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Heated debate over PSL ticket price increase

Heated debate over ticket price increase

Posted: 2010-08-18 21:31

Local fans are up in arms with local football authorities for increasing tickets prices for both PSL and Bafana Bafana games. 

Safa angered local fans when they upped the price to watch Bafana during the international friendly against Ghana at Soccer City recently to R100.
 
Now they say that the PSL is subjecting them to another 100 percent increase in ticket prices to watch the MTN8 games.
 
A staunch Kaizer Chiefs supporter, Machaka Masilo, believes that both Safa and the PSL should have held consultations with a panel of fans before deciding on the new prices.
 
"We are totally against the tickets price increases. This is unfair because we were not consulted as part of the stakeholders of football in the country. These people have come up with their own price structure.
 
"The most painful thing about the decision is that the people who decided on the price increase are not paying for their tickets but sit in the suites. The people who said we must pay more for tickets are the ones chasing us away from the stadiums," Masilo adds.
 
However despite soccer fans complaints about the new prices for tickets, there is an argument being put forward that rugby fans pay more than R200 to watch games.
 
"We can't compare ourselves to rugby fans because they have their own history. We are football supporters and we should not be made to suffer because of what other sporting codes pay to watch their games," says Masilo.
 
Meanwhile, PSL communications manager Altaaf Kazi tells KickOff.com that the PSL has promised it will tackle the issue of the proposed ticket price increases at their next Exco meeting.
 
"The issue of ticket prices is going to be discussed but at this stage there is no rule forcing teams to charge a certain amount when selling their tickets."
 
Bloemfontein Celtic supporter Botha Msila has pleaded with the PSL to increase their ticket prices by only R5.
 
"These people should consider many factors, like inflation and the rate of unemployment in the country.
 
"They say they want to pay back money used to build stadiums for the World Cup, but why do I have to pay extra money to watch a game at Seisa Ramabudu Stadium where no renovations were done prior to the World Cup.
 
"We understand that we cannot pay the R20 forever, but they should at least only increase prices by R5 or R10, not by 100 percent," Msila says.
 
 

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omega : 2010-08-18 22:31

It is really unfair on us fans,increasing is ok,but not 100% that's insane..I asure u,the stadiums will be empty this season,only airconditioned suites with three course meals for BEE brothers and sisters will be full..safa or whoever is involved,does'nt care about soccer fans..all they care about is money..hope the burn in hell..

Papas: 2010-08-19 07:31

Machaka Masilo - - - For almost a decade we have been paying R20.00, if the rule was every year we increase by 10% that means by now we would have been paying more than R40.00, , therefore I think is not that bad to increase by 100%, by the way most people who complains about these ticket prices won't have a problem to buy six pack at the nearest bottle store.. .. I just think we should have a system like the way they did with Charity Cup whereby if you buy the ticket, you should be allocated your own chair and prices may vary depending on where you are going to sit...

Botha??? Stop being mad, what is R5.00 after 8years? If you dont want to use your brain , go and sing with your celtic supporters...

Omega? I agree with you to some extend, my aggrement with you is when you say increasing is ok but now how much do you think they should increase it with, , Botha from Celtic says R5.00...

By the way people, if you want the front row, sit and watch it in your own living room and we will be doing the mexican waves at the stadium, just imagine doing a maxican wave in your tv room!

Mabonza: 2010-08-19 07:33

I wil rata buy 42"Plasma n watch it @HOME who care, FIFA gave them money n also SWC constribute a lot so whaaaat?

Mabonza: 2010-08-19 07:38

@Papas:
I think ur Govt Employee n think ur going to get dat 8,6% u ar demanding hey hey hey boy think of ada people staying @different Provinces but has 2pay 4transport 2 stadium n also data 100% ....fatty check!!!!!!

mash-do : 2010-08-19 07:49

i think a 100 percent increase is fair cos the ticket prices havent increased 4 as long as i can remember anyway most of the suppoters spend a lot of money on booze so R40 is nothing to them.

shatim: 2010-08-19 07:52

I symphatise with ardent supporters, who ever came with 100% increase is not from this planet. we need supporters at the stadiums

Mister not so nice guy: 2010-08-19 07:53

This Machaka guy football views are wack!!

