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2 minutes ago, Giselle said:

The NFL makes $11bn a year from their tv deal. The NBA is looking at $8bn for their next tv deal. The champions league makes $2.5bn/year. Important champions league games are watched by millions. The final is watched by 400m people, the super bowl gets 100m. UEFA are incompetent in how they manage tv rights for the champions league. There’s no reason why a more product-driven organisation couldn’t double or triple the amount of money that the champions league could generate. This is core issue. 
 

UEFA could stagger the start of games, they could play more afternoon or early kickoff games to get Asian audiences, can play late night games to get American audiences. All the talk about tradition and history masks a lack of effort in developing the product. Why does UEFA sell tv rights to individual countries? Why not group it and sell single rights for multiple countries or continent-wide rights?

Where's the ignore feature on the new forum? 

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Just now, Nobody said:

Where's the ignore feature on the new forum? 

So much nonsense in that post it's ridiculous.

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2 minutes ago, Giselle said:

The NFL makes $11bn a year from their tv deal. The NBA is looking at $8bn for their next tv deal. The champions league makes $2.5bn/year. Important champions league games are watched by millions. The final is watched by 400m people, the super bowl gets 100m. UEFA are incompetent in how they manage tv rights for the champions league. There’s no reason why a more product-driven organisation couldn’t double or triple the amount of money that the champions league could generate. This is core issue. 
 

UEFA could stagger the start of games, they could play more afternoon or early kickoff games to get Asian audiences, can play late night games to get American audiences. All the talk about tradition and history masks a lack of effort in developing the product. Why does UEFA sell tv rights to individual countries? Why not group it and sell single rights for multiple countries or continent-wide rights?

That's not possible without also breaking tradition and (rightly) generating uprorar - we don't play games during the traditional working day.

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2 minutes ago, Inferior Acuña said:

That's not possible without also breaking tradition and (rightly) generating uprorar - we don't play games during the traditional working day.

You can start games at 6pm instead of 7.45pm. In countries that have flexible working days, you can even start earlier at 5pm. Games can go 6pm, 8pm, 10pm. You can play Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. That way you get to broadcast 9 games per week, instead of two. The only reason champions league doesn’t happen on Thursday is because UEFA want to put on the Europa League, which is a shitty product that doesn’t get good until basically the semi finals. UEFA hamstring the champions league intentionally. 

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Look, I’m not in favour of the super league but I do agree in general that the champions league as currently structured and managed isn’t living up to its potential. It would be better for everyone involved in football if it were managed better. And yes, you can’t escape the fact that a lot of this is to do with money. 

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Just now, neesy111 said:

Playing games at 11pm CET.  :dowiespin:

Cracking way to get fans onside.

Like it or not, clubs have and will continue to be global brands. There are fans around the world who will spend a lot of money and time to watch football. Yes yes plastic Asian fans, blah blah blah. Clubs have become disconnected from their local city and institutions. I don’t think it’s possible to turn back the clock. 

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20 minutes ago, Giselle said:

The NFL makes $11bn a year from their tv deal. The NBA is looking at $8bn for their next tv deal. The champions league makes $2.5bn/year. Important champions league games are watched by millions. The final is watched by 400m people, the super bowl gets 100m. UEFA are incompetent in how they manage tv rights for the champions league. There’s no reason why a more product-driven organisation couldn’t double or triple the amount of money that the champions league could generate. This is core issue. 
 

UEFA could stagger the start of games, they could play more afternoon or early kickoff games to get Asian audiences, can play late night games to get American audiences. All the talk about tradition and history masks a lack of effort in developing the product. Why does UEFA sell tv rights to individual countries? Why not group it and sell single rights for multiple countries or continent-wide rights?

Bore off. 

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6 minutes ago, BlueStar said:

 

But they own the player registrations surely? That would mean they can rightly stop the players from playing until their contracts end. They might not be able to stop the league but I have a feeling they can stop games being played and clubs appearing in it. 

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13 minutes ago, The Janitor said:

Starting to understand why Mike (and Shak?) hate(s) Pip now. Boooo.

Absolute disgrace that @Mike was the one you were sure of and I was just an afterthought. I've poured years of my life into hating on the little toerag.

 

(Pip is a good guy tbf, he's just a truly awful sports fan)

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