Ok, this is off LFC normal talk but i think it prudent to share.

I am sure by now most subscribers to Astro Sports Package has received the Price Hiked of RM 12 for the 811-814 channels. To some its a huge increase and to some its nothing, but the principle of it is a price hike by a monopoly that seems to strategised it at the time when they know most ppl will have no choice but to agree... the starting of the BPL and all football seasons.

I feel it was deliberately waited for the increase to coincide with the new football season. this kinda shows we are actually the majorities of the sports package subscribers. Somehow i did something i should have done earlier, cancel the package. yep, I will have no more Astro Sports Package to watch but I feel it actually happened for a reason. I think football should be enjoyed with company or fans or friends or at least ppl with the same passion about it.

So Astro actually did us all a favor to rethink the need to actually watch sports at home. Yes we know the CL games are in the wee hours of the morning but heck, online streaming? 24 hour mamaks? etc... I think its time to see if we are really the "idiot box" generation as many of our predecessors have mentioned or we can make a change and get out there with a drink (alcoholic or not) and hoist it every time a goal, a win, a lost is shared among friends.

So my post is a tribute to Astro, thank you for making me see football in a better light and continue to do a good job in making sure more ppl watch Astro outside the comforts of their own home

To all of us! Season starts this weekend and you'll see more fans coming out of their holes to watch it outside with fellow fans. Hurrah! and YNWA!

Lets not push the blame to the footballing entities. End of the day, it is ppl like us who demand for the sport, and when theres demand, theres bound to be those who want to supply, albeit at a high price. Frankly, I wouldn't mind the price increase if we were getting the same amount of content those in the UK were. 10 EPL games running concurrently at separate channels for our viewing pleasure, HD enabled, player-by-player tracking. Now I'd pay good money for that. Rather, we get Shebby Singh and cut reception when it rains. Ffs.