Smallicious : 2010-08-19 08:03

Guys come on now, let us not be ignorant and be realistic here, we've been payin R20 fr over a decade now, paying R40 to watch a fotbal match in 2010 in my own opinion i think its quite fair. but thts my opinion.

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DiskiDance: 2010-08-19 08:10

R40.00 is nothing, the same supporters like Machaka complaining about R40 won't hesitate to buy ama'quart e'beer for the same amount of money but they're complaining about paying a very minimal amount to watch football games. learn to budget people it's 2010 now. And why is Machaka talking coz he gets free tickets from the KC???

jabu: 2010-08-19 08:12

Football in SA is supported mostly by PDP(Previously disadvantage people),before increasing prices you'll need to conduct a research , this is not a taxi industry where you can increase prices as you will, consider transport are we gettting to stadiums for free,Only Chiefs,Celtic,to some extent Pirates have managed to draw more fans to the stadium,increasing the price might be harmful to our fans,do you think i can pay R40 to watch Wits and Arrow,surely not

Proffesor: 2010-08-19 08:15

Just think of watching Wits vs. Platinum Stars at R40 for example? Who is going to pay that moola? Stadiums will be empty this season. Only big games will get packed… even games like Sundowns vs. AmaZulu won’t get jam packed! Teams struggled to pack stadiums on a R20 fee. It’s like a Taxi… example you pay R5… then suddenly its R10. Most of the people will go to trains & buses. PSL should have up the prize long ago… like example R20 (2000)… R25 (2003), R30 (2006)… this is a way makes people aware and get used to it… same at the taxi going up from R5 to R6….! PSL cant just now come with a R40 fee and expect people to say yebo yes… this is going to take some time for people to get used to it…

Syandah... : 2010-08-19 08:19

I have no problem with the increase but the very first mistake the officials are making is comparing SA Soccep with Rugby i mean where are we in the world irt club rugby rankng? #1 the best in the world are playing there. Its not like the standard of football has increased sumhow

tk.: 2010-08-19 08:21

the problem is not the price of a ticket bus money for transport to the stadiums. R40 is still too low. come on good people we cannot always rely on handouts forever. strange that some people that r complaining won't hesitate to buy R200 worth of booze on the day of the game yet they complain sooooo much

lolo083: 2010-08-19 08:21

i beleive the issue here is 100% increase not R20, we are just scared of change.

Luckybouy-Tiego : 2010-08-19 08:22

R40.00 is too much Muzi! I guess you never go to stadiums wena! The price should be increased to R25-00 atleast!

Livhuani: 2010-08-19 08:26

They increase by R5, R40 is ok if u r going to watch only 1 game a month, what about us who attend more than 5 games a month. we also have to buy food and drinks.

MrSelbi: 2010-08-19 08:26

R40 is reasonable, people like complaining just for the sake of it.Increase the price and see they are not gonna attend the games.

Phakz: 2010-08-19 08:27

For me there's NO RELATIONSHIP between ticket prices and games attendance.
To PROVE a point take eg. FF Stars vs Maritzburg United game and give people free entrance and see if there's any improvement in attendance.

Simply put, the attendance is dependant on two factors, i.e
1. QUALITY of football on the pitch and
2. HYPE built around around a game.

So I rather watch my team and pay R50 than watching some team with not even 1 (exciting) player to look forward to.

tk.: 2010-08-19 08:28

ngicela ukubuza, who is a poor person? don't tell me about people who never went to school and expect to get jobs out of nowhwere. we ar the laughinh stock because we are so proud of our poverty. it is time we do things right and learn to be independent, otherwise good things will always be for the white people. R40 is ok

Toad  : 2010-08-19 08:33

good increase, long overdue. This is an entertainment business & it does not come cheap. If u feel it's not entertaining enough 4 you then stay at home & watch games on TV as you always do. The broke team was charging people R40 last season 2 raise funds 2 build their 15000 seater stadium that was promised decades ago but u were not complaining. I say increase it, how else r teams supposed 2 make money & stay in the business. While at it plz make sure the quality of the game goes up by at least 100% 2 complement ticket sale increase.

