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Post by hfc on Feb 10, 2015 21:24:28 GMT
Buncha Bastards...........Discuss/t.
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Post by drj1956 on Feb 10, 2015 22:02:16 GMT
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Post by waynesbrain on Feb 10, 2015 22:16:22 GMT
Yep, yer gonnae huv tae elaborate a wee bit there catboy.
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Post by parkhead98 on Feb 10, 2015 22:18:58 GMT
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31357409
Premier League TV rights: Sky and BT pay £5.1bn for live games
Sky and BT Sport have paid a record £5.136bn for live Premier League TV rights for three seasons from 2016-17.
The figure represents a 70% increase on Sky and BT's current £3bn deal.
It is unclear whether the increase will affect ticket prices, although Sky pundits and former England internationals Jamie Carragher and Gary Neville said prices should be cut.
The Premier League said £56m a year has been earmarked for grassroots projects, including 50 artificial pitches.
Under the new contract, 168 games will be shown live, at an average cost to the broadcasters of £10.2m per match.
Sky paid £4.176bn to show 126 matches per season, including the first ever Friday evening games and both Sunday packages.
BT paid £960m for 42 games per season - four more than its present deal.
The rise of Premier League TV income
Pundits and politicians clamoured for the rise in revenue to be passed down to fans and grassroots football.
Gary Neville, co-owner of Evo-Stik league side Salford City, added: "I want sensible ticket pricing and grassroots football to benefit as much as possible from this deal. Who doesn't? This is a big issue!"
Former Liverpool defender Carragher said: "The amounts involved in ticket pricing, especially for away fans, has to change."
Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore told BBC Sport: "Clubs understand that the number one strategic priority is to keep the stadiums full.
"They also need to understand that young fans must be encouraged to attend games. The clubs will do the right thing.
"Our record stands for itself. Ever since the time when we invested a percentage of our income in grassroots football and the Football Foundation, that whole activity area has grown.
"We will this year give away £250m. It will be over £800m over the course of this deal."
Biggest TV deals Competition Annual cost Total cost Duration NFL (American football) $4.95bn (£3.24bn) $39.6bn (£25.95bn) 8 years (2014-22) NBA (basketball) $2.6bn (£1.7bn) $24bn (£15.73bn) 9 years (2016-25) MLB (baseball) $1.55bn (£1.02bn) $12.4bn (£8.13bn) 8 years (2014-21) Premier League £1.7bn £5.14bn 3 years (2016-19)
Sky are currently paying £760m a year to broadcast 116 live games - £6.6m a fixture. That sum has risen to £11m on average for each of their matches.
Asked if the figure was obscene, Scudamore said: "It is not. It is market forces. It is unscripted drama, the show the clubs put on.
What games Sky Sports will show BT's cut of the deal 28 matches on Saturdays at 12.30pm 28 matches on Sundays from 1.30pm-2.15pm 28 Mondays (no less than 18) or Fridays (no more than 10) Eight Bank Holidays Six Sundays 36 matches on Saturdays including 28 at 5.30pm Six midweek evening matches
"People want to see the top stars here. Look at the excitement of transfer deadline day.
"I am surprised by the size of it. Burnley are now, economically, bigger than Ajax.
"This is a good deal for all the clubs in English football and all the other organisations and charities that depend on Premier League revenues."
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Post by waynesbrain on Feb 10, 2015 22:24:02 GMT
OBFUCKINSCENE.
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Post by parkhead98 on Feb 10, 2015 22:30:49 GMT
Agreed. Ridiculous amount of money.
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Post by dav 21/5/16 on Feb 10, 2015 22:36:20 GMT
Oh and the Scottish clubs can get a little pot to piss in to keep the English amused and we can screw their fixture list about to, and they will have to charge obscene prices to cover costs of the piss take
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Post by hfc on Feb 10, 2015 22:40:21 GMT
Wonder who's paying the cost of this?
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Post by baldbobby on Feb 10, 2015 22:58:55 GMT
Wonder who's paying the cost of this? You really wonderin mate? There's only one punter. Same as there is only one taxpayer.
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Post by maroon1 on Feb 10, 2015 23:04:40 GMT
Ridiculous sum of money for a pretty average standard of football that is marketed brilliantly to within an inch of it's life. The fact that we have to contribute to it, to access our own domestic league(s), biles ma p1sh
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Post by maroon1 on Feb 10, 2015 23:18:12 GMT
Just did a wee bit research...seems Sky/BT rake in £600million a year from Scottish subscribers...........Scottish football gets what? 2-3 millon quid? WTF is that all about?
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Post by sheldrake on Feb 10, 2015 23:20:05 GMT
To be honest I would rather have what we have up here, poor in comparison as it might be, but it is ours, not fully under the control of broadcasters, not owned by over seas millionaires, not a haven for overseas players and the subsequent consequences for the national team. I wonder just how much of this money will filter through to the grass roots and just how much ticket prices will go down - if at all.
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Post by maroon1 on Feb 10, 2015 23:24:24 GMT
I'd agree with your sentiments about our league Shel, I'm more than happy with what we've got.
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Post by drj1956 on Feb 11, 2015 7:47:48 GMT
Not a great fan of Alan Sugar but listening to him on the news this morning saying that this money will nearly all go out of the UK economy into foreign clubs and agents. One good thing is that this will be a death knell for the England national team. If only they spent the money wisely they could make English football great again by investing in grass roots but you just don't see it happening.
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Post by dav 21/5/16 on Feb 11, 2015 8:15:03 GMT
That is the problem, while I want more clubs to compete for the league title than the Old Firm sorry forget Sevco for the forseeable, if we all had a better slice off the cake we may just be able to do that and maybe get 1 or 2 clubs staying in Europe passed Christmas would be good for coefficient, however do we trust those running the game not to squander the money or put clubs in huge debts? Or actually try improving grass roots!
Does any player never mind bang average players like say the Villa squad deserve £30K - £100K per week while others from loads off teams still in the FA Cup knocking out the big boys struggle on £3K - £10K per week maybe less in some cases!
The only thing that will stop the juggernaut down South would be if the whole set up went bang or England begin to go like Scotland in the rankings and fail to qualify for the WC or Euros, until then the money will continue to feed the egos
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