The Football Bubble. Will It Burst?

GLaDOS

GLaDOS wrote: »

As if the ESL proponents care about them.

I'm sure native Liverpudlians would be happy to see the Merseyside derby discarded.

Fans that go week in week out have a big say. That's why the ESL would never take off as a replacement for the domestic league.

As a replacement for the champions (lol) league possibly.

OwaynOTT

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Why the **** would spurs be in a European super league?

Kane scored the most goals in a premier league calendar year. That's more than enough justification.

Muahahaha

Reports out this morning that the EPL have not achieved their reserve prices on certain bundles of matches for the 2019-2022 seasons and that they have removed them from auction for now.

Sky are also saying that in the most recent 5 day auction of 2019-2022 fixtures that their price per match has come down from £11.05m in the last rights issue to £9.63m in this one. It means they have secured match rights for 16% less than they did a few years ago.

The latest auction results mean it is the first time in Peter Scudamores 20 year reign as head of the Premier League that he has not beaten the previous auction benchmarks.

So the bubble is not bursting but what has happened is that the growth in TV money available to the EPL has slowed down and rowed back somewhat.

byte

Those unsold bundles seem a bit rubbish though. 2 bundles of 2 days football, where you must show all fixtures live. Probably should've been one bundle of 4 days football, but even then...

I think EPL expect to make more money than previously on international rights sales. Time will tell, I guess. I don't know when they go up for auction.

Fr Tod Umptious

byte wrote: »

Those unsold bundles seem a bit rubbish though. 2 bundles of 2 days football, where you must show all fixtures live. Probably should've been one bundle of 4 days football, but even then...

I think EPL expect to make more money than previously on international rights sales. Time will tell, I guess. I don't know when they go up for auction.

The international bidders may reevaluate their planned bids now that they know the EPLs position has been weakened by the drop in the domestic sale.

howiya

byte wrote: »

I think EPL expect to make more money than previously on international rights sales. Time will tell, I guess. I don't know when they go up for auction.

There’s different timescales for different markets. The US is a done deal since 2016 up to 2022. China is already sold for 2019-2022. The increase in the value of the Chinese deal on its own nearly covers the fall in domestic revenue.

NIMAN

RoboKlopp wrote: »

Kane scored the most goals in a premier league calendar year. That's more than enough justification.

???

I think when it comes to deciding which teams get into a ESL, the fact that you have one player banging them in might not be enough.