Initial 10, then reduced to 6 + 2 Point Deductions

[Neiler]

The clubs agree the terms aand outcomes against which a bonus would be paid on prior to any payment period. Normally on broadcast revenue etc.

Basically, by negotiating the increase of the number of games on TV, and as such the overall broadcast revenue, amount of night games, spread of fixtures, late notice of fixture changes, is all done so that he makes more bank.

Disgusting really.

I’d hope it was a shareholders vote, as we know that’s a majority rule, as CEO and part of the governance of sanctions etc of clubs - is an absolute conflict of interest. Imagine voting against it.

 

[SJB]

I’d hope it was a shareholders vote, as we know that’s a majority rule, as CEO and part of the governance of sanctions etc of clubs - is an absolute conflict of interest. Imagine voting against it.

It will have been a shareholders vote mate - the shareholders in this instance are the Premier League clubs. I would think apart from a few disgruntled clubs, the owners of most PL clubs are very happy with the money Masters has brought them so they'd happily vote in favour of him getting a bonus that was probably pre-agreed in his contract as long as it got voted through.

 

[GN!]

And these clowns think there’s no need for an independent umpire

 

[GoldenToffee]

I think that the Man City "sanction" will only be announced once the season is over.

• Should City win then any "sanction" will be purely financial (so they claim another title).
• Should City come second then the "sanction" will be applied immediately and they get docked 6-9 points; meaning they stay second.

Whatever happens it got to be done before another season starts surely

They've had plenty of time to decide their own punishment. They got another two transfer windows to stock up on players, so I'm fully expecting a 2-3 transfer window ban on signings, accompanied with a substantial (but clearly an amount that is insignificant to them) financial penalty, and then very likely the "largest points deduction ever handed down", which will likely turn out to be just a few points more than Everton received for spending £20m too much on a stadium that was the kickstarter to regenerating an entire part of a city and would be good for the next 100+ years.

Then of course City will appeal and get it all halved.

 

[dockroad]

Richard Masters, the Premier League chief executive, has been handed a 33 per cent pay increase – to £2.6m – as a result of the record deal he helped broker with broadcasters.
A £100,000 increase in his basic salary from £1.46m to £1.56m was bolstered by an additional £1.1m in incentive-related pay. (Telegraph )

The rich get richer and the fat cats get fatter.

 

[Daytripper]

Richard Masters, the Premier League chief executive, has been handed a 33 per cent pay increase – to £2.6m – as a result of the record deal he helped broker with broadcasters.
A £100,000 increase in his basic salary from £1.46m to £1.56m was bolstered by an additional £1.1m in incentive-related pay. (Telegraph )

The rich get richer and the fat cats get fatter.

Where is the incentive to change? Fans keep turning up, match tickets, merchandise, television subscriptions, emotionally invested in their teams regardless , the podcasts from ex players like Overlap etc don’t drop off in interest, nothing will change mate and the people involved in the premier league and the clubs are all getting well paid anyway.

 

[windymiller]

Where is the incentive to change? Fans keep turning up, match tickets, merchandise, television subscriptions, emotionally invested in their teams regardless , the podcasts from ex players like Overlap etc don’t drop off in interest, nothing will change mate and the people involved in the premier league and the clubs are all getting well paid anyway.

The PL will eat itself eventually. Sooner or later TV revenues will plateau and I would guess they will eventually fall. Matchday receipts will eventually suffer too, as the product becomes more plastic and predictable. By then, of course, Masters will have extracted huge sums of money and won't give a damn and won't give a toss when clubs go into liquidation. The current "forever growth" model is completely unsustainable, at least not for the number of professional clubs in each territory currently. Something akin to the European super league will come along and the dominoes will start to fall. I'm not sure I'll even be that sad any more.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

The PL will eat itself eventually. Sooner or later TV revenues will plateau and I would guess they will eventually fall. Matchday receipts will eventually suffer too, as the product becomes more plastic and predictable. By then, of course, Masters will have extracted huge sums of money and won't give a damn and won't give a toss when clubs go into liquidation. The current "forever growth" model is completely unsustainable, at least not for the number of professional clubs in each territory currently. Something akin to the European super league will come along and the dominoes will start to fall. I'm not sure I'll even be that sad any more.

People have been saying this for 20-30 years.

 

[BullensRoad]

The PL will eat itself eventually. Sooner or later TV revenues will plateau and I would guess they will eventually fall. Matchday receipts will eventually suffer too, as the product becomes more plastic and predictable. By then, of course, Masters will have extracted huge sums of money and won't give a damn and won't give a toss when clubs go into liquidation. The current "forever growth" model is completely unsustainable, at least not for the number of professional clubs in each territory currently. Something akin to the European super league will come along and the dominoes will start to fall. I'm not sure I'll even be that sad any more.

That's not happening I'm afraid. Nice fantasy though.

 

[windymiller]

People have been saying this for 20-30 years.

I'm not saying it will happen soon, but infinite growth is impossible.

 

[windymiller]

That's not happening I'm afraid. Nice fantasy though.

It'll happen eventually. All empires fall. It may not happen soon but eventually capital moves on, as Marx made very plain it has no loyalty.

 

[Moomin]

The next TV deal will be very interesting to say the least. They are showing a third more matches for a few % increase on the previous deal.

Not saw what the TV ratings are like for Sky and TNT but last summer the reports were saying in the region of 10% down on viewing figures.

 

[sbbefc]

The next TV deal will be very interesting to say the least. They are showing a third more matches for a few % increase on the previous deal.

Not saw what the TV ratings are like for Sky and TNT but last summer the reports were saying in the region of 10% down on viewing figures.

It's obscenely expensive so people inevitably don't bother or find other means of watching games.

 

[Moomin]

It's obscenely expensive so people inevitably don't bother or find other means of watching games.

Illegal streaming they will use as a massive reason and the media will demonise users saying they fund terrorist organisations and criminal gangs.

Will the middle east pull away from watching, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia seems to be pulling away of it's funding of sports washing. Will the current situation with Iran have a knock on effect??

The big clubs will make a play of trying to create their own TV deals will be on the cards sooner than later.

 

[Blast_of_Cannock]

I'm not saying it will happen soon, but infinite growth is impossible.

Try telling that to my belly.