Submitted on Sunday 10th March 2024
Rejected on Monday 25th March 2024
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: irrelevant (see below for details)
Abolish the 3pm broadcasting blackout rule for Premier League football matches
Televised live football matches have been subject to a 3pm broadcasting blackout since the 1960’s, with the UK being the only country to have this rule in place. With match going fans struggling to buy tickets, it is wholly unfair that they are unable to view matches on television.
With the average attendance in the 2022/2023 season standing at just 40,000, millions of football fans and supporters are punished on a weekly basis. Abolishing this rule would also potentially be a much needed boost for pubs and clubs, who should be able to show these matches live.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
Decisions about when to hold and broadcast football matches are a matter for the FA, the Premier League and the Football League, and broadcasters, not the Government or House of Commons.
As a result it is not possible for the Government or House of Commons to take the action you have requested.
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.
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