[Archived] New Television Deal

[Guest Kamy100]

The Premier League are set to announce that the foreign broadcast rights have been sold for £1 Billion (the last deal was worth £645 million). Each club will pocket £50 million. This added to the £1.3 Billion deal with Sky/BBC means that if Rovers can maintain their Premier League status for the next 3 years then we should be in a very good position financially. Also shows that in terms of television revenue the Premier League thus far has managed to esacape the global financial crisis.

[Cocker]

Thats great news. It makes it even more important for us to stay up and Burnley to go down.

[bob fleming]

if Rovers can maintain their Premier League status for the next 3 years then we should be in a very good position financially.

Alternatively Kamy it could just be that the rest of the teams in the Premier League decide to give all the extra money to the players in the form of wages, we'll have little alternative but to follow suit to 'stay in touch'. Thus making the threat of relegation, and teams saddled with players on long term costly contracts, even more frightening.

Morning everyone!

[Bobby G]

I just cant see how players could be in line for wage increases. But I can see the transfer fees being more bloated than they unbelievably already are.

[philipl]

Before we get too carried away, Rovers are increasing their debt this season against the increased revenue to come.

The last time we did this three/four years ago, there was a substantial net outflow in transfer fees. Rovers then held back from the market a year later when it went bonkers with the new owners at West Ham and Pompey helping to twist the wage/fee cycle up a notch or two and repaid the borrowing made when everything was cheaper.

This time the borrowing is effectively funding wages and the Ince legacy of failure and of course will still have to be repaid from the income increase of the PL.

The twist is the three year deal following the next one is very uncertain with Sky being forced to open their content.

[joey_big_nose]

I just cant see how players could be in line for wage increases. But I can see the transfer fees being more bloated than they unbelievably already are.

Pretty straightforward how the money will mostly line their pockets. One average to good Premiership player (see Kenwyne Jones or Gary Cahill or Pedersen) is wanted by two Premiership clubs. Both clubs have more money to spend. They offer more because they can and they want to secure the player.

It will take a couple of years because no one will want to blow their wage structure straightaway. But the creep will be consistent and probably you will see wages go up by 30% across the board.

In terms of how to deal with this - if we can get something out of the model of signing younger players then we could avoid the worst of it. But that would mean being willing to sell the next generation of Sambas, Pedersen, Emertons earlier than we have done, and probably for less money (as we are unwilling to support their wages).

To make that work we are going to need brilliant scouts and clever management. If you balles it up (ie. sign poor players) you are relegated. So the risks are high, but it might be the only feasible option for us.

[Plastic Head]

The Premier League are set to announce that the foreign broadcast rights have been sold for £1 Billion (the last deal was worth £645 million). Each club will pocket £50 million. This added to the £1.3 Billion deal with Sky/BBC means that if Rovers can maintain their Premier League status for the next 3 years then we should be in a very good position financially. Also shows that in terms of television revenue the Premier League thus far has managed to esacape the global financial crisis.

The clubs will p!ss it all away paying donkeys £80K a week instead of £50K.

[47er]

The clubs will p!ss it all away paying donkeys £80K a week instead of £50K.

My thought exactly! Will make no difference. 3 clubs will still go down. Once you are one of them the consequences will be even greater.

[TimmyJimmy]

The clubs will p!ss it all away paying donkeys £80K a week instead of £50K.

My thought exactly! Will make no difference. 3 clubs will still go down. Once you are one of them the consequences will be even greater.

Snap.

The only difference may be that once a club is in the EPL it will be difficult for them to go down as the newly promoteds will never get to a cash critical mass in time to compete in buying the players needed to stay up (in their first season).

This amount of money (from global viewing rights) does though add more power to the argument that Rovers should be developed as a global brand then local supporter headcount ceases to be an issue.

Even ignoring the Sky domestic money this extra £50 million is probably dwarfing our gate receipts anyway. Makes it more difficult to identify a supporter of the club doesn't it?

If someone from Blackburn turns up and gives money at the turnstyle and some other guy thousands of miles away pays a subscription to watch the same game (which then comes to us as part of the £50 million) then which one isn't a supporter? If they both are, and the global audience is paying more than the local audience, then maybe it's about time we turned our efforts to locking them into 'the brand'. IMO that would be money well spent.

[den]

Alternatively Kamy it could just be that the rest of the teams in the Premier League decide to give all the extra money to the players in the form of wages, we'll have little alternative but to follow suit to 'stay in touch'. Thus making the threat of relegation, and teams saddled with players on long term costly contracts, even more frightening.

