[Football] Kicking off in the Championship

[portlock seagull]

Time to reboot football worldwide, the 1st Article of Assoc. being ‘all clubs shall receive an equal share of all tv money, always and forever, or you cannot play football in that country. 2nd Article then ‘any owners found colluding to change this will be summarily executed in the spirit of keeping the game as a sporting contest and in memory of how football ate itself in the late 20th and early 21st centuries when the game reached peaked shambles caused by greed, corruption and like our oceans, polluted with single useless plastics sitting at home on sofas rather than following their local team.

 

[father_and_son]

Given the size of Leeds United and Sheffield Wednesday I'm surprised they have broken away from the EFL to form their own league comprising exclusively of their first teams and U23 teams, and having a 36 game season where they play each other 12 times. Based on a world wide audience of 3 billion they should be able to obtain TV revenue of at least £6 billion per round of fixtures. Thereby obtaining the wealth that they feel they are entitled to.

The "Yorkshires".

Do you think Huddersfield could join them to spice the league up a little or is that [Premier League] Team too small fry to be allowed in...? maybe they could apply to be in the Yorkshires Div2.

 

[Easy 10]

agreed. its the same type of debate in the prem league and explains the convos about a Euro league.
One of the legacies of evil old Richard Scudamore was that he absolutely insistent that the tv revenue of the 20 strong prem league should be equally shared in order that it remained competitive - although that frayed at the edges in the end (see: overseas tv revenue).

Would Albion have voted for it if we were in the Champ ?

Voted for the current deal of £595m ? I don't see the point of doing otherwise tbh. It was the only deal on the table, and its a 35% increase on the previous one. I gather a sticking point is that its a 5 year deal, whilst Derby, Villa and Leeds were agitating for a 12 month one, presumably because they think something better could come along in the near future, or they could re-negotiate a more lucrative slice of the pie, being as they're the ones who are practically being shown week-in, week-out (I think Leeds have already been on about 7 or 8 times). And you could say they have an argument there.

I think they're still vastly overblowing their own worth though. As [MENTION=232]Simster[/MENTION] says, there'll always be a certain amount of interest domestically for some of the Championship games, but not to the extent where many, if anyone, would actually pay a specific subscription for it. And outside of these shores, the interest would be zilch. Championship clubs, even the 'MASSIVE' ones, simply don't have a viable market out there to harvest.

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Could do a job

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ITV showing football ? Are you MAD ??

 

[Bozza]

Would Albion have voted for it if we were in the Champ ?

Probably not. As was the case with this deal - only three Championship clubs are represented on the EFL Board, so only 3 of the 24 have a direct vote. The chances are we wouldn't be 1 of the 3.

 

[Giraffe]

Probably not. As was the case with this deal - only three Championship clubs are represented on the EFL Board, so only 3 of the 24 have a direct vote. The chances are we wouldn't be 1 of the 3.

Seems very odd that this is the structure. Why not let all 24 clubs vote on such matters.

 

[Bozza]

Seems very odd that this is the structure. Why not let all 24 clubs vote on such matters.

The deal is for the entire EFL - all 72 clubs. I'm not sure what things the EFL Board vote on and what they don't but this is reported as one of them...

"BBC Sport understands that the nine-member EFL Board unanimously agreed to the deal, including representatives of three Championship clubs, Reading, Brentford and Bristol City.

The deal covers the Championship, League One and League Two, with the money split between all 72 clubs depending on which division they are in.

EFL interim chair Debbie Jevans said in a statement that she will review how the league discusses future deals with clubs as a result of the concerns:

"Concluding these negotiations has indeed been challenging, as is the case when managing a diverse group of stakeholders, and the board took on board the comments and frustrations voiced by a number of clubs and has committed to reviewing the way the League engages with its clubs to ensure that we move forward in a collaborative way in the future," she said."

More details on the EFL Board > https://www.efl.com/-more/all-about-the-efl/efl-board/

 

[Marty___Mcfly]

Aren't clubs in the Prem getting about £595 million over 5 years, per club?

If each club in the Prem is getting, each, what the combined leagues below get collectively, across 72 clubs, it does seem like a pretty savage wealth gap.

 

[Insel affe]

Aren't clubs in the Prem getting about £595 million over 5 years, per club?

If each club in the Prem is getting, each, what the combined leagues below get collectively, across 72 clubs, it does seem like a pretty savage wealth gap.

True, which is way we have to stay up.

