harder for us to attract floating fans.

My biggest gripe with the Premier League is it seems to have lost it's mystique. It bugs me that some billionaire could practically close his eyes, put his finger on a league table and turn any side into Champions if he throws enough money at it.

I'd get onto them mate, mines 65.10 and I have Full 4K and HD movies and sports ha ha That's with 50meg fibre optic broadband. Just tell them you're leaving!

To answer the question of how it's sustainable, PSG are more or less owned by the state of Qatar - the wealthiest nation on the planet. The state-owned Qatar Investment Authority has a net worth of $335bn. PSG's owners Qatar Sports Investments are not officially anything to do with QIA, but in reality I think that's debatable, and the PSG president is also president of Al Jazeera Sports, which again is owned by the state.

In short, £196m is loose change to them. They've probably made that in the time it's taken you to read this post.

This is slightly off topic but I went to see Salford v Bury tonight I was going to watch Tranmere v Fleetwood with a Tranmere mate but found out this afternoon they wanted to charge me £2 extra to pay on the gate because I hadn't bought a ticket in advance a bit of a cheek imo for a friendly, anyway Salford got beat 2-1 but a very entertaining game and a Salford team that would more than hold there own in our league it was interesting to see how much money has been spent there, not sure how much all the ex players have put in but it's certainly a impressive set up there now .

It's a strange one, i totally see where you're coming from regards money exchanged but that is purely down to income of clubs these days, making it harder for your typical lower league clubs like us. That said, i think 9/10 people on here would admit to being slightly sucked in by the Leicester City fairytale a year ago, which proved money isnt everything. Then they spend 32m on Slimani a player that can't score PL goals and became another one of those clubs. It would seem theyre investing in youth though, Sam Hughes one of a number of signings.

Football killed itself years ago when the 3 letter word and the fat Aussie bought the rights added to that transfer fees and preening louts with stupid haircuts who know how to dive and ruin the games plus overseas TV rights stops people going to games

sadly though Leicester title win sort of finished football cos it meant the big teams getting kicked up the arse and ruining the game

I totally agree...and the diving is absolutely ridiculous. Why do intelligent people(referees) seemingly get conned by the cheats? Must be something going on behind the scenes. Unfortunately it filters downwards. More " gamesmanship" at level 5 than level 8, but mostly still relatively low compared with the top leagues. 

Yes they are, but it looks a lot different now as it is currently in the middle of a redevelopment.