LIBERAL DEMOCRATS VOTE TO MAKE AT LEAST 10 MATCHES A SEASON FREE-TO-AIR FOR UK FANS

MPs in the UK parliament could soon vote on whether to make a select number of Premier League games available for fans to watch for free on television. The very reason the Premier League exists is down to television and the revenue it brings, prompting the 22 founder clubs to breakaway from the traditional Football League in 1992.
The competition’s popularity has exploded around the world and fans in virtually every country can tune into live Premier League matches every week. But the Premier League is ironically less accessible to domestic fans, due to fewer live broadcasts and the greater cost.
UK fans can expect to pay upwards of £650 for live Premier League football across Sky Sports and TNT Sports, which does not include access to all 380 matches, Sky has upped its broadcast load to 225 for 2025–26, while TNT showed 52 games in 2024–25.
In the United States, NBC carries one free Premier League broadcast per week, with the remaining live games split across Peacock and USA Network for a fraction of the cost that UK fans face.
In Spain, La Liga has been legally obliged to broadcast one match per week for free since 2022.
MPs from the Liberal Democrats have proposed 10 Premier League games each season should be free-to-air, essentially one per month. It has been tabled as an amendment to the Football Governance Bill, legislation for an independent regulator to oversee England’s top five men’s leagues.