Will the new BPL TV rights deal finally allow Everton to progress ?

[Brennan]

My initial reaction was that wages and transfer fees will rise and therefore nothing will change on the footballing front.

I still think that is true, but as revenue & profits rise, infrastructure and other costs will be lower on a relative basis. For example, the cost of upgrading a stand at Goodison won't change, but we'll have more money to fund it with.

Unfortunately that's not just not true. The cost of building materials is always rising, paint prices for example have skyrocketed in recent years.

 

[Chang Elephant]

Can't we just give the extra money to Bill, he's a Blue and a businessman, and I'd like to have his babies

 

[LABlue2]

I can't specifically comment on the cost of building materials - I figured building costs have been roughly rising at the pace of all other goods. Clearly, the Premier League is growing revenue at a fast rate, presumably faster than building costs are rising, but correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Neiler]

HMMM.........

Proposed spending controls in the Premier League will be discussed at a meeting next week.

The 20 clubs have been split into two groups of 10 on a geographical basis, with the southern group to meet on Monday and the northern group on Wednesday.
The majority of clubs are in favour of some kind of cost control measure - the sticking points are likely to be which measure is adopted and what the sanctions will be for breaking the rules.

Ideas include adopting UEFA's Financial Fair Play system where clubs must break even, or clubs only being allowed to spend a maximum percentage of their annual income on player costs - for example 70%, the system operated by the European elite club grouping G14 a decade ago.

Another proposal is limiting increases in spending on player wages to 10% a year, as suggested bySunderland

owner Ellis Short.

Perhaps the option most likely to win universal approval is clubs having to be able to guarantee they can operate for several years in the future rather than just one.

Under the guaranteed liability plan, if clubs have players on five-year contracts, as most do, they would have to be able to prove they can guarantee those funds for the length of those contracts.

In the case of Portsmouth,

the club twice went into administration when some of their biggest costs included paying the salaries of high-earning players who were under long-term contracts but whom the club could not afford.

The clubs most opposed to cost control measures are Manchester City,

Chelsea

and Fulham

but even they might be inclined to accept a system to guarantee financial liabilities.

The sanctions for breaking the rules are unlikely to be as drastic as UEFA's system which threatens to exclude clubs from European competition if they do not come close to breaking even.

In the Premier League, a transfer ban or fine is much more likely to be agreed to punish transgressions..

http://www1.skysports.com/football/...o-meet-next-week-to-discuss-spending-controls

 

[ianefc]

Ill look forward to the day we spend significantly more than we recieve in a summer window

 

[Jags..class]

Players will want more wages, agents will want more money, Clubs will want a bigger fee.

 

[steken1]

As with everything it depends how we use the money. The other deal is also due to be negotiated which is expected to be a massive increase.

This could mean the club has an extra £40m a season.

The challenge will be can we keep our wages low enough for this to be useful and will the rest of the league, especially the clubs around us, elevate the wages of mid level players to a point where we have no choice to pay them to saty in the league.

One things for sure £40m in David Moyes hands is worth more than almost all bar Wenger, but, £40m in Bill's is worth about 112 nectar points.

 

[Ravensblue]

It will all dissapear like the arteta money and most of the rodwell money.

We'll still end up selling felliani so we can buy a cheep replacement and watch the rest of it vanish with the best blue in the worlds smug little grin the only thing left behind.

 

[Neiler]

As with everything it depends how we use the money. The other deal is also due to be negotiated which is expected to be a massive increase.

This could mean the club has an extra £40m a season.

The challenge will be can we keep our wages low enough for this to be useful and will the rest of the league, especially the clubs around us, elevate the wages of mid level players to a point where we have no choice to pay them to saty in the league.

One things for sure £40m in David Moyes hands is worth more than almost all bar Wenger, but, £40m in Bill's is worth about 112 nectar points.

The majority of the squad dont have new contracts pending, it will be interesting set of accounts this year with so much change in the wage bill, bank transactions etc, if we have in anyway reduced our bottom line and trunover increases we may have some wiggle room financially.

