CFG Expansion | Başakşehir to join? (p70)

[aguero93:20]

No but only isco.

We're finally signing De Rossi.

 

[Tbilisi]

This may be Sheikh Mansour preparing for a future where football clubs will own their own content and broadcasting rights. Clubs will broadcast matches direct to their own fans and cut out the middle men. To do this this they will (at least in the medium term) partner with firms who specialise in this area. This will be a painful goodbye to organisations like SKY and BT and will kill off the crooks at FIFA and UEFA.
Some sort of Superleague is inevitable because the revenues involved will be staggering, a huge increase on the current broadcast deals. I am not saying this will automatically be a good thing for fans but history has shown that you can't stop the march of technology. CFG could be offering pay-per-view broadcasts of all kinds including football and boxing/music/esports/basketball at the new Co-op arena. The same sort of opportunity would be on the cards in New York with the new investment there.

Great post, at least the UEFA / FIFA trough will go.

 

[Tbilisi]

As Morocco are on the box as I type.

Hassania Union Sport Agadir.

https://m.le360.ma/sport/botola-pro/city-football-group-cherche-acquerir-des-parts-dans-le-hassania-dagadir-91109

Some translated : According to our sources, this holding wants to buy between 20 and 30% of the shares of the limited company HUSA and a meeting was even held in England between Habib Sidinou, president of the Soussi club and a member of the powerful group.

This is Omar Berrada, current Group Operations Director who previously served as Senior Media Business Development Manager at FC Barcelona.

My mate (hes on here) sent me this, Citys youth team might be playing them during the break he heard when on holiday there.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Great post, at least the UEFA / FIFA trough will go.

I just can't see how FIFA/UEFA and the broadcasting cartels can continue (not least after this World Cup) to cream off huge revenues which should be going to the clubs (who own the products). The clubs don't need a national body to compete with them financially. They only require an independent regulator to manage the sport and in recent decades both FIFA and UEFA have failed in this task.
At some point the clubs (and domestic organisations like the PL) will get their act together. The technology makes it easier for them to provide their own broadcasting and sell the content direct to the audience. They could make more revenues from single major matches than they get for an entire season from the current broadcast deals. In a perfect world some of this extra revenue should be ringfenced to keep ticket prices lower for matchgoing fans. Football is shit to watch on TV without the passion of the fans in the stadium. Organisations like SKY and BT will lose their sports content just like terrestial TV has done.

 

[Tbilisi]

I just can't see how FIFA/UEFA and the broadcasting cartels can continue (not least after this World Cup) to cream off huge revenues which should be going to the clubs (who own the products). The clubs don't need a national body to compete with them financially. They only require an independent regulator to manage the sport and in recent decades both FIFA and UEFA have failed in this task.
At some point the clubs (and domestic organisations like the PL) will get their act together. The technology makes it easier for them to provide their own broadcasting and sell the content direct to the audience. They could make more revenues from single major matches than they get for an entire season from the current broadcast deals. In a perfect world some of this extra revenue should be ringfenced to keep ticket prices lower for matchgoing fans. Football is shit to watch on TV without the passion of the fans in the stadium. Organisations like SKY and BT will lose their sports content just like terrestial TV has done.

You are right Im sure. As you say if it meant much cheaper tickets (they would be mad not to re PR and fan buy in) and money going down the pyramid then I dont have a problem with getting STY/BT/UEFA/ FIFA noses out the trough.

Watched a FIFA documentary the other day and it turned my stomach.

During the pandemic I watched all of Darlington FCs matches on the clubs own platform which amazed me being a bit behind the tech door.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

You are right Im sure. As you say if it meant much cheaper tickets (they would be mad not to re PR and fan buy in) and money going down the pyramid then I dont have a problem with getting STY/BT/UEFA/ FIFA noses out the trough.

Watched a FIFA documentary the other day and it turned my stomach.

During the pandemic I watched all of Darlington FCs matches on the clubs own platform which amazed me being a bit behind the tech door.

There is no reason why safeguards should not be built in for smaller clubs. Perhaps they could return to the old system where the away club gets a portion of the purse. If United were playing Brentford at home with global streaming revenues of £100m they could split the money 70/30 per cent. This means that over a season the smaller clubs would still get huge TV revenues and much more than they get now. It is crucial that the pyramid structure is protected for domestic leagues. The original superleague proposals destroyed the pyramid.

 

[halfcenturyup]

I just can't see how FIFA/UEFA and the broadcasting cartels can continue (not least after this World Cup) to cream off huge revenues which should be going to the clubs (who own the products). The clubs don't need a national body to compete with them financially. They only require an independent regulator to manage the sport and in recent decades both FIFA and UEFA have failed in this task.
At some point the clubs (and domestic organisations like the PL) will get their act together. The technology makes it easier for them to provide their own broadcasting and sell the content direct to the audience. They could make more revenues from single major matches than they get for an entire season from the current broadcast deals. In a perfect world some of this extra revenue should be ringfenced to keep ticket prices lower for matchgoing fans. Football is shit to watch on TV without the passion of the fans in the stadium. Organisations like SKY and BT will lose their sports content just like terrestial TV has done.

An interesting couple of posts and while you are right in principle that the march of technology can't be stopped, the effects on the game can be regulated by a strong governing body.

I think we will see UEFA emerge from the ECJ case next year as a stronger (relative to the historical strength of the big clubs) organisation, the European Sports Model confirmed, the CL secure and ESL all but dead (as long as CL revenues match the proposed ESL).

How they handle ppv will be interesting but the CL will still be their competition, UEFA could earn and allocate revenues how they want, and they could regulate national league ppv deals by ensuring the very ringfencing for all clubs in the leagues (with the support of the national FAs and national governments), the fans and the pyramid as a whole as you are suggesting.

I am not sure the future for UEFA and FIFA is quite as bleak as you are suggesting. Nor should it be, imo.

 

[JASR]

You'd have thought with all that money they'd have named it something better than "Stadium Name". It's original, though, I'll give them that.

‘Piss boiling field’

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

An interesting couple of posts and while you are right in principle that the march of technology can't be stopped, the effects on the game can be regulated by a strong governing body.

I think we will see UEFA emerge from the ECJ case next year as a stronger (relative to the historical strength of the big clubs) organisation, the European Sports Model confirmed, the CL secure and ESL all but dead (as long as CL revenues match the proposed ESL).

How they handle ppv will be interesting but the CL will still be their competition, UEFA could earn and allocate revenues how they want, and they could regulate national league ppv deals by ensuring the very ringfencing for all clubs in the leagues (with the support of the national FAs and national governments), the fans and the pyramid as a whole as you are suggesting.

I am not sure the future for UEFA and FIFA is quite as bleak as you are suggesting. Nor should it be, imo.

I agree football needs a strong governing body but both UEFA and FIFA are damaged brands and are not fit for purpose. They operate as corrupt commercial rivals to the clubs. That is unsustainable. Perhaps a new model will emerge.

 

[halfcenturyup]

I agree football needs a strong governing body but both UEFA and FIFA are damaged brands and are not fit for purpose. They operate as corrupt commercial rivals to the clubs. That is unsustainable. Perhaps a new model will emerge.

We will see I suppose. The ECJ decision may surprise me. I just don't see any change to the FIFA/UEFA/FA/club model. And I don't have a problem with that, really.