Liverpool Says Big Clubs Should Be Able To Sell Their Rights To Foreign TV
Liverpool Says Big Clubs Should Be Able To Sell Their Rights To Foreign TV
Liverpool Says Big Clubs Should Be Able To Sell Their Rights To Foreign TV
Ian Ayre fears English teams will be left behind by its European rivals, if the foreign income are being shared equally among the 20 clubs in the league.
Ayre said: "The other European clubs simply do not follow this model, they will generate revenue much more to go out and buy the best players .."
The Premier League against the rights of foreigners, worth £ 1.4 billion, expires in 2013.
Under current rules, 14 teams will vote for the new provisions.
Ayre believes the Liverpool - Manchester United, Chelsea and Arsenal - deserve greater participation.
In Spain, Barcelona and Real Madrid are able to negotiate their own business, in the sense that they are able to produce much more income than their smaller competitors in La Liga.
Ayre and warns on long-term consequences: "If we continue to share international revenues in the same way, you're a disadvantage."
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Gordon Farquhar,
BBC Sports News Correspondent
The controversial issue of rights abroad is something of an old chestnut Premier League chief Richard Scudamore to handle.
Occasionally, when the so-called big clubs are afraid of being left behind their European competitors, there is a flurry of activity. Regardless of their legitimate argument sure that viewers want to see aliens, "Bolton" of this world, they face similar issues.
Make major changes in the policy requires that 14 of the 20 clubs to vote, which tends to flatten out their own interests for the common good.
If the collective sale has enriched all members beyond the expectations of the Division for a day, why cut one of the basic principles of the league now?
He told BBC Radio Merseyside: "There was a debate in a more collaborative between the clubs in the Premier League.
"I'm sure if you're a Liverpool fan living in Liverpool, subscribe to Sky, as the support of Liverpool, and if you're a fan of Blackburn subscribe to look at Blackburn.
"So it is probably correct, that the money in this country is so divided that it is.
"But if you go further, it is a myth that the Premier League is huge.
"It's popular, but the clubs are very popular are the pups, such as Liverpool, Manchester United and Arsenal.
"We have seen that in Malaysia during the summer. We were 5000 miles from home and we had 80 000 fans to see us play and 40,000 turning up to watch the exercise."
And he said if foreign income remain equally shared, the biggest clubs in countries like Spain leave behind the English clubs.
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Premier League is a following throughout the world 1460000000 - approximately 70% of football fans around the world
Games are presented in 212 countries
Premier League matches last season attracted a global audience of 4.7 billion
League registration up 185,000 hours of television coverage in 2010-11
"They create a lot more income to go and buy the best players.
"While we must be careful to maintain the integrity of the Premier League we have to maintain our position in Europe."
Last month, Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson has called for greater entry of foreign companies broadcasting, but he was in favor of the status quo in terms of how the money is shared.
Ferguson told BBC Sport: "We are being shown in 212 countries at the moment, so whatever we get paid, it is not enough.
"The conference would be there for next time. [Individual Rights] is a big problem in Spain, at the time, but I have strong feelings about it.
"We'd like ours, but I do not think it should happen that way. It is enough to keep everyone equally."
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