Brighton Match Against Spurs Remains PPV

Premier League decides to keep PPV despite fans backlash.

Brighton’s match against Spurs scheduled for PPV.

The Premier League has decided to keep the controversial ‘Pay Per View’ in place for the foreseeable future.

The decision to make matches ‘pay per view’ has been made by the Premier League in order to help bring in money to help clubs after their finances took a hit during the Coronavirus pandemic. 

There had been hope from football fans that the decision would be reversed and all matched would return to the screens. During the end of the 2019/20 season and the initial start of the 2020/21 campaigns, all games were being streamed by services at no extra cost.

Brighton and Hove Albion FC fans have already had to deal with the cost of a ‘pay per view’ game. However, many seagulls fans stood with other teams fans by refusing to pay for the match and instead donating their £14.95 to a local food bank. The fans raised almost £4,000 for Brighton Food Bank.

Seagulls fans raised £3912.67 for Brighton Food Bank after boycotting their PPV match against West Brom

This initiative that fans have taken on to donate their money to a food bank instead is not exclusive to Brighton. Premier League football fans have raised as much as £300,000 for charity. Liverpool fans raised £120,000 for the North Liverpool Food Bank, Newcastle United FC Fans Food Bank group has made more than £60,000after boycotting their match.

The match Brighton fans boycotted was a dull 1-1 draw with West Brom, one game that would always struggle to attract many viewers. Their next match, however, is against Tottenham Hotspur. The Spurs are one of the biggest teams in the country, and the game would have expected to have had a large viewership.

The viewership will undoubtedly be interesting to see as it is scheduled to be a ‘pay per view’ match, costing fans £14.95 for the pleasure to tune in.

‘Pay per view’ is set to continue until next months international break at the soonest. At the moment it is likely it will continue until fans can return to the grounds to watch the games live. The next government debate about that topic is November 9th.