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Compared to other European countries 6 sides is quite high. There have been quite a few very exciting title races, although I admit the relegation battle is often more interesting. The PL, much as I despised it when it was formed, has been a huge success. Our country is only small It's one of the most watched leagues in any sport in the world.


Certainly the PL has been a huge success for the big clubs who wanted to free themselves from the constraints of the small fry in the Football League and from the FA to whom the PL promised it would promote the interests of the England team. The PL has definitely reneged on its promise and the FA has been too weak to enforce it. The money that the old Div. 1 used to trickle down the pyramid in transfer fees and TV money has all but dried up. That money and much more now goes to agents, to overseas clubs and to foreign owners, players and managers. Our game is no richer overall for the existence of the PL.

Moneywise for Sky and for the PL major clubs it has certainly been a success. The worldwide audiences are indeed fantastic Rob but these are new markets that have been excited by being able to get the broadcast and have gone mad on the game. I would liken it to the flush of success that happened to snooker and darts in this country with the coming of colour TV. Boom then bust.

The PL beats other leagues for that audience because there are 20 clubs in the PL and by and large there is a chance that on its day number 20 could beat number 1. Therefore there is a good betting market as well as the spectator value of the games plus the incidental club kit sales etc. which simply would not exist with other leagues.

What we have now is a quite surreal situation where the actual clubs are becoming no more than named agencies through which huge sums of money are channelled or laundered in and out of the UK.


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