One good thing the Premier League does I've discovered is to share the TV rights more equally than other countries.
"The ratio of ‘fairness share’ between City (£60.6m in 2011-12) and Wolves (£39.1m) was 1.55 to 1 in the Premier League. Or in other words City got 1.55 times as much from central funds as Wolves.
In Spain, where Barcelona and Real Madrid do their own TV deals and don’t share the cash and leave the rest of La Liga to feed on scraps, the ratio of distribution is currently about 14 to 1. So Barca and Real scoff 14 times as much as the lesser clubs in La Liga. That’s why they’re so stonking rich and can pay the world’s highest wages.
In Italy’s Serie A, the ratio is about 10 to 1, in France’s Ligue 1 it is about 3.5 to 1, and in the German Bundesliga it is 2 to 1.
So the Premier League is fair by that measure.
Whether the Premier League should give a much bigger share of its money to clubs across the whole English game is another – much more contentious – debate altogether."
Source:
http://www.sportingintelligence.com/...t-next-190601/
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Originally Posted by telegramsam
I`d like to see the bigger richer clubs supporting their lower league neighbours in some way. Maybe they could offer fans a chance to buy a ticket at a slightly higher cost which is valid for example a Newcastle home game and a Gateshead home game? It could work in my opinion. I know of some people who go to Boro home games and Hartlepool ones when Boro are away.
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Interesting suggestion though I wonder what the Premier League clubs would think about the idea?