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[–] [email protected] 65 points 2 months ago

Read as:

Piracy as a Scapegoat for Financial Mismanagement

[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

In Italy, the cost of subscription for streaming serie A soccer is 5% of the average net wage. And then you need to add the cost of broadband as it's only streamed, no TV broadcast.

A low wage worker would need to literally skip meals in order to watch those overpaid clowns kick a ball.

Buy less Lamborghinis, reduce the price, have enough servers to allow for a service that doesn't crash and stutter for the first half of the match, then maybe more people would stop paying the illegal IPTV services that are charging 1/10th of the legit service

As of now, illegal IPTV services are giving a better service (no stuttering for half match), a better experience (a m3u can work with older smart TVs without Android) for 90% less money. And sometimes even better support

Many people also pay for a VPN+a subscription to paramount plus USA and they can watch serie a from Italy at 50% off.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

As an Australian I genuinely find European football salaries obscene and a bit disgusting tbh. Over here both of our major codes of football, NRL (rugby) and AFL (aussie rules) have had salary caps since the late 80s. It's not something implemented per player, but instead for the total roster of a club. The point is to make the competition fairer and well, more interesting, because you don't have all the good players concentrated into a few super clubs. In 2022 it was $13.5m for AFL clubs and $10m for NRL clubs. As well, if you breach it you generally don't get to earn points on the ladder until the following season. If you did it in the past, won a premiership and it's discovered, the title will be stripped.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It makes sense

In the serie A let me see what they can do with that money... Uhm the Juventus can't even pay for Dusan Vlahovic (he gets €12 million - net per season)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I mean yes, those numbers are fairly low because they're designed to keep the sports sustainable in the Australian market.

Even if the cap were €100 million, that would still be a lot fairer than a free-for-all.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's "fewer Lamborghinis," not "less."

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Reddit from 2009 called, it wants it's "pretending to be helpful but actually contributing nothing to the conversation" grammar complaint comment back :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

You get to pay billionaires to watch millionaires play a kid's game.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 months ago (2 children)

The most profitable league in all of sports...
Is being killed?

I don't think that means what they think it means.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago

It's killing his plan for a fifth mega yacht

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

These days, profits growing slower than anticipated (but still growing) is framed as losing money.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago

Kill football? LET’S FUCKING GO!!!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago

I'm joining the war on us Vs them

on the side of them

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago

Football is being killed by FIFA, if anything

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Lmao cry more, shitass. Catch us if you can.

You can’t.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago

Suck my balls, football is doing just fine. In fact, there's more money in it than ever.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

i know this is about italy but premier says the same thing yet they keep continuing putting all the games behind sky instead of the bbc/freeview

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

finally, freedom from soup bowl.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Tell me you're American without telling me you're American.