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>If you provide people with easy, convenient, legal methods to consume the content in a way that works for them, for a price they find reasonable, then they ove

>If you provide people with easy, convenient, legal methods to consume the content in a way that works for them, for a price they find reasonable, then they overwhelmingly won't resort to illegal means. I think the problem with your statement is "for a price they find reasonable." Because the price some find reasonable is much lower than others (the very reason why demand curves are downward sloping is they there are different willingness to pay for different customers). Since La Liga can't price discriminate easily and charge those with higher willingness to pay more AND since they have a monopoly over these games, the rational economic decision of the league is to keep the prices at a higher price, which while unfortunately resulting in fewer people having access, it also means more profit for them. Thus, I don't think it is as simple as you are making it appear.

ddingus 7y ago
If they are making more money, what exactly is the worry? One of their real worries just might be having greater success resulting in an actual decline in access. Something else can enter that vacuum pretty damn easy.
CaptainZapp 7y ago
Since La Liga can't price discriminate easily Sports broadcasts are massively price discriminated, however, which is probably the whole point of this bruhaha. Pubs in the UK, for example, pay a much higher fee (something like 15'000£ a year[1]) than households (which I believe is in the 50Quid range a month) for the right to publicly broadcast the games. It's probably such shenanigans (using a home subscription to show in the pub) that they're trying to fight. Not that I agree with the methods, mind you. This, btw, explains why you see a beer glass in the corner of sports broadcasts in English pubs[2]. At least the ones that are properly licensed. [1] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/11038992/More-pubs-get-sport-from-BT-than-Sky.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechno... [2] https://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2016/12/13/game-theory-applied-why-is-there-a-pint-glass-in-the-corner-of-tvs-at-pubs/ https://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2016/12/13/game-theory-ap... e: spello

ddingus 7y ago

If they are making more money, what exactly is the worry? One of their real worries just might be having greater success resulting in an actual decline in access. Something else can enter that vacuum pretty damn easy.

CaptainZapp 7y ago

Since La Liga can't price discriminate easily Sports broadcasts are massively price discriminated, however, which is probably the whole point of this bruhaha. Pubs in the UK, for example, pay a much higher fee (something like 15'000£ a year[1]) than households (which I believe is in the 50Quid range a month) for the right to publicly broadcast the games. It's probably such shenanigans (using a home subscription to show in the pub) that they're trying to fight. Not that I agree with the methods, mind you. This, btw, explains why you see a beer glass in the corner of sports broadcasts in English pubs[2]. At least the ones that are properly licensed. [1] https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/11038992/More-pubs-get-sport-from-BT-than-Sky.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechno... [2] https://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2016/12/13/game-theory-applied-why-is-there-a-pint-glass-in-the-corner-of-tvs-at-pubs/ https://mindyourdecisions.com/blog/2016/12/13/game-theory-ap... e: spello