Chapter 230 Spanish Football Shock

After the British Sky TV representative announced the news, the club presidents immediately began to discuss the news.

It's a big deal for every club's TV revenue.

The representative of British Sky TV made it very clear that they cooperated with Tagolwan Group and spent a total of 600 million euros to buy the TV rights of La Liga. 600 million euros is not much to say, but it is worth pondering the sentence 'Allocated to participants according to the ranking The meaning of this is obvious, in other words, not all teams in La Liga can participate.

If you think about it carefully, you can see that British Sky TV is not buying all the TV broadcasts of La Liga, otherwise there would be no real Madrid and Barcelona in the meeting now, and British Sky TV can't do it at all, because PRO broadcast Satellite TV's contracts with Real Madrid and Barcelona will not end until the summer of 2013, and the contract with Valencia will not end until 2014. There are other teams, such as Real Sociedad, whose contracts will also be delayed until the summer of 2013. Each club negotiates TV rights separately, and the contracts between each club and PRO Radio Satellite TV have some differences, even the duration is different. The Spanish Football League wants to integrate the TV rights of La Liga until at least the summer of 2014. Sky TV in the UK is even less likely to buy all La Liga TV rights outright, unless they acquire PRO broadcast TV wholly.

Now British Sky TV wants to compete with PRO Radio Satellite TV on TV broadcast, and only buys a part of La Liga's TV broadcast rights in order to have the capital to compete with PRO Radio Satellite TV in the Spanish football market.

The rivalry between the two TV outlets is what all Spanish clubs want to see.

Regardless of whether the British Sky TV can achieve its goal, all the La Liga club presidents present felt that the trip was worthwhile.

Next will be serious consideration.

It's a matter of club revenue, and a big part of it.

The 600 million euros TV broadcast contract doesn’t sound like much, but after all, there are not many clubs that can actually sign. First of all, it is impossible to have a long-term contract with PRO Radio Satellite TV. In other words, the TV broadcast contract with PRO Radio Satellite TV will be next year. Clubs that end in the summer are eligible to sign with British Sky TV.

This excludes four clubs - Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Valencia and Real Sociedad.

"No wonder Atletico Madrid did not invite the presidents of Real Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia."

Many people came to a realization.

It is understandable that Real Madrid and Barcelona would no longer be invited if they were just negotiating the rights to broadcast TV, but Valencia is also the 'third pole' of Spanish football, but it was not invited. Many people were puzzled before. , now everyone is clear.

Real Sociedad president April Applebee became embarrassed.

Applebee also knows the reason why Real Sociedad was invited. Although the TV broadcast contract between Real Sociedad and PRO Radio Satellite TV did not end until 2013, Real Sociedad undoubtedly belongs to the category of small La Liga clubs and is still a very powerful team. , even if they cannot participate, they are 'same camp' as the clubs present.

Applebee is just so annoyed!

Why did you sign such a long contract with PRO TV?

If you want to cooperate with British Sky TV, it is also crucial that you cannot be relegated to the Second Division next season.

British Sky TV purchased the TV rights of La Liga, and it will definitely not broadcast the games of La Liga.

Vallecano chairman Bleza asked the key question, "If we cooperate with Sky TV, what will happen to the team's relegation next season?"

Then he asked, "Will the teams that are upgraded to the Western Division II next season also participate in the TV broadcast?"

Everyone else got serious.

This is everyone's concern.

According to the explanation of the representative of British Sky TV, the La Liga teams involved in the contract are between 13 teams and 16 teams, and the extra three teams are in the promotion and relegation places.

If only 13 teams participate, each team will get an average of 46 million euros, which is almost equivalent to the income that Atlético de Madrid and Valencia get on PRO broadcast TV every year. For many clubs, it has been Quite impressive.

For example Seville.

Last season, Sevilla got only 21 million euros in the TV broadcast. Villarreal was even less than Sevilla, only 19 million euros. With their strength and ranking, they can get it no matter how bad it is. On average, you can get almost 50 million euros.

This is enough for the club to turn a profit.

If 16 teams participate, each team can get an average of 37.5 million euros and double the increase in TV broadcast costs. It is completely acceptable, but 46 million euros is better.

The British Sky representative took out a draft contract and handed it over to the club presidents and delegates present.

After that, everyone started to take a closer look.

According to the provisions of this draft contract, as long as an agreement can be reached, the relegated team can also get 5 million euros, which does not sound like much, but it is necessary to know the broadcast contract signed for next season. In other words, the relegated club did not participate.

The 5 million euros are for nothing.

There are also clear regulations for the participation of the upgraded teams next season, that is, the guaranteed minimum amount of 30 million euros. Regardless of the results of the upgraded teams next season, they can only get 30 million euros for participating in the contract. They all smiled, and they found a sense of superiority in the contract.

The draft TV contract stipulates that each club will receive a TV share ranging from 65 million euros to 30 million euros. The specific share depends on the league ranking and the final accounting settlement, but the general amount is also There won't be much in and out.

As long as they are in the top ten of the league, they will definitely get more than 40 million euros, and the teams outside the top ten will have more than 30 million euros.

Importantly, it does not include TV ad revenue.

The advertising revenue from the TV broadcast share is also a large amount of revenue. For example, the advertising revenue that Atlético de Madrid received from PRO broadcast satellite TV last year was 9.6 million euros, and the British Sky TV must have more or no less.

