Comments on: Foolball economics http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/08/13/foolball-economics/ "crass, boorish and more a bruiser than blogger" - Alex Wilcock Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:37:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Joe Otten http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/08/13/foolball-economics/#comment-83796 Joe Otten Fri, 24 Aug 2007 10:38:43 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/08/13/foolball-economics/#comment-83796 The problem as I see it is that football demands brand loyalty, and competitive markets demand brand disloyalty. So maybe this is a market failure. And if the solution is moaning at clubs for overcharging, I can live with that. The problem as I see it is that football demands brand loyalty, and competitive markets demand brand disloyalty.

So maybe this is a market failure. And if the solution is moaning at clubs for overcharging, I can live with that.

]]> By: Nich Starling http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/08/13/foolball-economics/#comment-81281 Nich Starling Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:41:58 +0000 http://www.theliberati.net/quaequamblog/2007/08/13/foolball-economics/#comment-81281 Don seems to have fallen in to the trap that early season stats provided last year. About 9 months ago the press were going mad about falling attendances in the Premiership and reporting on its impending doom. The truth was that by the end of the season attendances went up to their highest level ever, thus debunking the theories from earlier in the year. Don seems not to know this. Don seems to have fallen in to the trap that early season stats provided last year. About 9 months ago the press were going mad about falling attendances in the Premiership and reporting on its impending doom. The truth was that by the end of the season attendances went up to their highest level ever, thus debunking the theories from earlier in the year.

Don seems not to know this.

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