Phakz: 2010-08-19 08:34

DiskiDance:
100% agreed.
Its even funny when you look at it this way, for beer drinkers - many of which are ordinary people - having bought a R20 ticket, they make a point to spare at least R60 per attendance just to drink while watching the games. Makes (no) sense?

Papas: 2010-08-19 08:42

Jabu & Proffessor?? Games between Platinum Stars vs Arrows or Amazulu vs Wits were always empty even when it was R20.00, what makes you think if we say R25.00 it will be full?

King? We can not say those who talks a lot dont go to the stadiums, maybe some people enjoy watching tv at their TV Room, I for one hate it when I missed an offside at the stadium but in my living room I can be the reveree and decide after the referee but that is besides the point....

No-one is forcing anyone to go to the stadium, we can not keep on holding ourselfes down by saying we are previously disadvantaged, it is 15years after democracy, are you saying in 2025 we will still be saying we are previously disadvantage?

Come on guys, let us just stop blaming the previous regime, let us move forward we will only use apartheid as a reference... check in Alex, some people work nice jobs but they choose to stay there, because they dont pay for water, they dont pay for electricity... think of how much you pay where you are staying.. close to R4000.00... I am not referring to kids like Nosi here...

All psl trophies : 2010-08-19 08:50

Unfortunately the people who are saying
weshould pay that price
don't pay for the tickets.
These people are very selfish.
Let them increase the tickets price with 100%.
THESE BEE *******s don't feel for poor Africans

tk.: 2010-08-19 08:53

@ Papas: 2010-08-19 08:42
my point excatly. when are we gonna understand that good things come at a price? other races are progressive because they decided to do something about their povery. what are we doing? even R50 will be OK

Swona (Treble): 2010-08-19 08:56

machaka and kickoff you sick, we have been paying R20 for the past 16years, how much is kickoff megazine? how much was it in 1997? kickoff is inflating this balloon, we did not complain about ticket prices going up, as far as I remember we said they must improve their service, and this does not come cheap, security, no grass smoking pigs on the stands

All psl trophies : 2010-08-19 09:07

Most people who are protecting these BEE *******s don't even go to stadiums.

They watch the game on TV.
That's why they are comparing ticket price with with the amount they pay for
beers while they are watching the game on TV.

All psl trophies : 2010-08-19 09:14

Swona do you know that there soccer loving people who lives
in informal setlements? there's number of soccer loving people from the following informal settlements
who won't be able to pay that rubish
LUSAKA,EXT011,EXT06,MANDELA,MARABASTAD(Mamelodi)
VALELISA, HOLOMISA, Cliptown,TSHEPISONG,LERATONG you name them, these are the people who go to the stadiums.

Mntungwa : 2010-08-19 09:20

I dont care how much we pay even R100 iz OK. This guy Machaka is talking kaak, who the he think he is to say R40 is 2 much.nakho ke waze waxoshwa nase msebenzini ngoba akanawo umqondo okhaliphile ,kunini we madoda sikhokha R20?

All psl trophies : 2010-08-19 09:21

KING:2010-08-19 07:52
Its strange that those who agree with this price increase never even been to the stadium and they are not even planning to.

....................
My point exactly. people who agree to this stupidity watch games to the nearest CHESA NYAMA where there's a big screen.

Stonza: 2010-08-19 09:27

am sure chips fans are the ones forward in this battle against increase....
am just saying..

Maestro KC: 2010-08-19 09:27

100% increase is not on, why wasnt the ticket price increase factored in for the past 10 years? It lack of planning from the PSL and SAFA that we not get to be subjected to a 100% increase.

Lack of planning

Wonder: 2010-08-19 09:29

Machaka, stop buying the brown bread and embarrass yourself on tv and use that money to pay for the fair valued tickets.

The revaluations of the tickets and the subsequent increases are fair and justifiable.

