New Sky Deal

[Ekoku: The Ambassador Of The People 122]

Worth £6.7bn in revenue and over 70% more games shown. Tnt/Bt only secured one of the package’s. Oh joy! Rich get richer

Edited December 4, 2023 by Ekoku: The Ambassador Of The People

[percy varco 199]

An obscene ammount of money. 

[damn that Ralph Coates! 47]

hoping scum don't tap into this after this season with a promotion...

[Branston Pickle 3,661]

The most annoying aspect is how relatively undervalued the Championship is in comparison.

[The Raptor 1,211]

70% more games? Unless they're gonna relax the 3pm Saturday rule it'll be dumb kick off times galore!

Less is more sometimes. This is why I never saw the appeal of the superleague. Those big European ties are exciting because they only happen every few years. With more and more football on aren't people just going to get sick of it?

[BigEars 12]

More yoyo teams i suspect.  How can any team compete going up to the prem from such a standing start, and even those clubs in the champs with money behind them cannot match the tv money.  If only the prem clubs could see the destructive impact and share the money around more it could make a real difference to the leagues, but self interest rarely gives way to supporting the system.

[Creedence Clearwater Couto 1,288]

7 hours ago, damn that Ralph Coates! said:

hoping scum don't tap into this after this season with a promotion...

Perfect timing for them, sadly. 

[Creedence Clearwater Couto 1,288]

7 hours ago, Branston Pickle said:

The most annoying aspect is how relatively undervalued the Championship is in comparison.

Annoying, sure. But reflective of the interest in it. Unless you’re a supporter of a club in the champs, no-one else is taking much interest. The EPL has eyes on it from every corner of the world. 

[king canary 7,609]

This deal at least ends the absurd situation like we saw this weekend where the rest of world can choose Liverpool v Fulham or Chelsea v Brighton while we're stuck with West Ham v Palace.

I wonder if the future of the Premier League is no games kicking off at 3pm in a Saturday. It protects the blackout but allows every game to be televised in the UK as it is internationally.

[dylanisabaddog 4,931]

17 minutes ago, king canary said:

This deal at least ends the absurd situation like we saw this weekend where the rest of world can choose Liverpool v Fulham or Chelsea v Brighton while we're stuck with West Ham v Palace.

I wonder if the future of the Premier League is no games kicking off at 3pm in a Saturday. It protects the blackout but allows every game to be televised in the UK as it is internationally.

My God!  I fear you're right. The only thing worse than losing 6-0 at home is to lose 6-0 at home at 8.00 on a Sunday night. 

[SwindonCanary 455]

IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE GOT SOME OF THAT MONEY

[king canary 7,609]

1 hour ago, dylanisabaddog said:

My God!  I fear you're right. The only thing worse than losing 6-0 at home is to lose 6-0 at home at 8.00 on a Sunday night. 

Ha, true.

To be honest I don't think you actually need to add loafs more time slots. 

You've already got 7 non 3pm Saturday timeslots- Friday, Saturday early, Saturday 5:30, the occasional Saturday 8pm, Sunday 2pm, Sunday 4:30pm.

So if you use all of those each week you only need to move three games- maybe you play two games in the early Saturday slot, two in the 5:30 slot and two in the 2pm Sunday slot and voilà, no need for Saturday 3pm.

[Capt. Pants 4,250]

I would imagine Sky will show fewer non EPL games to make space for more EPL. Lets's be honest the Championship is shocking quality nowadays.

Potentially great news for the Binners unfortunately as it will also increase the parachute payments as well.

[Old Shuck 183]

14 minutes ago, SwindonCanary said:

IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE GOT SOME OF THAT MONEY

We have had access to it a few times over the last few years and it seems to have left us worse off financially every time! 

[Capt. Pants 4,250]

12 minutes ago, Old Shuck said:

We have had access to it a few times over the last few years and it seems to have left us worse off financially every time! 

That's a bit like lottery winners going bankrupt. We don't know how to use it when we get it.

[Fuzzar 1,702]

7 hours ago, Capt. Pants said:

I would imagine Sky will show fewer non EPL games to make space for more EPL. Lets's be honest the Championship is shocking quality nowadays.

Potentially great news for the Binners unfortunately as it will also increase the parachute payments as well.

The new deal runs from the '25/26 season. They'll have been promoted and relegated before it kicks in. 

[Ness Point Runner 21]

They should do away with parachute payments. Enforce regulations that require players wages to reduce when relegated.

Clubs being helped just because they have spent a year in the PL should be scrapped as not fair.

It's called "Incentive". Play well and you dont go down.

[komakino 272]

4 minutes ago, Ness Point Runner said:

They should do away with parachute payments. Enforce regulations that require players wages to reduce when relegated.

Clubs being helped just because they have spent a year in the PL should be scrapped as not fair.

It's called "Incentive". Play well and you dont go down.

I've been an advocate of banning parachute payments for years as it gave the clubs that failed to survive an advantage the following season. 

[Channon’s Windmill 327]

5 minutes ago, komakino said:

I've been an advocate of banning parachute payments for years as it gave the clubs that failed to survive an advantage the following season. 

Unless you had Dean Smith as manager of course.

[king canary 7,609]

55 minutes ago, komakino said:

I've been an advocate of banning parachute payments for years as it gave the clubs that failed to survive an advantage the following season. 

You absolutely need to close the revenue gap between the Premier League and the Championship before you can do that.

Right now we have revenues of about £140m in the Premier League, £35m in the Championship without parachute payments. Just getting rid would leave you in a situation where promoted teams either can't risk signing players on promotion and likely come straight back down or take the risk and go bankrupt if they fail to stay up.

I agree they warp competition at this level but any plan to get rid of them needs an increase in revenue in the Championship which likely only comes from the Premier League agreeing to share more of their wealth.

[By Hook or Ian crook 917]

22 hours ago, Ekoku: The Ambassador Of The People said:

Worth £6.7bn in revenue and over 70% more games shown. Tnt/Bt only secured one of the package’s. Oh joy! Rich get richer

Well it’s good news in a way as I won’t need to renew my tnt subscription when that happens 😂

[NewNestCarrow 193]

18 hours ago, damn that Ralph Coates! said:

hoping scum don't tap into this after this season with a promotion...

Yeah, 'cos all clubs that get into the PL make huge profits and live happily ever after 😕

[cornish sam 954]

9 hours ago, Capt. Pants said:

That's a bit like lottery winners going bankrupt. We don't know how to use it when we get it.

"It's like a mule with a spinning wheel. No one knows how he got it and danged if he knows how to use it!"

[stratton canary 134]

Well, we had 2 goes at it & f----- it up BIG time. 

The truth hurts! 

 

[norfolkngood 1,087]

On 05/12/2023 at 08:55, Capt. Pants said:

That's a bit like lottery winners going bankrupt. We don't know how to use it when we get it.

I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.

George Best

[Big O 225]

20 hours ago, Ness Point Runner said:

They should do away with parachute payments. Enforce regulations that require players wages to reduce when relegated.

Clubs being helped just because they have spent a year in the PL should be scrapped as not fair.

It's called "Incentive". Play well and you dont go down.

It would also make very few players want to join promoted teams