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Smaller EPL Clubs Fear Big 6 Will Attempt To Grab Bigger Share

There "are fears" that the Premier League's Big Six will "make a more forceful attempt to grab a bigger share" of the league's overseas TV cash after the value of its domestic deal "fell for the first time," according to Ben Rumsby of the London TELEGRAPH. The outcome of the triennial auction for the U.K. rights to "the world’s richest league" put some of its 14 other clubs "on alert for the resurrection" of ManU, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham and Man City’s bid to "change the way broadcast revenues are distributed among teams." There is "even concern that if the current top six do not get their way, they will refuse to allow" their TV rights to be sold collectively when the U.K. deal "next comes up for renewal in three years’ time and will instead seek to go to market individually." Domestic TV money is "already divided meritocratically and the Big Six argue it is unfair for that not to be the case for the remainder of the league’s broadcast revenue," as well as claiming it is "their own popularity abroad which has driven up" the league's value (TELEGRAPH, 2/14).

PRESSURE'S ON: In London, Christopher Williams reported the "Murdoch clan" is under "mounting pressure" to increase its takeover bid for Sky in the wake of the broadcaster's "successful" EPL rights auction. Sky "retained its status as the dominant Premier League broadcaster" and slashed its annual bill by nearly £200M ($282M), "prompting renewed calls for a more generous offer from 21st Century Fox." Investors rushed to buy Sky shares "in the hope of making a quick profit" when the deal for the 61% of the company not controlled by the Murdoch family is completed. Analysts said that the value of Sky had been boosted by £2 ($2.82) per share by lower football costs (TELEGRAPH, 2/14).

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