Tuesday, 16 February 2010

Big countries should share out European TV money

The big countries should share out European TV money.
In the UEFA / Europa cup if you draw a big club from a big country you get to keep all the TV money from the home match. In the European cup all TV money is given back to the big nations sides regardless of where the game was played.
Say if Hamilton draw Lyon in the UEFA/ Europa Cup.
In the home game Hamilton get all the TV money the french pay to watch the home Hamilton V Lyon game.
In the European cup all that money is just given to Lyon.
As money is allocated at the end of the season to the countries by UEFA directly according to the TV audiences.
This just means small sides never get the TV deals they can get in the UEFA cups. Sin giving the big clubs an advantage.