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In September, I wrote how Fox Sports choice to show Barclay's Premier League games on tape delay
was a brilliant idea. Two weekends ago, Fox took it the next level by showing Manchester United vs.
Arsenal live as a lead into the NFL Conference Championship Games. Sure the rating where not great.
According to ESPN, the match was seen by 1.
By Chris Wright
"You want me to wear a what now?"
The jokes kind of write themselves here, but Manchester City have announced that bench-bound
midfielder Owen Hargreaves is to have a camera strapped to him 'Sub Cam' as they've called it
during their next few home Premier League games, with the pitchside footage then broadcast live on
the club's official Youtube channel, with edited highlights available on the following Monday.
Former Liverpool strikers Robbie Fowler and Fernando Morientes have reportedly agreed to join a
revamped Indian football league.
The format, which hopes to replicate the cricketing success of the Indian Premier League (IPL), is
apparently attracting stars such as Fabio Cannavaro, Juan Pablo Sorin and Robert Pires.
Some of the back-room workings between Jack Warner and FIFA are starting to come to the
surface.
Warner reportedly claimed that in exchange for drumming up support to get Sepp Blatter elected
in the 1998 FIFA presidential election, he secured the television rights to the World Cup for his
native Trinidad & Tobago for a single dollar.
It wasn't all bad in the early going for Liverpool. The club was comfortably in the top ten in
spite of the various struggles and unanswered questions, and there was a win in the derby over
Everton despite Dirk Kuyt's first ever penalty miss for Liverpool to boost spirits. It might not
have been the start fans had been hoping for after the way the previous season had ended, but it
also wasn't the end of the world.
This is our last installment in a series of post setting out the top business stories in
American soccer from 2011. We have looked at Portland and Kansas City while also discussing NBC's
entry as a soccer broadcaster and FOX's big play for World Cup television rights. We will set up
a vote to select the top story early next week.
Over the next couple of days (and in no particular order), we will present the top American
soccer business stories of the year. Early next week we will conduct a vote to see which of the
entrants you think is the winner. Yesterday we looked at the arrival of Portland and the re-birth
of Kansas City.
That 2011 should have seen a trickle of new ideas on the subject of how to reorganise English
and European club football should come as no great surprise. Last year saw an unprecedented
undermining in the authority of FIFA, following the flawed process for determining the hosts of the
2018 and 2022 World Cups, whilst UEFA's Financial Fair Play regulations were always likely to cause
a fluster in England, which long ago submitted its professional game to the rigours and inherent
inequalities of neo-capitalism with such gusto that it sometimes feels as if an accountancy
qualification is of almost as much use to a supporter as a working knowledge of the office law.
Spain's centre-right People's Party said it will push Real Madrid and Barcelona to have more
equitable distribution of income from television rights, according to PP policymaker Miriam
Blasco.
"You have to support the small teams as well, because it's true that the Spanish league would
not exist if it was not working for all the clubs," Blasco, a candidate to become Spain's top
sports official after the election, said in an interview.
By CALEB SONNELAND
Chelsea may not be bolting from Stamford Bridge for a new home after all.
The club came up short in its attempt to convince the necessary majority of the Chelsea Pitch
Owners to sell back the stadium land that the club sold to the supporter-spearheaded group, and as
a result, the club can't regain ownership of the entire grounds.
Associated Press Sports Writer Graham Dunbar has the scoop:
ZURICH (AP) -- A FIFA official with knowledge of the decision says Fox has won the U.S.
television rights for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Fox was awarded the English-language rights and
Telemundo the Spanish-language rights.
Earlier this week we wrote about the bid submission process for television rights to the 2018
and 2022 FIFA World Cup. Those bids were submitted today in a closed door meeting. English and
Spanish language rights are both in play. An announcement on the winner could come as early as
Friday. As we said a couple of days back,the stakes are especially high since both ESPN and NBC
have rights to MLS through 2014.
