Not sure what you're trying to say. I mean, it is economies of scale isn't it ? If the TV

deal wasn't that high, clubs wouldn't be able to spend that much without being reckless and filing a big loss. So players would not ask for as much.

If the TV deal were twice as high, so would wages be.

I don't get the point. It is a market economy. Punters are clearly willing to pay for the TV, so the price point is obviously correct and the demand is clearly there. In that case either the Premier League can sell for a massive amount allowing the TV companies to make a calculated profit, or they can sell cheaper leaving the TV companies to make a massive profit. The more money to the Premier League, the more the clubs receive. The larger the money the clubs receive for allowing people to watch their players play, the more the players are worth to the club and so will ask for their market worth. And the club spends within its boundaries.

I don't see the problem unless you mean the price they are asking the customer to pay to watch it. I'm pretty sure that the price is driven by the demand and willingness to pay, and not by the price demanded by the Premier League.

The only way to push that down is for millions of customers to not subscribe to any of the TV services on the grounds of pricing. Then they know the price point is too high, and the Premier League will have to drop its price because the TV companies cannot afford those prices any more.

And unless the exact same thing is happening in Spain, Italy, Germany, France and perhaps even the US, fewer international stars will come to the Premier League and more English stars will move abroad. Then you will, arguably, have a weaker Premier League. It won't be more open because the top 4 will still have more buying power within the UK player base.

So you get what you pay for I guess. Unless you prefer the halcyon days of the late 80s (which to be fair a lot of people might).

Posted By: Steve in Holland, Sep 30, 14:51:55