Has to be said everyone gets the same TV money but, but you have to say we reinvest it well given there are genrrally about 14 clubs lower then us on average. Given we relegation fodder in the early seasons of the PL we've done well with what we have got.

 

[toffeejack]

i think overall it will benefit us because at least we'll actually have something to spend. yes, prices will be higher, but at least we'll be buying players - assuming moyes does actually get a budget from time to time. obviously the benefit with regards to other clubs relies on how well we spend it compared to them, which compared to virtually the whole PL, doesn't seem a problem of ours.

 

[steken1]

The majority of the squad dont have new contracts pending, it will be interesting set of accounts this year with so much change in the wage bill, bank transactions etc, if we have in anyway reduced our bottom line and trunover increases we may have some wiggle room financially.

Has to be said everyone gets the same TV money but, but you have to say we reinvest it well given there are genrrally about 14 clubs lower then us on average. Given we relegation fodder in the early seasons of the PL we've done well with what we have got.

I'm not certain agents will be waiting for contract renewal time to be asking for a bigger slice of the pie though?

Agree on the accounts. Will be a travesty if we haven't reduced our short term debts and overdraft.

This may sound odd but I don't see the extra money helping us at all. It gives clubs like Villa, The R/S, and Newcastle much bigger roome for error.

On the pitch we run a tight ship with a manager who can get us good players for buttons. Most sides don't have this and the extra money means they won't need to find one. It's a big difference getting a good player for £3m and finding one for £10-12m.

Obviously if it looked like we might seriously start to looking at strengthening the club off the pitch then I'd say it could be a major turning point. FFP getting further will reduce the chances of finding the big investor so we will need to start looking at getting the club in line with our competition ourselves.

 

[Bluesnapper]

Financial fair play already biting - may make things a little easier in that regard.

The board should earmark the extra money for clearing the debts and then go for a new stadium.

 

[nigelcoyb]

The majority of the squad dont have new contracts pending, it will be interesting set of accounts this year with so much change in the wage bill, bank transactions etc, if we have in anyway reduced our bottom line and trunover increases we may have some wiggle room financially.

Has to be said everyone gets the same TV money but, but you have to say we reinvest it well given there are genrrally about 14 clubs lower then us on average. Given we relegation fodder in the early seasons of the PL we've done well with what we have got.

Given we were runners up in 1986 just 6 years prior to the start of the Prem (1992) then had Rooney I suggest you're being a tad gracious.

 

[Blackwatch1878]

The board should earmark the extra money for clearing the debts and then go for a new stadium.

Bit optimistic for this Board that , There wont be any sort of plan as per , if there was Eg/Agms maybe they could of been asked What the plan is with this extra money and future plans in general, ah well , One thing is for Certain , Hidden operating costs will be Going through the roof


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[Neiler]

I'm not certain agents will be waiting for contract renewal time to be asking for a bigger slice of the pie though?

Agree on the accounts. Will be a travesty if we haven't reduced our short term debts and overdraft.

This may sound odd but I don't see the extra money helping us at all. It gives clubs like Villa, The R/S, and Newcastle much bigger roome for error.

On the pitch we run a tight ship with a manager who can get us good players for buttons. Most sides don't have this and the extra money means they won't need to find one. It's a big difference getting a good player for £3m and finding one for £10-12m.

Obviously if it looked like we might seriously start to looking at strengthening the club off the pitch then I'd say it could be a major turning point. FFP getting further will reduce the chances of finding the big investor so we will need to start looking at getting the club in line with our competition ourselves.

Agree on all of the above, but i doubt if any of our debt has been reduced if im honest. I disagree on the likes of Villa, R/S and possibly Sunderland as well - they are still dependent on their owners and strike the balance between dismantling squads and getting a manageable wage bill. To be fair Newcastle have done really well since coming back up, they have got rid of all third part debt, brought their wage bill down to about 65% and remained competitive, their turnover should be better and surprisingly its not far of our own at the mid 80 millions - really should be better with their infrastructure and geography.