I still live with my parents so I'm not a prime decision maker when it comes to expenses like these. However, I have mentioned to my dad bout them son of a guns hiking up the prices, but its just one of those things where we have to accept. Inflation is not uncommon in this country, and I highly doubt a small increase like this will deter Malaysians from continuing to subscribe to watch their weekly (some daily) football fix. About a year ago, we agreed to terminate the movies package becoz it was a lil too pricey and all they showed were replays of old movies we would have already watched a long time ago. Sports though is one which my family and I use the most atm. We get together to watch football, badminton, tennis, golf, F1 etc. It'd be too costly to watch games every week outside with friends at the bar becoz bottles and pints can cost quite a bit and thus diminish the savings we would have received from cancelling it. I'm one who likes to view matches of those not involving my fav team as well, becoz I am a football fan in general, so going out for early mornings every so often Champions League football is on and then having to wake up early for classes is a big no-no for me. Guess we'll just have to live with the fact that in Malaysia where monopolies are basically untouchable, life is full of lemons.

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.