Quote from: timeoutbigbar on May 19, 2011, 04:42:58 PMQuote from: john e on May 19, 2011, 04:34:49 PMso we have a league that is a wash with money, yet most clubs are in massive debt, thats not SKY's fault, thats the chairman and administraters of the clubs.a lot of the money has come from SKY but the its spent by the respective clubs, its just to easy to put the whole blame onto SKY tv, and make them the scapegoat, they put on a product that people want to see, i dont like talking about football as a product, but thats the way it is nowadays.the only way forward to a more competitive league, is the formation of a European super league for all the big club and big money franchises, and let the rest of us get on with it without all the razamataz and OTT bollox that we have nowSo as fans we bang on about the monotony of the league, yet the only way of challenging is to invest in the team. Now your saying that it's the owners fault for spending to try and improve the team? Make your mind up.but your never going to challenge Man Utd are you, you might give them a bloody nose every now and then, but they sold a player last year for more than Randy bought the whole of villa for, what chance we got ?
Quote from: john e on May 19, 2011, 04:34:49 PMso we have a league that is a wash with money, yet most clubs are in massive debt, thats not SKY's fault, thats the chairman and administraters of the clubs.a lot of the money has come from SKY but the its spent by the respective clubs, its just to easy to put the whole blame onto SKY tv, and make them the scapegoat, they put on a product that people want to see, i dont like talking about football as a product, but thats the way it is nowadays.the only way forward to a more competitive league, is the formation of a European super league for all the big club and big money franchises, and let the rest of us get on with it without all the razamataz and OTT bollox that we have nowSo as fans we bang on about the monotony of the league, yet the only way of challenging is to invest in the team. Now your saying that it's the owners fault for spending to try and improve the team? Make your mind up.
so we have a league that is a wash with money, yet most clubs are in massive debt, thats not SKY's fault, thats the chairman and administraters of the clubs.a lot of the money has come from SKY but the its spent by the respective clubs, its just to easy to put the whole blame onto SKY tv, and make them the scapegoat, they put on a product that people want to see, i dont like talking about football as a product, but thats the way it is nowadays.the only way forward to a more competitive league, is the formation of a European super league for all the big club and big money franchises, and let the rest of us get on with it without all the razamataz and OTT bollox that we have now
Quote from: garyshawsknee on May 19, 2011, 04:10:41 PMThe German league seem to share their top four a bit more. Off the top of my head they don't seem to have a team who dominates for years on end.But they run their game far better and fairer than most league,i'm sure thats no coincedence.I would have to agree with you Gary I like the way German football is run plus they get good crowds to watch there football.
The German league seem to share their top four a bit more. Off the top of my head they don't seem to have a team who dominates for years on end.But they run their game far better and fairer than most league,i'm sure thats no coincedence.
I think Sky wouldn't really care who was top of the league, as long as there are Chelseas and Citehs splashing the cash on marquee players along with the traditional big clubs Manu, Arsenal and Liverpool battling it out, it will make for exciting games watched by full stadiums.
Don't they also 'sell on' or at least get paid a percentage from international distribution? Their argument would be that audiences demand to see the top teams, who also happen to have the best players and these teams still manage to fill their stadiums, so no harm done. It was never designed to be fair.
I agree to an extent, but that example is mental. No player can ever be considered 'worth' £80 million.
The Premier League distributes TV rights money based partly on performance, partly via equal shares of TV income, and partly on the number of times a club's matches are screened live on domestic television. This season, each club will receive £13.8million as the equal share of domestic TV rights and £17.7million as the equal share of overseas TV rights. On top of that, every place in the Premier League table is worth £752,000 - the bottom club will get that amount and the top club £15.04million. Facility fees of £485,000 are paid to a club every time they play in a live TV match - with a minimum income of £4.85million even if a club has been involved in fewer than 10 live games. The top four clubs usually play in at least 20 live TV games a season, meaning they will earn around £10million in facility fees.