Comments on: A search for football’s best, most passionate fans http://salutsunderland.FootballUNITED.com/2009/12/a-search-for-footballs-best-most-passionate-fans/ For and by fans of Sunderland AFC Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:29:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://golbox.com?v=3.2.1 By: will http://salutsunderland.FootballUNITED.com/2009/12/a-search-for-footballs-best-most-passionate-fans/comment-page-1/#comment-3296 will Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:02:02 +0000 http://salutsunderland.com/?p=5409#comment-3296 hmm, well. yes, Sky's site looks nice, and with big media support it's growing. So far, so good. But what happens to Sky's support when times get tough? When the cash doesn't flow? This [vie New Media Age]: "Sky has closed Rivals.net, its online football community, blaming its poor commercial performance. The media giant shut the network of fan sites for all 92 football clubs, including Manchester United’s United We Stand and Everton’s When Skies Are Grey, without prior warning to members." http://bit.ly/SkyShutsRivals for full story Let me read that one again..."blaming its poor commercial performance"..."without prior warning to members" Kinda ironic. The fan site that's looking for the best fans in the land can't hack it when times are tough. hmm, well. yes, Sky’s site looks nice, and with big media support it’s growing.

So far, so good.

But what happens to Sky’s support when times get tough? When the cash doesn’t flow? This [vie New Media Age]:

“Sky has closed Rivals.net, its online football community, blaming its poor commercial performance.

The media giant shut the network of fan sites for all 92 football clubs, including Manchester United’s United We Stand and Everton’s When Skies Are Grey, without prior warning to members.”
http://bit.ly/SkyShutsRivals for full story

Let me read that one again…”blaming its poor commercial performance”…”without prior warning to members”

Kinda ironic. The fan site that’s looking for the best fans in the land can’t hack it when times are tough.

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