mcfc1632 wrote:Rag_hater wrote:mcfc1632 wrote:Socrates - really admire your strength of character - in the face of so much head in the sand
No - there would be no money to be made if Sheik was to.... - because the TV companies would have already been in deep contract agreement with the old G14 clubs - there would be no one to play in this Sheik league
People just cannot get their heads around the seriousness - and the reality of the proposals
It is not just some Socs agenda - UeFA and the top g14 clubs have been so explicit about their plans - all this 2...the Sheik could do this..." or "...the Sheik could do that...." is just playground stuff to avoid the reality of what is being planned
Reality (IMO) is the name would be changed from Champions League - perhaps - "European League" with big deal done with SKY and others
qualification through individual country leagues would be a thing of the past (Perez has already been clear on this) - (the risk of which is why they will bottle it an support the proposals) etc etc - they is no rival Sheik league unless it is with Feyenoord, Wolsfburg, Rapid Vienna, Racing Santander and a couple of others - the TV rights will be queuing up for that!!
Far from burying heads in sand a lot of us can see that what Platini proposes is something that he is not going to be able to implement.Some watered down version of his ideas is as far as he will be able to get.
And what contracts do the G14 clubs have with SKY and the other European media companies cos I thought they had contracts with the leagues of the countries in the CL.Not individual clubs.What contract do Sky have with RM.They dont.So if these big formerly G14 clubs make their "Europa League" that is unlikely to be sanctioned by Uefa the media companies are under no contract to them and more than likely the G14 clubs will lose of major revenue stream if they form a break-away league.
1/ those with the money - TV companies
2/ those with the product - clubs at the end of the day - not leagues (although that is the case at the moment where there is a collective agreement)
3/ brokers / middle men / agents (I do not mean football agents) etc - UeFA - national leagues etc
...nothing I see going on here than just normal business practice - we need our seat at the table (IMO)
There is a whole world of so far untapped revenue including the rest of the world outside Europe. Not just tv but other media. Our people were already on this when Frank was at the club & the Sheikh is a whole universe ahead of him with contacts, partnerships & assets in the media business not just in football but all sports (they just built a F1 racetrack for similar money than it'd cost to buy the PL for a year, that's a track that gets used how many times per year? It's part of a $40 bn development including a Ferrari theme park) Do UEFA or the EU really want to alienate these blokes or would a more sensible action not be to let them get on with it as partners rather than turn them into competitors?