After reading the drafted contract, everyone present has a clear concept. As long as the contract is signed and the league is guaranteed not to be relegated this year, the TV broadcast share will reach at least 40 million euros next year.

Everyone present looked left and right, and they couldn't think of a reason to refuse.

In particular, the presidents of Sevilla and Villarreal, who suffered from the injustice of TV rights, decided to sign it without thinking.

Afterwards, the CEO of Atlético de Madrid, who chaired the meeting, said, "In the past, we had no other way, but now we have a new way out! By cooperating with British Sky TV, we will be able to win the best interest! This is our interest. , we need to get..."

Then Xiao Hill made a passionate speech, which made many people feel very excited.

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The televised conference led by Atlético de Madrid did not reach an agreement directly, but the clubs have already stated that they will sign the contract, and they have also agreed to sign it on January 1 next year.

The ten-day buffer period also allows each club to digest the latest news.

In fact, the signing of new contracts is not all beneficial. There are still risks. It is impossible for the Spanish Football League and PRO TV to sit back and watch Sky TV and Tagorewan Group join forces to share a large piece of the La Liga TV broadcast cake.

PRO broadcast satellite TV only has contracts with Real Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Valencia and Real Sociedad. These four teams occupy more than half of the commercial value of La Liga, but if other teams cooperate with British Sky TV, it means that in They will not have the right to broadcast the games played at home by other teams. At that time, the interests of PRO TV will be greatly damaged. At that time, not only PRO TV, but also the TV broadcast revenue of Real Madrid and Barcelona will also be greatly affected. big impact.

The Spanish Football League will not allow this to happen.

Spanish football ushered in a major earthquake when the news that Sky TV in the United Kingdom would buy out the TV rights of other teams in La Liga came out, and the news occupied almost all the front pages of the media before Christmas.

One by one clubs stood up to denounce the division system of La Liga, and supported the practice of British Sky TV, and there were also opponents who stood up and criticized the practices of other clubs.

The proponents say that --

"This is to safeguard the interests of the respective clubs!"

"There is more competition to make La Liga develop! La Liga should have ushered in the moment to break the monopoly!"

"We can look forward to the rise of La Liga clubs!"

"Spanish football ushered in a big reform! This is a football revolution that changes in a good direction!"

The voices of the opponents are also very high--

"This is dividing Spanish football!"

"Watching La Liga in the future, but also on two TV stations?"

"La Liga TV broadcast, why cooperate with a British company! The webcast is also sold to the Tagolwan Group? It's incredible! Why not sell it directly to Atlético de Madrid!"

"We want to defend the whole of Spanish football!"

The big debate begins.

The Spanish Football League will not use the weapon of public opinion alone. They quickly issued a policy in two days to prohibit La Liga clubs from selling TV rights alone.

Unfortunately, no one buys their policies.

The Spanish Football League is not the Spanish government, they are a non-governmental organization that serves the entire Spanish league, otherwise they would not be so inclined towards Real Madrid and Barcelona, ​​because the two clubs can bring enough benefits .

If the Spanish Football League wants to adopt a policy, it needs the consent of most professional clubs. La Liga clubs are the top priority. It can be said that as long as one La Liga club does not agree, the new policy of the Spanish Football League cannot be passed.

The policies they forcibly passed have no legal effect.

Then the Spanish Football League, in conjunction with the Spanish Football Federation, took the British Sky TV and Tagorewan Group to court to prevent the two cooperation from "dividing Spanish football".

It is a pity that the Spanish government-government is not so efficient.

The Spanish government-government does not serve the Spanish Football League. For such a lawsuit, it will take two or three months to prepare in advance. Even if the two sides face off in court, the Spanish Football League cannot stop other La Liga clubs from signing with Sky TV. , and according to the analysis of professional lawyers, it is impossible for the Spanish Football League to win the lawsuit, because there were no clear regulations in the past, and it is almost impossible to introduce new regulations to prevent it, at least not before 2014. In other words, In the past two days, various clubs have sold TV rights to whoever they want. The Spanish Football League has nothing to do.

The only thing PRO can do is not have a commercial partnership with Sky, and legally they can't do anything.

At this stage, what the Spanish Football League wants to do is very difficult, because they are about to usher in the presidential election. The professional league is composed of La Liga 20 teams and La Liga 22 teams. The chairman of each club is a member of the committee.

As the chairman of the Spanish Football League, Tebas definitely does not want to offend many La Liga clubs, because the election of the Spanish Football League chairman requires the votes of committee members, and the support of many La Liga clubs can almost decide the name of the next chairman.

But Tebas had no choice.

After this big news came out, he must have no hope of continuing to serve as the president of the Spanish Football League.

If the cooperation between other clubs in La Liga and the British Sky TV and Tagore wan Group is reached, then many clubs in La Liga will definitely vote for Atlético de Madrid's new chairman of the election, because Atlético de Madrid took the lead to bring real tangible benefits to other clubs. Interests.

On the contrary, Tebas blocked the agreement, and there is still a little chance.

At that time, if other clubs in La Liga want to increase their TV broadcast revenue, they will have to look at the face of the Spanish Football League.

For this little opportunity, Tebas has to fight for it.

In the Spanish media public opinion, Atlético de Madrid's work is not over yet, and the winter transfer work has to be handled before Christmas. The winter transfer window will open in January, and many European media have begun to report winter transfer news.

Atletico Madrid don't need to add any players.

The team's lineup has been very stable, and there are plenty of players on all fronts.

Instead, Wansheng considered excluding some players... (To be continued ~^~)