Club Statement on Media Policy

[Miltonaggro]

Gordon Brown isn't doing much at the moment...

[saint_mears]

They just did a report on South Today about all this and the majority of fans asked said it was a stupid decision and will backfire.

[SaintBobby]

You really need to get some balance and fact amongst that sheite. What about the Premier and CC clubs that control their image rights, absolutely no difference. If Cortese is a **** and a laughing stock, why are all the other chairmen not? You can reasonably argue that we are not going to be making much money from this at present, but this is all about putting things in place for the future, something going on all over the club in different areas.

 

What the press do not like about this is that their margins could be squeezed in the lower leagus, not only the big boys. These image rights are something they will pay for when the need arises, you only have to look at Hello magazine to figure that out.

 

We are not, I'm afraid, ever going to see Saints in Hello magazine territory.

 

Every attempt to control photographic imagery from matches has been a failure - that includes efforts by Man Utd, Celtic and Bristol Rovers.

 

There is no reason to believe Southampton will succeed and early indications - such as the photo agency we appointed now refusing to sign the contract and various media organisations boycotting the imagery - are that the plan ahs probably failed already.

[SaintBobby]

How much do Sky pay us when they show a league game from St Mary's? How much do we lose from lower attendances at TV games? Perhaps provoking a TV boycott is part of Cortese's plan to increase profits.

 

I really hope this is irony....

[jasoneuelllfanclub]

Correct me if I am wrong but I didn't see Saints Carling cup goals on SSN this morning even though it seemed every other game was shown. This was from 0630 to 0730 so maybe it was shown later but just wondering the reason it wasn't shown was down to the clubs media policy?