Chapter 797 self-formed top league
When Minnie asked a question, looking at Jing Jian's calm face, somehow, a wave of confidence rose in his heart. The man in front of him should have enough means to deal with the difficult situation in front of him, right?
Sure enough, a smile appeared on the corner of Jing Jian's mouth: "First of all, I still hope to carry out gradual reform under the framework of the existing league and Champions Cup and other European competitions, and I don't want to completely subvert the existing system, because this will bring a painful period, and there will be several years or even more than ten years of turmoil." And that's not what the fans, the players and all the football players want to see. However, my patience is limited and I will only wait until the end of the season. If the gentlemen of UEFA, FA and other clubs continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb, then when that time comes, I will be independent or looking for a partner to create a real top league in the world! That's it, Miss Minnie, you can take this passage as an ultimatum!"
"Ultimatum?" Minnie asked quickly, "Wait, Bramble, you were talking about the top league? What kind of game is that?"
"I'm going to look for 10 to 15 European cities with a football tradition, welcome local professional clubs to join or simply set up one, and gradually expand to 20 to 25 over the next 10 years, with two or three tournaments a year in league format and other formats. Jing Jian talked eloquently to Minnie, "And it will attract the best players, coaches, referees, etc. in the world, so that they can compete in the top competitions, and bring the highest level of feast to the fans." ”
"But ......?" Minnie felt that there were too many questions in her mind, but she didn't know where to start.
Jing Jian made an affirmative gesture and continued: "Yes, what I want is a copy of the NBA." The team is maintained at about thirty players, the annual draft is held, the annual compensation investment for each team must not be less than $100 million, the total player compensation must not exceed 50% of the total income of all teams, and the average salary cap will be approved each year, and if the club exceeds, an additional luxury tax will be paid......"
Minnie Mouse had fully understood what Jing Jian meant. It's no secret that the rules of the NBA are in the first place. Nothing more than - equilibrium. Take into account the interests of both the team owner and the players. And through the overall salary cap and draft system, the balance of strength of each team is maintained. If a club wants to hire a superstar with a high salary, the wages paid to other players will be significantly reduced. In other words, do you think three Maradona plus eight national football teams are better, or are it better to have eleven average players who can sit in the main team of Europe's top league? Anyway, it is up to each club to choose.
It can be said that as the best top league in the world in the future, the advantages of the NBA's system are indeed obvious to all. But......!
Minnie immediately got to the point: "Bramble, I'm not questioning you. But 100 million dollars? How is that possible? Where do the current soccer clubs get this income? And you say 50 percent? So the average income should be more than 200 million, right?"
Indeed, if you are interested, you can read the previous introduction, taking Portsmouth as an example, after the new stadium is put into use, the total annual income will only be 40 million pounds, that is, less than 80 million US dollars. On the continent as a whole, there may not be even five football clubs that can now surpass Portsmouth in terms of revenue (since ticket revenue is now the bulk of all clubs, Portsmouth's high attendance contributes a lot). Now it's unimaginable that it has jumped to 200 million all at once. In fact, in the eyes of the world at this time, they far underestimate the benefits of future television broadcasts. There is also a huge income from overseas broadcasting after global promotion.
Jing Jian, of course, could not explain in detail here, and even if he did, it would be difficult to convince the conservative and stubborn Europeans. However, he had already thought of a killer plan: "I just said that I will need to find interested partners, and I may go public at the right time to raise funds." In the pre-promotion phase, there can be a 5 to 8 year exemption period. During the exemption period, the management company will give at least $300 million to each club every year, regardless of the operating situation, and the minimum guarantee for the worst performance is at least $15 million. Of course, there are conditions after joining, and at the beginning of the waiver period, the player's total compensation must not be less than $70 million. In addition, those unnecessary and unreasonable expenses will be eliminated, such as reserve teams, youth echelons, etc., and the commercialization of the top league itself will have to pay taxes, so these should also be borne by society. All in all, we will do everything we can to bring back the true value of football, the number one sport, as soon as possible. ”
Minnie Mouse was lost in thought. Undoubtedly, the prospect of Jing Jian's words is quite tempting. Regardless of whether it is possible to invest a huge sum of three or four hundred million dollars a year, if all this does happen, then the current stars will hardly be able to resist the temptation of such a high salary.
Here, let's talk about the background of player income in this era. England's top scorer, Philip's Rush, earns a mere £5,000 a week a week, and if bonuses such as goal awards and appearance fees are added, the annual salary is only equivalent to $700,000 or $800,000. This is still the income of the top stars on the European continent! It can be said that there are only a handful of superstars with an annual salary of more than one million, and they can be counted in a slap.
In the top league, even first-line main players, their average annual salary is only 300,000 or 400,000 US dollars, which is higher than that of ordinary white-collar workers. Therefore, it can be said that if the existing transfer system does not have too many restrictions on players, it is really possible to poach the entire England team with Jing Jianjinyuan's offensive.
On the other hand, the top league that Jing Jian planned had a total annual salary of $70 million at the beginning? Will it rise to at least $100 million in the next few years? What is that concept? The average annual salary of 30 players has exceeded $3 million? This income has increased by a full 10 times, and idiots will not go.
In fact, from Jing Jian's point of view, the annual subsidy of 300 million to 400 million US dollars is simply a necessary upfront investment, which will bring huge profits in the future. In terms of broadcast fees, for example, in the previous Premier League, the first Sky TV broadcast deal in the Premier League was £191 million for five seasons. Both sides are not sure, it is a test of the water.
However, the second contract, which was negotiated from the 1997/1998 season, rose to £670 million over four seasons. The Premier League's third contract with Sky is £1.1 billion, starting in August 2001 for three seasons. It has exceeded 300 million pounds per season, which translates to as much as 500 million dollars.
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