northern lion
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It’s reported that the Championship clubs will receive a 46% increase in TV money. I’ve no idea what that figure would be. However important for the clubs finances that we stay up.
New Sky deal
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Edward Alistair
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Sky Sports agrees new five-year EFL deal: Over 1000 matches per season!
From 2024/25 to 2028/29, Sky Sports will broadcast a minimum of: 328 Sky Bet Championship matches, 248 Sky Bet League One matches, 248 Sky Bet League Two matches, All 15 Play-Off matches, All 93 Carabao Cup matches, All 127 EFL Trophy matches
Q&A: EFL & Sky Sports broadcast rights agreement
EFL Clubs have overwhelmingly approved a recommendation put forward by the EFL Board and Commercial Committee to enter into a new five-year broadcasting deal with Sky Sports worth £935m.
www.efl.com
That seems to cover most of it.
I think for us our current 8m becomes nearer 12m per season, although it just means more money for players and agents and not tickets prices being lowered.
This…
In total, 1,059 EFL matches are set to be broadcast across existing Sky Sports channels or live via a Sky Sports streaming destination available on TV and mobile devices.
Non-Sky subscribers can stream all the EFL action and get access to all 12 Sky Sports channels, contract-free with a NOW Day or Month Membership.
BigPaul
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I read further down and audio visual coverage will remain as now for international viewers and audio only in UK.
We are relatively good payers. You have to be in this division and being London based. We probably do more on wages than transfers but we get championship football in return.
If you get a season ticket you get a good deal. Obviously that doesn't suit everyone. The club can charge a walk punter £30 and upwards for that seat 23 times a year. Then there's the money that ticket owner will spend elsewhere around the ground.
The Euro tourists nearly always have a bag of tat from the club shop. Add that to the match ticket and food/ drink purchased and you're probably not far off £70 per head. I'm not much use to them. I rarely spend a penny in the ground. I dare say that's there's plenty like me. I go to a cafe before i get to the ground and don't need to eat or drink while i'm there. The club has to earn money from somewhere even if it does just go on players wages.
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Edward Alistair
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I will never agree that the more money coming in should go to players and agents whist our ticket prices rise, I know we have to do it all the time the others do but a stand needs to be taken somewhere, football needs a reset.
I think in 1988 we paid £3.50 to stand on the terrace , the internet tells me that equates to less than a tenner now, even if you equate it to beer that was around 3 pints in those days and with a seat being over £30 today it means we are paying a huge amount when the clubs are being given millions by TV.
Soccerway is a website with all football statistics on it and when you see players stats where they have played only 30 hours of football over the last 3 years and made themselves a million or two in the process you have to think what the hell is going on.
I think in 1988 we paid £3.50 to stand on the terrace , the internet tells me that equates to less than a tenner now, even if you equate it to beer that was around 3 pints in those days and with a seat being over £30 today it means we are paying a huge amount when the clubs are being given millions by TV.
Soccerway is a website with all football statistics on it and when you see players stats where they have played only 30 hours of football over the last 3 years and made themselves a million or two in the process you have to think what the hell is going on.
When I saw the thread heading I was hoping it was an initiative to end global warming 
