23 May 2017 08:37:46
Just posted a pic which was sent by my mate. It shows a newspaper article detailing the TV and Place income that clubs in the EPL receive.
Chelsea get £38+m for finishing top and an additional £30+m from TV.
Sunderland who won just 6 games get almost £2m for finishing last and £13+m from TV.
Disgusting as this is (and there is more money from various other sources pumped in to EPL) it did make me think about the TV deal we have here.
We have Celtic TV and sevco have their own version.
How much of an effect do these channels have on the negotiating power of the SPL when it comes to a TV deal? Do we make more from Celtic TV than we could get from an SPL exclusive deal with a TV company?
I realise we will not get anywhere near the amount the EPL gets for various reasons (quality being, imo, one of the least factors) but could we do better as a combined exclusive deal than we do now?
Just a thought.
{Ed001's Note - it is £1.9m a place prize money, roughly.}
23 May 2017 13:42:12
In the UK, we must be getting more viewers than some EPL clubs. It's the two EPL clubs combined though, in a particular match that is what we're competing against. Plus, I've always assumed it was the International viewing figures that pumped the EPL prices up and that SKY just sold the rights to foreign broadcasters? Still feels like as a club, we're getting a sore deal though.