After Bayern fans were charged a minimum of 100 dollars to get into the match in London next week, supporters are proposing a protest due to the high cost of the ticket prices. They plan on staying silent for the first five minutes of the game and then showing their enthusiasm and love for the game the rest of the time to show how important it is not only for the players but for the survival of the clubs to have decent ticket prices and ultimately a crowd attending their games. This shows how important it is for clubs to maintain a healthy relationship and take into consideration their audience, such as young people who can't afford such outrageous prices. It'll be interesting to see if this use of silence will be effective in trying to prove their point. Because what's football without a loud, chanting crowd?
Do you think that this will be effective in proving their point? What else could the fans do? If you were a Bayern fan in this situation what approach would you take? Also, do you think that this would be detrimental to the club as a whole or is it useless?
http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/oct/14/bayern-munich-arsenal-fans-boycott-64-tickets
Did the Bayern fans execute this plan of staying silent for the first five minutes of the game? This way of protesting the high ticket prices would only effect the game/club for a short period of time. What are other ways these fans could have protested the high ticket prices?
ReplyDeleteThey did execute the plan well. The fans stayed out of their seats for the first five minutes while some held up signs, and then after the five minutes they proceeded to go out and cheer on their players. The players even stopped and applauded. As stated in the article below, they could have remained silent for a longer period of time to make it more effective.
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That's very interesting that the players even stopped and applauded the crowd. With the fans being acknowledged and supported by the players, maybe this is just the first protest of many. If the players make public statements on social media backing the protesters then I think they will gain momentum and eventually get the lower ticket prices they desire. Has there been any statement against the protesters' movement?
DeleteThat's very interesting that the players even stopped and applauded the crowd. With the fans being acknowledged and supported by the players, maybe this is just the first protest of many. If the players make public statements on social media backing the protesters then I think they will gain momentum and eventually get the lower ticket prices they desire. Has there been any statement against the protesters' movement?
DeleteAre the prices for the tickets at the Emirates normally this expensive or is it just for this game? If normal Premier League games are around this price per game then I do not think the protest will work. However, one way to solve this issue could be to protest to UEFA to make set price ranges that are affordable for all.
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DeleteFrom the article above, it looks as if the protest was actually effective. If you click on the link above you can see pictures of the demonstration and how many seats were left empty during the beginning of the game as only some people held up signs saying "with out fans football is not worth a penny". Once the fans came out and changed the atmosphere, the players even applauded them to show their gratitude. In the article it confirms that the fans were angered because they were being charged the high ticket price by Arsenal to watch their team at the Emirates Stadium. Rather than being charged from 11.19 to 52.24 euros (at Bayern) they were charged around 27-97 euros (at Arsenal) not including the cost of transportation to the game.
Why was a minimum of 100 euros charged for the game? Was it because they were trying to fund something? This is an interesting topic involving the fans especially if they went through with executing this successfully. I feel like if it was executed successfully, it could make a big statement depending on why the ticket prices were raised.
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ReplyDeleteI feel like this might not have been the most effective way for the fans to make their point. Why not just buy the tickets and then not go to the game at all? Perhaps they are trying to give off the image of displaying loyalty, but if I was the person charging for the tickets, I would see it more as an inability to stay away from the game regardless of ticket prices. I feel like a defeat of the team in a situation where no fans were present for the whole game, or least until half-time, would make a way greater point than fans who only didn't show up for 5 minutes.
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ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said. Even further, they could have just not paid for the tickets, but a former Bayern player makes a point that although they do not support it, they have already invested this money into transportation you would want to watch the game to an extent. And I also agree with you on your last statement. I think the fans could have stayed away from the game for a longer period of time to further prove their point, although the players as well as the Arsenal fans did recognize the absence of those in the stands within the 5 minutes.
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