Stonza: 2010-08-19 09:30

R40 rands so that they can keep the stadiums running....

All psl trophies : 2010-08-19 09:32

Stonza:2010-08-19 09:27
U Qalile wena b.a.s.t.a.rd! NXAA!

Stonza: 2010-08-19 09:59

ok, here is a better solution, i think...if psl plan to increase the pices to R50 by 2013, but now want R40 rands....they should just forget about the R40 part and start the increase towards R50....maybe increase by R5, then second half of this season increase by R5 again..that wil make the tickets R30...next year beggining another R5, second half R5, yerar end 2011 we have the R40....then increase R10 begginin 2013...how is that?...thing is, stadiums need to be kept in good condition...and stadium workers are forever wanting wage increase where is that gonna come from?...huh...come on think ppl...think

jabu: 2010-08-19 10:02

tk and others, those other races that are progressing most of them are not staying in informal settlements or squatter camps,so think about those who can't afford before making decisions like that.as i said earlier increase is not the problem but get people to get used to the idea,let it be known that at the begining of each year prices will increase by a reasonable amount, not be like the ANC regarding the Media tribunal.i still say the Voiceless needs to be represented as well.

Stonza: 2010-08-19 10:04

All psl trophies : 2010-08-19 09:32 [ Report ]
nothing personal son, waz jst saying... as for the seating arangements...I see problems, not unlesppl buy group tickets, and I think we should have our supporters team as kickoffers..
so we can have fun or our own...dont you think guys....so that groups can stay together..

Wandile : 2010-08-19 10:06

Ours is country laden with socio-economic ills. I think in the name of reaching a compromise R10 increase will suffice.

Personally I would'nt mind paying R40 as I think the increase has come after a long time. But than again I only watch Sundowns weekend games and only go to Pretoria midweek if I think the opposition is worhty.

It is diferent for fans who travel the lenght and breath of the country following the team. In fact I am more worried about the petrol price than the ticket price.

But the inrease has been arrogantly imlemented without consultation (Whats new from the PSL/SAFA), so its neither here nor there how the stakeholders, i.e fans feel/are affected!!!!!!!!!

KEAOBAKA MOSES: 2010-08-19 10:13

COME ON PUPIL DO U STILL WANT TO PAY R20 BUT YOU WANT SOCCER TO PROGRESS FOR 8YRS WHILE PETROL,FOODS,EVERYTHING IS BEEN INCREASING U NEVER COMPLAIN BUT U CAN BEERS AND PLEASE STOP SMOKING,WERE ARE NOT ALL SMOKERS

muntari: 2010-08-19 10:55

Talks about 2010 legacy were jus' a myth and am sure wonke umuntu sees that now.Da fat cats will get fatter while da loyal diski fanatics who are poor will be left in da dark as IT IS ALWAYS DA CASE WITH EVERYTHING IN OUR LAND OF THE DA EVER FALLING RAND.Great news for TV manufacturing industry as fans will ever be glued to comfort of their sofas & tavern seats & TV screens than stadium sits.

chief blogger: 2010-08-19 11:26

papas mfo.dont be stupid.if ppl drink their money its none of your bussiness.for sure u dont even know how to get to football games.get real ur bast@@@rd

Papas: 2010-08-19 11:50

Chief blogger?/ I will forgive your ignorance moron, so if people watch it on tv is their business too fool....

Undisputed Reigning Champ Mopheme (( All Trophies )): 2010-08-19 13:01

Machaka should not complain about R40.00 but stop buying cabbage he will have enough money for games.

thivhu....: 2010-08-19 13:33

when i read "100% increase" I was shocked and shivering, but when I do calculation I found that it is a mere change of R40.00. I think they must just increase it to R50.00, we dont want R10.00 change we we buy those tickets.

Sthera: 2010-08-27 08:55

I think it is unfair for us supporters, I also understand that we won't pay R20 forever but R40 is too much concirdering the fact that some psl teams could not fill the stadiums even when the ticket price was still R20, How could the do it now, at least R30 not R40 it's totally unfair.