[andy_m]

Originally Posted by harry_hitch

That is a very valid point, and those fans probably should not be denied the opportunity, but where is the evidence that fans will still attend lower league football if they had a choice of watching Man Utd v Liverpool, Spurs v Arsenal, Man City v Chelsea or any such variant of top teams being shown on TV each week at 3 P.M on a Saturday?

If the PL clubs shared their revenue with the lower league clubs and they were more than compensated for any potential loss in revenue, I would not have a problem with it. Until then, the lower league clubs should have all the support they can get.

There isn't any. Which was my point.

Originally Posted by harry_hitch

I do believe the NFL survives whilst sharing it's revenues around, so why can't the PL?

The NFL doesn't have to compete with any other significant world leagues. If you like top class American Football you're pretty much watching American teams play. (Not withstanding Jacksonville becoming a suburb of London!)