[theprisoner]

There was an interesting article about premiership ticket prices on BBC the other day.

They said about Blackburn that their board of directors are worried that Burnley will get promoted and take away supporters who tend to go just to watch the big clubs so they've cut the cost of their season ticket prices to entice more people to watch the club for the entire season rather than on a pay on the gate basis.

They also mentioned that with the money Manchester United generate per game through Sky TV and sponsorship, they could easily afford to let everyone in for free and STILL make a profit.

It was also acknowledged that clubs are aware that people will pay stupid prices to watch the team they support so it's irrelevant how much ticket prices are because the hard core of supporters would still go to home games. The big four don't make their serious money on the crowd attendance, it's from franchising and sponsorship.

We'd all say that football has changed for the worse but who would be upset if Stanley were a top 10 premiership team and went down the above route? I know I wouldn't be!