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Leading Premier League clubs should be able to negotiate their own overseas TV rights, Liverpool's managing director has been quoted as saying.

Ian Ayre thinks English sides will be left behind by European rivals if they continue to be tied to a collective agreement, which expires in 2013.

He told the Guardian: "Is it right that the international rights are shared equally between all the clubs?

"What we are doing is disadvantaging ourselves against top European clubs."

The current broadcasting deal for overseas rights is worth £1.4bn to the 20 Premier League clubs, with matches shown in 212 countries.

Under current Premier League rules, 14 teams would need to vote in favour of any new arrangements.

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•The Premier League has a global following of 1.46 billion - 70% of the world's estimated football fans
•Premier League games last season drew a global audience of 4.7bn
•The League clocked up 185,000 hours of TV coverage in 2010/11
Ayre reportedly believes that Liverpool - along with Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal - deserve to receive an increased share. In Spain, Barcelona and Real Madrid are able to negotiate individual contracts.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15269831.stm

I am not in favour of this at all. If they do this, the lower teams will have almost zero tv revenue similar to the spanish league. No thanks, keep it competitive as it is.

It's not particularly competitive under the current financial arrangement - Ayre's plan would make it even less so. Greed is what is ruining the modern game and this would just make things worse.

I have to agree with the two posters above! Money grabbing has/is spoiling the game,lower league clubs will be affected yet again and may even put them out of existence altogether,it sounds tempting to bring in more funds to progress but it matters to me how we obtain it,this way isnt the right way for me.

Ayres can go f..k himself obvioulsy NESV has told him to say this. Even fergie thinks it's fairer to have the status quo. Besides we are not in the top 4 !!

I think this is coming from a concern that we are simply unable to compete with City or Chelsea and the club obviously think that this will level the playing field. It is logical from the club's perspective especially seeing even with our poor achievements of late we still probably have as big a world audience/fan base as any club in the EPL.

On the other side the premier league is on thin ice as it is with Sky trying to hoodwink fans week in week out that mid to lower teams still have a shout and pundits talking up every encounter like it's still competitive. If the gulf widens further because of this you would probably see a viewing and attendance downward spiral.

The problems for this are firmly and squarely with Chelsea and City end of.

However, I blame the governing bodies for not getting a handle on these ridiculous ownership issues and consequential spending models which can only end in disaster.

I personally think we should not pass up the opportunity to make more money ONLY because the smaller teams will suffer, at the end of the day, we have to make money to compete. As a club we need as much money as we can get to help improve our club on and off of the pitch - I believe there will be a big change coming with the FA, including video technology etc. And all of this will cost money to install and put in place.

Also i would happily welcome the chance for everyone to be able to watch LFC every week on TV - including our abroad supporters, which could in turn generate more money for our club!

the fair play rule will be some aid only if they implement it properly. we also need to go further with wage caps and transfer cups is well. this is the only way we will get a level playing field.
this is what i would like to see happen

* fair play rule
* wage cap on 80k for 5 players in the squad and the rest at 50K
* transfer cap in 30m

( i know this is high but its a start )

Didn't we have this conversation before.

http://www.koptalk.co.uk/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=103121&page=1

My last thoughts some months back on this matter was this:


"...Liverpool FC created a whole generation of fans from 70's and 80's and that passion is still alive and well today. A great majority of fans, especially here in Asia, are Liverpool fans who pay a pretty penny to watch EPL matches on cable. In Singapore where I live, the local broadcaster who won the tender for this season paid a whopping 400 over million dollars for rights. This in a country of just under 4 million in population. Let's consider this for a moment, what if the team you support, for example Liverpool FC were to get relegated, I think most fans would simply stop subscribing, of course this may very well apply to utd fans as well. Because of sheer fan base, this would directly impact the value of the EPL and therefore profits. Would it not be wiser to have a system where the more successful teams get a bigger share of these massive proceeds say based on number of titles won, league, champion’s league etc, based, for example, on a point system. By saying this, I don't mean go the way of La Liga which permits the clubs to negotiate their own deals privately with the broadcasting companies without sharing revenue, with the likes of Real and Barcelona who garner much larger audiences which effectively allows them to demand around a 50% share of the cash designated for the whole league. This is a disaster waiting to happen. I am talking about a fairer system which not just benefits the already fat cows at the F.A. alone but the talent that brings the business in, clubs such as Liverpool F.C. for example. You can built a new Stadium and see tickets prices go higher and higher, that's about all the direct revenue the club will make with fans in England bled dry trying to carry the club all by themselves".

I am glad it's heading this way.




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