Comments on: English Government Wants the Big Four to Share the Wealth. http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/english-government-wants-the-big-four-to-share-the-wealth.html League Football, Soccer News and Views from Around the World Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:57:06 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: ish http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/english-government-wants-the-big-four-to-share-the-wealth.html/comment-page-1#comment-144767 ish Sun, 10 May 2009 05:10:18 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/english-government-wants-the-big-four-to-share-the-wealth.html#comment-144767 the disparity in the EPL is nothing compared to the disparity in la liga and serie a. In the epl tv revenue is most shared with all the clubs receiving a certain amount and then the rest going on how well you placed. I think manU gets 1.5-2 times what the bottom side gets. Compared to la liga and series a where the top teams get around 10x what the bottom teams get from tv revenue. The CL then further gives more money to the teams the qualify for it, in general manU for winning the CL and PL would get around 4-5x what west brom will get compared to barce who will recieve around 20x what numancia would get. The EPL tv revenue plan is pretty fair in terms of how its done, the CL is done by UEFA so i think its unfair for english clubs to forego wages while barcelona and real madrid dont. I think the best thing to do is reduce the amount of leagues in england, say having 3 pro leagues(EPL, CCC, L1) in terms of tv rights EPL gets 60% of its tv revenue, CCC gets 15% of EPL revenue+60% of its own tv revenue, L1 gets 10% of EPL+40% of CCC, the remaining 15% of EPL should go to the FA and be designed with youth development in mind while some also go towards L2. That would raise the standard of CCC and L1 quite a bit with them receiving a boost in finances, the payment scheme of a 20 way split should be kept. It would even out the 3 leagues a little as well. The reserves level comp would then be scrapped and placed with L2, L3, L4 division sides and have to fight amongst them. In terms of money though CL would still keep the top 4 the top 4 but at least it would allow the lower level clubs more money to work with, going down from PL to CCC would hurt but not as much as it does now. Perhaps UEFA needs to change CL and make it more focused towards parity and improving football standards. Ie 50% of revenue stays in CL, 25% goes to Europa and 25% goes to developing football in poor countries. Then europa league keeps 70% of its money and the 30% goes towards developing soccer in poor countries By making europa league get a high percentage of the money it will make it worthwhile again since it pays out quite a high amount. For CL Top 3 from each tier 1 country gets auto entry, thats it no 4th place. CHamp of tier 2 country gets auto entry, and 2nd does playoff, champ of tier 3 country gets playoff. For Europa its next 3 from tier 1 countries get auto entry. Loser of playoffs gets europa entry instead. Everything is cup style with higher ranked team not being drawn against each other and playing first game at lower ranked teams home pitch if a draw the game is replayed at higher ranked teams home and penalties if drawn there as well, no extra time. Teams from Tier 1 and 2 have by for first round or 2 depending on how many tier 3 countries there are. the disparity in the EPL is nothing compared to the disparity in la liga and serie a. In the epl tv revenue is most shared with all the clubs receiving a certain amount and then the rest going on how well you placed. I think manU gets 1.5-2 times what the bottom side gets. Compared to la liga and series a where the top teams get around 10x what the bottom teams get from tv revenue.
The CL then further gives more money to the teams the qualify for it, in general manU for winning the CL and PL would get around 4-5x what west brom will get compared to barce who will recieve around 20x what numancia would get. The EPL tv revenue plan is pretty fair in terms of how its done, the CL is done by UEFA so i think its unfair for english clubs to forego wages while barcelona and real madrid dont.
I think the best thing to do is reduce the amount of leagues in england, say having 3 pro leagues(EPL, CCC, L1) in terms of tv rights EPL gets 60% of its tv revenue, CCC gets 15% of EPL revenue+60% of its own tv revenue, L1 gets 10% of EPL+40% of CCC, the remaining 15% of EPL should go to the FA and be designed with youth development in mind while some also go towards L2.
That would raise the standard of CCC and L1 quite a bit with them receiving a boost in finances, the payment scheme of a 20 way split should be kept.
It would even out the 3 leagues a little as well. The reserves level comp would then be scrapped and placed with L2, L3, L4 division sides and have to fight amongst them.
In terms of money though CL would still keep the top 4 the top 4 but at least it would allow the lower level clubs more money to work with, going down from PL to CCC would hurt but not as much as it does now. Perhaps UEFA needs to change CL and make it more focused towards parity and improving football standards. Ie 50% of revenue stays in CL, 25% goes to Europa and 25% goes to developing football in poor countries. Then europa league keeps 70% of its money and the 30% goes towards developing soccer in poor countries
By making europa league get a high percentage of the money it will make it worthwhile again since it pays out quite a high amount.
For CL Top 3 from each tier 1 country gets auto entry, thats it no 4th place. CHamp of tier 2 country gets auto entry, and 2nd does playoff, champ of tier 3 country gets playoff.
For Europa its next 3 from tier 1 countries get auto entry. Loser of playoffs gets europa entry instead. Everything is cup style with higher ranked team not being drawn against each other and playing first game at lower ranked teams home pitch if a draw the game is replayed at higher ranked teams home and penalties if drawn there as well, no extra time. Teams from Tier 1 and 2 have by for first round or 2 depending on how many tier 3 countries there are.

]]> By: The Bruce http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/english-government-wants-the-big-four-to-share-the-wealth.html/comment-page-1#comment-144761 The Bruce Sun, 10 May 2009 02:06:25 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/english-government-wants-the-big-four-to-share-the-wealth.html#comment-144761 They cal it revenue sharing here in the States. The NFL, NBA, and I think NHL all get a cut of all TV revenue. The difference is that the teams involved in those leagues are all franchises of their league, not independent business enterprises per se. The league has a lot of say in how business gets done through collective bargaining agreements and so forth. They cal it revenue sharing here in the States. The NFL, NBA, and I think NHL all get a cut of all TV revenue. The difference is that the teams involved in those leagues are all franchises of their league, not independent business enterprises per se. The league has a lot of say in how business gets done through collective bargaining agreements and so forth.

]]> By: Jan http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/english-government-wants-the-big-four-to-share-the-wealth.html/comment-page-1#comment-144754 Jan Sun, 10 May 2009 00:47:54 +0000 http://www.theoffside.com/world-football/english-government-wants-the-big-four-to-share-the-wealth.html#comment-144754 I personally would like to see the Bundesliga/EPL/Ligue 1 etc take the money from the Champions League TV market pool and redistribute it like the money from the national TV deal. CL clubs can keep their matchday revenue and performance bonuses. The way UEFA pumps money into a select three or four clubs each year vs what you can earn in the UEFA Cup/Europa League or without international matches is a joke. A Bundesliga side can budget around €15m + performance bonuses and matchday revenue for just the CL group stage (Bayern actually earned €50m for the 1/4 final cameo). A Bundesliga side competing in the UEFA Cup would need to go all the way and win the competition to come even close to earn those minimum €15m... As Drogs said it "it's a *#!%ing disgrace". I personally would like to see the Bundesliga/EPL/Ligue 1 etc take the money from the Champions League TV market pool and redistribute it like the money from the national TV deal. CL clubs can keep their matchday revenue and performance bonuses. The way UEFA pumps money into a select three or four clubs each year vs what you can earn in the UEFA Cup/Europa League or without international matches is a joke. A Bundesliga side can budget around €15m + performance bonuses and matchday revenue for just the CL group stage (Bayern actually earned €50m for the 1/4 final cameo). A Bundesliga side competing in the UEFA Cup would need to go all the way and win the competition to come even close to earn those minimum €15m…

As Drogs said it “it’s a *#!%ing disgrace”.

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