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English Premier League: Premier League teams fight for TV rights

By Ashley Anthony

LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 01: Mathew Ryan of Brighton can only watch as Nacho Monreal scores for Arsenal during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Brighton and Hove Albion at Emirates Stadium on October 1, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 01: Mathew Ryan of Brighton can only watch as Nacho Monreal scores for Arsenal during the Premier League match between Arsenal and Brighton and Hove Albion at Emirates Stadium on October 1, 2017 in London, England. (Photo by Mike Hewitt/Getty Images) /
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Money makes the world go round and so does it make the English Premier League go round too.

The Express reports the big clubs are not in alignment with the smaller clubs, who have apparently met in secret to discuss the ongoing debate, surrounding the money split on the TV rights between all the Premier League clubs.

The reports go on to say the big six, Chelsea, the two Manchester clubs, Liverpool, Arsenal, and Spurs, are urging an agreement to be struck with the Premier League. This would see the bigger teams get more of the TV revenue shared between them and the lower teams.

The amount of £39 million was shared evenly after last season concluded. That’s a big amount of money for a team not winning any silverware, or reaching the top-six spots.

If the bigger teams get their way, it will inevitably causes problems for the smaller clubs in the English Premier League, according to the Express.

What the Express had to say:

"“Widening the pay gap would make the competition even less competitive in the opinion of most of the smaller clubs.“With the threat of a possible breakaway hanging in the air, three of them look set to side with their more illustrious peers – Everton, West Ham and Leicester.”"

This displays how the rest of the teams in the league do not agree with the bigger teams. To be fair, the difference of money between last season’s champions, Chelsea and relegated side, Sunderland, was not that great.

Chelsea received £151 million and Sunderland received £93 million. This gives them every reason to moan about how the money’s split, knowing they just won an English Premier League title.

In the same breath, the smaller teams are right by their stance in the situation. Sean Dyche was quoted saying some wise words, which I agree with 100 times.

Quotes taken from the Express of Sean Dyche:

"“Do I think it should be an even split? Yes, just for the reasons of competition.“We know it’s an imbalanced competition anyway, if you make it even more imbalanced, and money rules the competitive element of top level football, so if someone is getting even more, and someone gets even less, it’s going to distort it.“We all love to see the real super powers of world football going head to head, but I still think English and British fans love to see the smaller clubs and middle clubs over a season. I think to keep it as level as you can is a better way of doing it.“It could get so distorted that it doesn’t stay a really competitive league. The best thing that happened to football for me was Leicester winning the league. It gave it a real shake-up.”"

In many ways he’s right, but what sort of money should a team get, who’s unable to cause any upsets during the campaign?

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Let’s use Crystal Palace for an example. Do they deserve any money for the way they’ve performed until now? They haven’t even earned a point during the campaign, how does a team who has no points, deserve £93 million?

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Many pros and cons to be taken from this and no real view better than the next. Will be interesting to see what unfolds next in this saga.

Full story by The Express.

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