Will the new TV deal help the Premier League bridge the gap in quality with Europe’s elite?
This week the news emerged that Sky and BT Sport have jointly paid a record £5.136bn for live Premier League TV rights for 2016-17.
That is approximately £10.8m on average for each of the 126 Premier League games Sky will broadcast each season until 2018-19, and £7.6m for each of the 42 matches BT will show. A staggering amount.
While the debate circulates around what this means for fans, ticket prices, TV subscriptions, Financial Fair