Comments on: Serie A to Breakaway

By: Matt (at the library procrastinating studying)

Matt (at the library procrastinating studying) — Fri, 01 May 2009 00:17:28 +0000

So what would happen to the teams that were promoted/relegated for next year? Seems like some bad luck and bad timing for relegation bound teams…

By: alessio

alessio — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:19:35 +0000

Yeah Lecce is goin down fast..their team was never cut for Serie A anyways, so it’s not like Parma where they expect to rebound

By: Wayne Farry

Wayne Farry — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:23:58 +0000

Reminds me of a rumour I heard that the Big 4 in the EPL are full of contempt regarding the fact that the TV money is split twenty ways, apparently they want a big share too.

Can’t see a four side Premier-Premier League though…

By: Applesauce

Applesauce — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:20:19 +0000

So it looks like Serie B ended up shooting themselves in the foot. Television money is predicated upon market size.

Roma, Milano, Napoli, Torino, Palermo, Genova.

Those are the top six cities in the country, by population. All six of them are currently in Serie A. Now I don’t claim to know the details of the current deal, nor the proposed money they could receive independent of the top tier, but it doesn’t seem to make sense to me.

Moral of the story: “Don’t bite the hand that feeds.”

By: Wayne Farry

Wayne Farry — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:17:58 +0000

That’s true about Lecce.

To be honest, because it’s not in effect until 2010/11 it’ll only effect teams promoted then (as well as teams who won’t be relegated between now and then).

By: chris

chris — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:15:45 +0000

Lecce won’t be in Serie A very long though.

By: Daryl

Daryl — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:07:58 +0000

Thanks Wayne. Maybe I’ll forward it to the Serie A teams as a possible new logo.

By: Wayne Farry

Wayne Farry — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 20:03:11 +0000

What’s shocked me is that Lecce have decided to stay with the original format, despite being in Serie A.

Great picture by the way Daryl..