View: New PPV report could be brilliant news for West Brom fans
According to The Mirror, Premier League chiefs are facing growing calls for the league’s pay-per-view system to be scrapped in what will surely come as good news to West Brom fans.
Since the PPV service was brought in, every Baggies game has been selected to be broadcast on Sky Sports Box Office.
As the games cost an extra £14.95 to watch on top of an existing subscription to Sky Sports it means Albion fans will have had to shell out nearly £60 extra to watch their side.
The Mirror report that ‘Premier League bosses will come under renewed pressure to scrap their pay-per-view scheme because of the second national lockdown’.
They also state that ahead of a meeting between the 20 Premier League clubs this week, government chiefs may ‘intervene’ if the newly announced November lockdown extends past December 2nd.
The scrapping of the PPV system will surely be welcomed by most Premier League fans, some of whom have been donating thousands of pounds to food banks in a protest against the league’s decision.
The extra charge has probably meant that some Baggies fans missed Karlan Grant’s first Albion goal against Brighton last Monday night, that is unless some fans used less than legal means to watch their side.
That is what some fans will have been forced to do in an effort to support their team. Hopefully, the Premier League are forced to scrap the system that has taken advantage of Baggies fans more than any other set of supporters in the league.
It is quite frankly disgraceful that the league asks for more money from fans in the midst of a global pandemic where a lot of people are earning less money than they usually would. The pay-per-view service needs to be scrapped and fans need to make sure it never returns.
In other West Brom news, Kamil Grosicki has spoken for the first time after his failed move to Nottingham Forest.
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