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Premier league 2

by windermereROYAL » 27 Oct 2017 16:03

It would appear that some of the big name Championship sides want a bigger slice of the pie.

Some of England’s most-followed football clubs, who currently play in the second-tier Championship, are in early discussions about forming a breakaway league, according to people familiar with the matter.
Frustrated by a recent broadcast contract with Sky Plc which they see as too long and too small in value, at least 10 clubs have given their support to trying to find an alternative, said the sources, who asked not to identified because the matter is private and the teams don’t want their names made public.
One idea being discussed is a "Premier League 2" of 18 clubs that would try to ally with a new broadcast partner, the sources said. The teams intend to discuss the plan with current football broadcasters as well as technology giants such as Amazon.com Inc. and Facebook, which are showing increasing interest in live sports, they said.
Championship clubs such as Aston Villa, Sheffield Wednesday and Nottingham Forest have strong followings and rich histories, including league and cup titles in England and Europe. While currently in the second-tier series, many of the teams have had long spells in the top league, competing against clubs such as Manchester United and Liverpool.
Under the current system, the bottom three teams from the first-level Premier League get relegated to Championship after each season, and three teams from that competition get promoted to Premier League.
The group has discussed the idea with Richard Scudamore, the executive chairman of the Premier League, according to the people. The Premier League declined to comment.
In September, England’s lower-tier teams agreed to a five-year deal with Sky that gives them £120 million (US$157 million) a year in total. The contract was negotiated by the teams’ parent organisation, the English Football League. Each Championship club will earn about £7 million a year under the new deal, while Premier League teams make a minimum of more than £90 million.
Some of the larger Championship clubs argue they have been short-changed by the recent deal with Sky, given their viewing figures. Derby County, for example, attracted around 400,000 live viewers to a recent televised match, almost half the Sky average for Premier League matches of 819,000.
Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest are former European Cup winners, Leeds were one of the game’s big powers in the 1960s onward for nearly 30 years and Sheffield Wednesday still draw big attendances and television audiences.
Shaun Harvey, CEO of the Football League, said he hadn’t been contacted by any club about a desire to leave the competition.
“Sky Sports has for many years been a hugely important and valued partner of the EFL and we were delighted to extend our relationship by a further five years,” Harvey said in an email. “The detail in respect of the record-breaking £600-million domestic broadcasting agreement was presented to all clubs in September and no questions or objections were raised.”
Representatives for Sky, Facebook and Amazon declined to comment.
The Premier League, whose latest three-year broadcast deal with Sky and BT Group Plc attracted a European record value of £5.1 billion, is about to begin negotiations on a new TV contract. Some of its club owners and executives have said they would welcome bids from the likes of Facebook and Amazon, though the companies haven’t said whether they will participate.

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Re: Premier league 2

by Sutekh » 27 Oct 2017 16:51

Been mooted before but nothing ever happens.

Not sure the PL would be too in favour as I can't see broadcasters paying that much more than they would just for PL1 which would therefore mean the current member clubs would be likely to have reduced wonga heading their way which immediately rules it out.

Ultimately what difference would it really make? Those so called big clubs would still be playing in Division 2 against the likes of Barnsley, Brentford, Reading, Burton, Millwall etc.

Personally I'd support it if it happened but would want less parachute payments for clubs dropping into the FL (and no doubt the FL would take the National division en masse as a Division 5 to make up for their lost numbers).

But then again why not just have all current FL clubs join the PL and have 4 divisions?

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Re: Premier league 2

by bobby1413 » 27 Oct 2017 17:59

Who would be in that league? Would it be just the big teams like us, Leeds, Sheffields, villa etc? Or would there be a fairer way of doing it

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Re: Premier league 2

by windermereROYAL » 28 Oct 2017 08:33

bobby1413 Who would be in that league? Would it be just the big teams like us, Leeds, Sheffields, villa etc? Or would there be a fairer way of doing it


It`s a puzzler really isn`t it? how would promotion and relegation work too if the want their own big club league, we don`t want the likes of Barnsley gate crashing the party do we?
The owners are just pissed they have to share the TV money with the so called smaller clubs. I say get the fck over it, you got relegated,

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Re: Premier league 2

by Sutekh » 28 Oct 2017 09:53

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bobby1413 Who would be in that league? Would it be just the big teams like us, Leeds, Sheffields, villa etc? Or would there be a fairer way of doing it


It`s a puzzler really isn`t it? how would promotion and relegation work too if the want their own big club league, we don`t want the likes of Barnsley gate crashing the party do we?
The owners are just pissed they have to share the TV money with the so called smaller clubs. I say get the fck over it, you got relegated,


Imagine. New 20 team PL2 division to be created. Result - the top 20 finishers in the Championship the next season will all join the PL :lol:


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