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Yes. That way the rest of us don't have our TV hijacked by this moronic craze.
Tim Pearce, UK

No. We should never have to pay to watch football on television. Enough of letting these big corporations try to squeeze us for every last penny. They should be paying each of us to watch their commercials and for using public land, air and space to broadcast their signals. Nationalise the sports broadcasting industry now and really let them know what we think of their greed.
Gideon Stargrave, USA

I already pay for Sky sports, why should I have to pay twice?
Ray Thorpe, England

If you want to see football on TV pay for it and keep it off terrestrial.
Lance Jordan, UK

Viewers should not have to pay for national sport.
Stefan Klincewicz, England

Fans of clubs or countries are not confined only to those who attend matches. Man U has a world-wide following despite the fact that many fans have not even been to England. This is because of free TV broadcasts that have also generated revenue for the clubs in terms of the sale of club paraphernalia. To implement Pay TV would be to cut off the support that has made football the most popular sport. Is there anything sacred left in sports? Some crazy football administrators are even thinking of splitting the soccer matches into quarters to facilitate the Americans' TV media greed to generate more revenue. Football would be a less enjoyable sport and less inspirational to those up-and-coming stars in their youth.
Tan Hwi Choon, Singapore

This was an obvious move as soon as Sky paid millions for the exclusive rights to league football. The Premier League is already awash with money - why does it need any more? I can watch live league games here in Shanghai on a local channel yet my family in the UK cannot!
Ray Chisnall, China

If Sky wasn't making a profit then ok. How many millions did they make last year?
Gavin Lyons, Scotland

With a predominantly working class following, the clubs are in danger of alienating the bedrock of their support. On top of the extortionate prices fans are already having to pay for tickets, kits, videos, etc. this could be the proverbial straw that breaks the camel's back.
Brenda Boyce, N Ireland

Football is more than just entertainment that should be paid for. It is an international way of life. Culture should never be paid for, other than through its enjoyment.
Dino Palubas, UK

There's a similar discussion in Germany at this time. To my mind, if they show live games let us pay. But the classic football show on Saturday evenings (in Austria, of course) should always be free.
Martin Seidl, Austria

When will the football business realise that they need to be nice to their friends on the way up if their friends are to be nice to them when they are going down again? All sports are, like the economy, cyclical. Football is no longer the game in which the majority of supporters are interested. Season ticket prices are ridiculously high. The salaries which the star players receive are equally, not withstanding the limited duration of their career, excessive and unjustified. Football is becoming too much the hard-nosed and self-interested industry, as perfectly illustrated by Man Utd, that the traditional supporters seek to escape from. Pay per view is to be avoided at all costs. Perhaps it could be legislated against?
Steve Hortin, UK

Why should we pay now when we haven't paid before? Might it be because the clubs, TV companies and players have no shame and want billion pound salaries to spend on cars, booze and women? Some of us still make the same money our fathers did for the same work. How much does Tommy Smith live on?
Hasan Barakat, USA

If I did pay I would just simply video the game and pass it on to my friends as soon as possible.
Bob Swann, United Kingdom

If pay-per-view was introduced with no safe-guards, then the game would die over time. The big clubs would get bigger. The gap between those big clubs and their smaller competitors would get bigger. Competition would vanish. The league would be between a few elite clubs. The majority of clubs should veto this move, as it will not be in their long term interests. To the chairmen: If you can't always fill the ground now, after increasing your prices, then who's to say that people will buy pay-per-view?
Martin Shaw, England

This was an obvious move as soon as Sky paid millions for the exclusive rights to league football. The Premier League is already awash with money - why does it need any more ? I can watch live league games here in Shanghai on a local channel yet my family in the UK cannot!
Ray Chisnall, China

If Sky wasn't making a profit then ok. How many millions did they make last year?
Gavin Lyons, Scotland

With a predominately working class following, the clubs are in danger of alienating the bedrock of their support. On top of the extortionate prices fans are already having to pay for tickets, kits, videos, etc. this could be the proverbial straw that breaks the camel's back.
Brenda Boyce, N.Ireland

I feel the organisers of football matches should pay us some money to watch them and waste our time. If people are stupid enough to get approval for pay-per-view then the viewers will decrease and the demand for the game will go down.
Durgesh, USA

I would probably pay to watch a live football game here in Canada. To bad nobody can deliver it, even Mr.Murdoch. But I would oppose to pay for it in Europe where is a part of life and modern culture. Roman parliament organized FREE gladiator fights for its citizens. Why should Europeans pay for their passion.
Rodion Mirzak, Canada

Football is much too expensive now for the ordinary working person without more increases in costs.
Bill, Canada

We pay enough to watch TV already - BBC licence & Sky subscriptions cost £40+ a month. Why should I then have to pay another £10 just to watch a game of football. I refuse to pay extra for boxing and the same will apply for football.
Dave Haward, England

Why not pay, you pay to enter the ground to watch it live. However as you are watching the game second hand the price should be reduced. Here in Australia we watch the UK league games on Fox Sports as part of the pay TV subscription.
M. Salmon, Australia

No, we should not have to pay to watch football on TV. It's only a short step from paying to watch drama, news or other programmes. And it might cost 10 pounds per match now, but there's no guarantee it wouldn't spiral up to much more. Scrap this idea once and for all. It might help clubs in terms of revenue, but I don't think it would help the players in terms of moral support . A completely silent football match with hardly anybody there to cheer anyone on just wouldn't be the same.
G Martin, England

Football is our national game and it should be on terrestrial TV and we shouldn't have to pay anything (other than the TV licence). Pay-per-view threatens to take football away from its traditional working class supporters and make it an elitist sport. We already pay enough at the gates. I, and many other fans, would be hard pushed to pay more.
Mark Wooldridge, UK

I'm glad the deal was rejected but I would still be prepared to pay more. I love the game and wouldn't miss a match if I could help it. At the moment I already spend a fortune going to matches and £10 here and there would not make much difference. If it did, I'd be prepared to cut down on something ellse.
Sue Lockhart, UK

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