I don't know if anyone else read this but last week the guardian reported that the top 6 prem clubs are demanding 35% of the overseas tv rights, which were worth £3bn in the last contract and are expected to rise again in value in the next auction in a few months.
Their argument is Ndoogu in Nigeria subscribes to watch them not us.
My argument is that he tune in to watch them thrash us not to watch a 0-0 draw between arsenal and chelsea (like recently).
So they need us as much as we need them.
I have always been a supporter of the way the income generated by the premier league is shared equally between the clubs, unlike la liga where the clubs sort their own tv deals out.
The prem needs 14 votes to pass a new amendment like this but shockingly West sham (poxy sh!T wannabe club), Leicester and Everton have added their names to the top 6 and therefore they only need another 5 idiots to agree to this unfair rule change.
Quick maths seems to suggest that at present we all get 5% and the new rule would mean the the bottom 14 would get a share of the 65% which appears to be only a 5% drop for the lower 14, but imo they have started at just 35% to test the water and if passed will demand more and more.
Even though 5% sounds low it's actually £50m, i think based on the £3bn a season current deal, per season the top 6 will reserve for themselves (and that's for starters i'm sure).
The vote is tomorrow and if it fails I can see more moaning from the "big" clubs threatening to split to form a European super league.
The minutes of the meeting should be interesting, especially the views of **** barons sullivan and gold, who more often than not are in the bottom 14 or the 2nd tier than in the top six.