Morning everyone!

This cynicism is catching Bob. Thought it was only me, thought you were the positive one.

But yeah, you're right. Unless someone stops the clubs putting this extra cash straight into the players pockets, that's exactly what will happen, it will make no difference to anything. Rovers will pay more to these players, just as every other club will. Under the present situation though, rovers have no reason not to do so. JW will tell us all that rovers only exist to put out as good a football team as they possibly can. So if they have more cash, they'll spend more cash. Absolutley crazy.

About time the PL or FA [whichever is in charge of these things] brought in rules to bring down ticket prices for starters. Maximum £10 admission charges are well in reach for all the PL clubs. But then you will have Chelsea arguing that they can't compete with other European clubs - which is total balls.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

New TV deal on the Horizon?........

Que the likes of Lampard,Terry et al,(brows sweating,mouths dry) on their phone's to their agents.

So who will be the first 'QUATER OF A MIILION A WEEK' Footballer?

FFS.

[PAFELL]

Snap.

The only difference may be that once a club is in the EPL it will be difficult for them to go down as the newly promoteds will never get to a cash critical mass in time to compete in buying the players needed to stay up (in their first season).

This amount of money (from global viewing rights) does though add more power to the argument that Rovers should be developed as a global brand then local supporter headcount ceases to be an issue.

Even ignoring the Sky domestic money this extra £50 million is probably dwarfing our gate receipts anyway. Makes it more difficult to identify a supporter of the club doesn't it?

If someone from Blackburn turns up and gives money at the turnstyle and some other guy thousands of miles away pays a subscription to watch the same game (which then comes to us as part of the £50 million) then which one isn't a supporter? If they both are, and the global audience is paying more than the local audience, then maybe it's about time we turned our efforts to locking them into 'the brand'. IMO that would be money well spent.

The club should have done something like that after they won the prem. They could still do something, but will not have the same impact as it could have done. I would like to see a Rovers tv, but until the clubs profile is raised a lot more it won't happen.

But lets be honest ethnically Blackburn is a divided town, if the club and the suppporters cannot do more to encourage the local people of all races to attend Rovers games, how can we expect a 'globel responce'by any other means. Break down the local ethnic divisions first and then something could change for the better - attendance would increase for a start.

[Blue n White Rover]

More money for the Trust?

[Paul]

As has been said the clubs will simply p1ss this money away on over paid, very average footballers who will in turn p1ss the money away on all the usual stuff. No doubt Terry will be pleased as it help with the divorce settlement.

This league is just so much rubbish

[47er]

The club should have done something like that after they won the prem. They could still do something, but will not have the same impact as it could have done. I would like to see a Rovers tv, but until the clubs profile is raised a lot more it won't happen.

But lets be honest ethnically Blackburn is a divided town, if the club and the suppporters cannot do more to encourage the local people of all races to attend Rovers games, how can we expect a 'globel responce'by any other means. Break down the local ethnic divisions first and then something could change for the better - attendance would increase for a start.

Well-not singing obscene songs about Pakis might encourage a few!

[doctorryan]

This amount of money (from global viewing rights) does though add more power to the argument that Rovers should be developed as a global brand then local supporter headcount ceases to be an issue.

Even ignoring the Sky domestic money this extra £50 million is probably dwarfing our gate receipts anyway. Makes it more difficult to identify a supporter of the club doesn't it?

If someone from Blackburn turns up and gives money at the turnstyle and some other guy thousands of miles away pays a subscription to watch the same game (which then comes to us as part of the £50 million) then which one isn't a supporter? If they both are, and the global audience is paying more than the local audience, then maybe it's about time we turned our efforts to locking them into 'the brand'. IMO that would be money well spent.

Careful TimJim. I suggested as much, albeit in much blunter fashion almost exactly a year ago and was attacked:

Click here. The fun starts with post #357.

You said roughly the same things, though more diplomatically, two pages later; to which 'drog responded:

Careful you'll upset the natives...... and that's my job!

[PAFELL]

Well-not singing obscene songs about Pakis might encourage a few!

Of course singing that pathetic song does not help at all. But there are other reasons why there is the divide. One being is that people of all sides are happy with it. They want that division. I also understand that there are boundary's that each wants to keep, yet there must also be a commom ground that each can share and not offend the other. football is one of those, after all today players come from all nationalities.

Somehow the club and the supporters should try to break down the divisons and become that 'common ground'. Also do more to encourage local people to come to Ewood Park no matter what nationality a person is.

[AlanK]

Whoopy do. It will all go the players as more clubs go to the wall.