Clubs receive about £100-120k per match from Sky for a home fixture.
At an average match ticket price of (say) £30 this means that it would take 3-3,500 punters to stop attending for it to be worthwhile. Given that a significant number of fans are STH, there's little evidence from looking at...
I think over half of this was in the form or solidarity payments from the Premier League.
The Sky deal for the FL is worth £65 million, or which about 90% goes to Championship clubs. The Albion's share of the deal fell by about £500,000 last season because we were not on TV as often.
The Sky contract is worth £65 million a season (and that includes the League Cup), compared to the new Premier League BT/Sky deal worth £1,712 million a season from 2016/17. On top of that the overseas rights for the Premier League are worth £743 million a season but are expected to rise by...