 

[Ernest]

Leeds, Forest and MASSIVE weren't moaning about the TV money for lower clubs when they were in League 1 or whatever it was called in those days. If they want more money then sort their team out and get promoted

 

[El Presidente]

A DULLARD has just been talking about this topic to former Albion goal machine Chris Iwelumo on TalkSport2.

 

[RandyWanger]

I forgot about ONdigital. What a cockup that was. Still, we have gems like the EFL show on Quest now for free so it wasn't all bad.

 

[el punal]

Funny really.

Had we not been promoted I could just imagine the whinning from some of our fans who think we should get more.

Not really, because we wouldn’t have tasted the honey of the Premier League and therefore it wouldn’t have had the same effect as those clubs that had and were relegated. Still, we are now in the Honey H.Q. so it’s a case of us “we only sing when we’re ‘whinning’ !”

 

[Hugo Rune]

The "Yorkshires".

Do you think Huddersfield could join them to spice the league up a little or is that [Premier League] Team too small fry to be allowed in...? maybe they could apply to be in the Yorkshires Div2.

One of the best ideas mooted on NSC for years!

Here is some more meat on the bone.

The league could be called the EYPD (Elite Yorkshire Premier Division) and would sit above the EPL with the EPL winner promoted to this league each year. The EPL would hand it’s 4 Champions League places over to the EYPD.

This would be a division made up of 10 teams. They’d play each other 4 times (home, away, USA & Asia). There would be 9 founder members (who cannot get relegated), these would be:

Leeds Utd (biggest club in Europe)
Sheffield Wednesday (biggest club in UK)
Sheffield Utd (biggest club in Sheffield)
Sheffield FC (oldest club in the world)
Middlesbrough (biggest club in Yorkshire)
Hull
Barnsley
Huddersfield
Bradford City

And one other team:

Premier League Winner 18/19

The proposed European Super League has nothing on this ****er. Looking at £10billion for a 5 year world wide TV deal.

 

[AZ Gull]

Probably not. As was the case with this deal - only three Championship clubs are represented on the EFL Board, so only 3 of the 24 have a direct vote. The chances are we wouldn't be 1 of the 3.

Really? - Paul Barber, Jez Moxey and Andy Ambler elected to Football League Board

 

[Bozza]

Really? - Paul Barber, Jez Moxey and Andy Ambler elected to Football League Board

I was merely talking about probability, ie a 3 in 24 chance of being on the board, or 12.5%.

(Although I had, of course, completely forgotten all about his prior appointment)

 

[father_and_son]

One of the best ideas mooted on NSC for years!

Here is some more meat on the bone.

The league could be called the EYPD (Elite Yorkshire Premier Division) and would sit above the EPL with the EPL winner promoted to this league each year. The EPL would hand it’s 4 Champions League places over to the EYPD.

This would be a division made up of 10 teams. They’d play each other 4 times (home, away, USA & Asia). There would be 9 founder members (who cannot get relegated), these would be:

Leeds Utd (biggest club in Europe)
Sheffield Wednesday (biggest club in UK)
Sheffield Utd (biggest club in Sheffield)
Sheffield FC (oldest club in the world)
Middlesbrough (biggest club in Yorkshire)
Hull
Barnsley
Huddersfield
Bradford City

And one other team:

Premier League Winner 18/19

The proposed European Super League has nothing on this ****er. Looking at £10billion for a 5 year world wide TV deal.

So, in American Football style, the winner of the EPL would relocate their franchise to Keithley for the start of their first season in the EYPD. Obviously against such massive opposition, they would move back to Manchester/London/Liverpool having been relegated the following season, to be replaced a new franchise taking residence in Keithley.

 

[Triggaaar]

Seems like the "big clubs" in the Championship are getting arsey at the new EFL TV deal with Sky.

The new deal is worth £595m over five seasons, a 35% increase on the previous contract.

They've got a 35% increase - what exactly is the problem with that?

 

[KZNSeagull]

A DULLARD has just been talking about this topic to former Albion goal machine Chris Iwelumo on TalkSport2.

Perhaps said DULLARD would like to put a precis on here for us all to enjoy? NSC would be a much bigger audience I would have thought.

 

[Giraffe]

A DULLARD has just been talking about this topic to former Albion goal machine Chris Iwelumo on TalkSport2.

Did you say, "well it's a load of cack, I'm only interested in the Premier League now" or was a more professional foot put forward where you pretended to care?