Football
March 24th, 2010
By Nick Harris
24 March 2010
The Glazer family have frozen ticket prices at Old Trafford for next season, and it is understood that the aim of this strategic move is to ensure renewal levels are as healthy as possible. Manchester United's owners are known to harbour private concerns that renewals could have dipped drastically with rising prices. That would provide hard evidence the Glazers are alienating their supporters so much that those fans will stop coming to matches.
By freezing ticket prices - against the expectations of many - the Glazers hope for good renewal levels that will instead send out a...
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March 22nd, 2010
By Nick Harris
22 March 2010
The Premier League’s sale of its overseas broadcasting rights for 2010-13 is just two countries away from being a “global sellout” worth £1.4bn. Only the rights deals for Albania and Russia have yet to be concluded.
Intense bidding wars in key areas, mainly between pay-TV rivals in Asia, have sent prices soaring, which is good news for the Premier League clubs, and will also mean more money for the Football League.
The Premier League is currently considering to what extent it will expand annual “solidarity payments” to the Football League, from the £21.6m given annually now for various...
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March 19th, 2010
By Nick Harris
19 March 2010
With Manchester United set to host their fierce traditional rivals Liverpool this weekend amid disharmony among fans at both clubs because of American owners and their debts, new research shows fans at both clubs want control, with researchers claiming such control is affordable.
The detail of the survey also provides an intriguing insight into the value of co-operative ownership to the rivals. United fans would pay £600 each while Liverpool fans would pay £293 each. More United fans than Liverpool fans also felt their club would be in better hands if owned co-operatively.
The research was conducted by...
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