Just a few months back, soccer fans around the world eagerly waited announcement of the host
countries for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. The conventional wisdom suggested that an award of
future World Cup to the United States was essential for the ongoing development of the sport in
this country.
The warning signs were there, and it now looks as if there is at least a chance that the damn
will burst. When Liverpool's Ian Ayre made his comments regarding the sale of television rights
last week, there was widespread derision aimed in his direction, although this was tempered by the
belief some even say understanding that Ayre was only saying aloud what others were thinking.
Nature abhors a vacuum, and in the absence of anything season-defining coming from yesterday's
match between Liverpool and Manchester United, the post-match speculation has largely centred upon
claims made by Patrice Evra in the direction of Luis Suarez to a French television station after
the match.
Ian Ayre insisted that Liverpool Football Club weren't looking to sell their own overseas
television rights.
Clarifying comments made earlier this week regarding the sale of Barclays Premier League overseas
rights, the Liverpool Managing Director claimed the debate needs to be opened up but believes his
comments were taken out of context in the media.
Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre denies TV rights breakaway threat
The Liverpool managing director originally talked up a move for the Premier League heavyweights
to break away from the current television rights deal in order to increase income
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Ayre on TV rights
Ian Ayre today insisted that Liverpool Football Club weren't looking to sell their own overseas
television rights.
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Ayre explains TV comments
Ian Ayre today insisted that Liverpool Football Club weren't looking to sell their own overseas
television rights.
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It will be a bitter-sweet moment at Quest field this Saturday. Over 60,000 people will be packed
into Quest field to watch a legend take the field for the last time at home against the struggling
San Jose Earthquakes. A shutout by Kasey Keller will secure the Sounders the number 2 spot in the
playoffs.
Liverpool fire starting gun of self-interest in the Premier League | David
Lacey
Despite what they may say about TV rights, if there is profit to be had by the big clubs, it
will be had and to hell with the rest What is a league? According to the dictionary it is both "an
association of persons, nations etc formed to promote the interests of its members" and "an
association of sporting clubs that organises matches between teams of a similar standard".
The Glazer family discussed the possibility of individual selling of overseas television rights
with John W Henry and his colleagues at Liverpool before club chief executive Ian Ayre floated the
subject this week, The Daily Telegraph understands.
Ayre's suggestion that the biggest clubs in the league abandon the Premier League's collective
selling model and exploit their overseas rights individually has met with opposition from the
league and clubs concerned that it would ultimately weaken the competition.
There are many ironies surrounding the comments of the Liverpool Managing Director, Ian Ayre,
concerning the future of overseas television rights and how they should be distributed amongst the
clubs. Those of an ideological indisposition to Liverpool and preferences amongst football clubs
have, in recent years, come to take on the appearance of being somewhere between the followers of a
cult and a lifestyle choice may have taken some degree of amusement from a club which couldn't even
qualify for European football last season make such exapnsive claims regarding its grandeur.
Wigan chairrman David Whelan has attacked Liverpool's demand for more TV cash, saying that such
a move would kill the heart and soul of football.
Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre said yesterday the bigger clubs in the Premier League
should get a greater share of the £1.4billion overseas TV cash, instead of the current arrangement
where the revenue is shared equally between all 20 clubs.
Liverpool's TV rights idea is scandalous Dave Whelan
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan says Liverpool's call for clubs to sell their own television rights
would 'kill off half the Premier League'.
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A year after becoming the heroes who saved Liverpool from financial armageddon, Fenway Sports Group
opted to to become the villains of the day. Not necessarily in the eyes of Liverpool fans but
certainly in those of the rest of the football world.
Sooner or later, one of the big clubs was going to start making noises about the splitting of
television rights.
Wigan chairrman David Whelan has attacked Liverpool's demand for more TV cash, saying that such
a move would kill the heart and soul of football.
Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre said yesterday the bigger clubs in the Premier League
should get a greater share of the £1.4billion overseas TV cash, instead of the current arrangement
where the revenue is shared equally between all 20 clubs.
The question of how to divide international television rights and just what's fair is, at the
end of the day, hugely complex. It touches on dozens of other issues that effect league parity and
directly mirrors a much older debate about the sharing of gate revenue. There's greed and
self-preservation behind every corner, and it's all set against the backdrop of a thoroughly broken
system that nobody seems especially interested in fixing in any meaningful way.
Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre believes the option for Premier League clubs to sell their
overseas television rights on an individual basis would be a 'game-changer'.
The league's broadcast rights outside of the United Kingdom are presently sold in a joint package,
which is worth £3.2billion for 2010-13 to be shared equally among the 20 clubs.
Rival clubs have distanced themselves from Liverpool's demand for more cash from television rights
- with one top-flight chairman claiming the move would "kill the heart and soul" of English
football.
Liverpool managing director Ian Ayre said the bigger clubs should get a greater share of the £1.
Liverpool TV revenue demands: how European leagues compare
Liverpool have demanded a greater share of international television rights to take account of
the club's support overseas.
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Liverpool will fail with TV plans say Premier League rivals
Liverpool have been told by their Barclays Premier League rivals that any attempt to negotiate
their own overseas television rights deal will fail.
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Football is as financially unfair a sport as any in the world. Ian Ayre, Liverpool's Managing
Director, hates this. Ian Ayre believes it could be more unfair. American sports lead the way in
the distribution of profit, keeping their leagues exciting and stable. They not only share
television rights but merchandising and tickert sales.
Liverpool's managing Director Ian Ayre believes that top clubs like Liverpool, Man United and
Chelsea should be able to sell their own overseas television rights, and has called for the Premier
League to follow the lucrative Spanish model, where top clubs swallow up the most money. However,
with League rules decreeing that 14 of 20 clubs must agree for any change to be implemented, it
doesn't
‘Liverpool's plan for overseas TV rights would kill the soul of English football' –
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan
Sports retail tycoon believes that the Anfield club's stance on television rights would ruin the
Premier League and claims even Reds fans will oppose such a move
View the full story here: Goal
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‘Liverpool's plan for overseas TV rights would kill the soul of English football' –
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan
Sports retail tycoon believes that the Anfield club's stance on television rights would ruin the
Premier League and claims even Reds fans will oppose such a move
View the full story here: Goal
A news article on 2011-10-12 14:20:00 from: Goal
This news item has been reproduced from today's media.
‘Liverpool's plan for overseas TV rights would kill the soul of English football' –
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan
Sports retail tycoon believes that the Anfield club's stance on television rights would ruin the
Premier League and claims even Reds fans will oppose such a move
View the full story here: Goal
A news article on 2011-10-12 14:20:00 from: Goal
This news item has been reproduced from today's media.
‘Liverpool's plan for overseas TV rights would kill the soul of English football' –
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan
Sports retail tycoon believes that the Anfield club's stance on television rights would ruin the
Premier League and claims even Reds fans will oppose such a move
View the full story here: Goal
A news article on 2011-10-12 14:20:00 from: Goal
This news item has been reproduced from today's media.
‘Liverpool's plan for overseas TV rights would kill the soul of English football' –
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan
Sports retail tycoon believes that the Anfield club's stance on television rights would ruin the
Premier League and claims even Reds fans will oppose such a move
View the full story here: Goal
A news article on 2011-10-12 14:20:00 from: Goal
This news item has been reproduced from today's media.
‘Liverpool's plan for overseas TV rights would kill the soul of English football' –
Wigan chairman Dave Whelan
Sports retail tycoon believes that the Anfield club's stance on television rights would ruin the
Premier League and claims even Reds fans will oppose such a move
View the full story here: Goal
A news article on 2011-10-12 14:20:00 from: Goal
This news item has been reproduced from today's media.
