"Barcelona and Real Madrid should go to Monaco to play in the elite league if they want to, and I believe La Liga without them would be very competitive and very eye-catching. ”

On the eve of the World Cup, when all media reporters shifted their focus to the upcoming World Cup in South Africa, many Spanish media paid attention to a dispute in the domestic league.

Sevilla president Del Nido has publicly attacked Barcelona and Real Madrid in the newspapers.

"The greatest sorrow in La Liga right now is that the 18 teams are watching the two big teams compete against each other, watching them take their players and do nothing about them, and all the blame for all of this is due to the TV broadcast fees. ”

Delnido said that there is a very serious inequity in the distribution of La Liga's television broadcast fees, and in this unfair environment, there are serious problems in the living environment of the eighteen teams, and there is even a financial crisis.

In addition to the deep-pocketed Real Madrid and Barcelona.

"I think the league is a common asset, in addition to the two giants, we have eighteen teams, if these clubs can unite to fight back, then the two giants will have nothing to do, we can afford to expel them from La Liga, if they are not willing to sit down with us and negotiate. ”

"We are a whole, every team has an obligation to maintain the level playing field in the league, to make it more exciting and more competitive, we should divide this piece of the cake fairly, and our joint decision is the foundation of this league. ”

'There's no doubt that we're working on a viable option, we've even started negotiations, we've been working on it for a long time, and it's our responsibility because we can't afford to see the big two teams controlling the vast majority of the league's finances, it's not fair to us and if we can't get out of this situation then we're going to end up in a dead end. ”

"The league is a league of twenty teams, or even everybody, and if they want to compete with us, it should be fair, and in some cases where the objective conditions are already unfair, at least the distribution of benefits should be reasonable. ”

"I would say that the competitive environment in La Liga is very disgusting at the moment, and La Liga is still looking good without the two big clubs. ”

Many La Liga media outlets have reported Del Nido's remarks on the front page, especially his direct finger at Real Madrid and Barcelona, which is undoubtedly more eye-catching.

But this raises a question.

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"Why did he choose to openly bombard Real Madrid and Barcelona in the media and newspapers?"

In the living room of his home in the Lafinca neighborhood in the west of Madrid, Lin Xia was very puzzled to ask Gao Han about the question in the newspaper.

Xiao Gao Shen was sitting on the ground not far away, playing with his building block toys by himself, looking happy.

"Take the lead. Gao Han smiled.

"The uneven distribution of benefits in La Liga is an old problem that has erupted many times since I was in charge of Atletico Madrid, but it has not been taken seriously. ”

"Why?" Lin Xia didn't understand.

"Real Madrid and Barcelona don't care what the other teams think, they each negotiate with the broadcaster, and the broadcast fee is expected to account for 25% of the total revenue of the 20 teams in La Liga, that is, the two teams will take 50% and the rest will be divided into 18 teams. ”

"Atletico Madrid, Valencia, Sevilla and Athletic Bilbao have a relatively large presence in their respective regions, so they can also get a larger part, but less than a third of the two giants, and promoted horses like our Chinatown are not even a tenth of Real Madrid and Barcelona. ”

It can be said that this is absolutely unconscionable.

"For a long time, the middle and lower reaches of La Liga have hoped to reform the league broadcasting rights, follow the Premier League model, centralize all the broadcasting rights, gather them in the hands of the Spanish professional leagues, jointly develop them, and maximize the benefits, but the demands have not been met, and they have been delayed over the years. ”

Lin Xia was even more puzzled when he heard it, "Isn't it good to follow the Premier League model? Now La Liga is the world's number one league, but the broadcast rights income is so small, following the Premier League model can completely maximize the benefits, if the cake is bigger, it will also be beneficial to the long-term development of Real Madrid and Barcelona, why are they unwilling?"

After Gao Han heard this, he shook his head and smiled, and pointed to his heart towards his wife, "People's hearts, my wife." ”

"In fact, in the final analysis, these two giants have their own interests, under the current broadcast rights distribution model, the overall income of the league is not even half of the Premier League, but the two giants have signed broadcast contracts with broadcasters far more than any team in the Premier League, including the champions. ”

"It can be said that under the existing broadcast rights distribution model, it is to exploit the interests of eighteen teams to strengthen the strength of the two giant teams, but this is only in the financial aspect, because of the unfair distribution of broadcast rights, the financial income of La Liga teams is generally not ideal, so once a team emerges with an outstanding star embryo, it will immediately be poached by the two giants, which is equivalent to eighteen teams working for the two giants. ”

When Lin Xia heard this, he understood a little.

"On the other hand, for the broadcasters, they are more savvy, the most attractive teams in La Liga are Barcelona and Real Madrid, so they negotiate with the two teams, give them a very high price, tempt them to sign contracts, as for the remaining eighteen teams, when they talk about it, they are very passive, which is called breaking one by one. ”

When Gao Han said this, he let out a long sigh again, "This is just the level of the club and the broadcaster. ”

"Could there be another reason?"

"The success of the Premier League is of course the envy of countless people, but it has also sounded the alarm for some vested interests, especially after the establishment of the Premier League, the broadcast rights of the league have been handed over to the Premier League to operate, and the FA has been completely reduced to a role in the dragon, which can be called dispensable. ”

"In our opinion, the Premier League is booming, but in the eyes of the FA, the prosperity of the Premier League has nothing to do with them, but what about the Spanish Football Federation?

When Lin Xia heard this, he suddenly realized.

It turns out that there are so many layers of interests involved, no wonder the redistribution of broadcast rights in La Liga has not been improved for so many years.

The Spanish Football Federation, the big teams, the broadcasters, these three parties all determine the fate of La Liga's broadcast rights reform, if they refuse to reform, it is really no way.

"Could it really be that it continues like this?" Lin Xia was a little dissatisfied.

She is Gao Han's wife, so she naturally thinks about the problem from the perspective of Chinatown.

According to Gao Han, Chinatown won eighth in La Liga last season, but the broadcast fee was almost a quarter of that of Portsmouth, which is at the bottom of the Premier League.

You know, that's tens of millions of euros.

If you have this money, why should Chinatown bother with whether to sell people?

"It's not impossible. Gao Han smiled incomprehensibly, "You see, in the past, a team like Sevilla would definitely not come out easily, but now President Del Nido has publicly bombarded Real Madrid and Barcelona in the media, isn't this a very interesting sign?"

"What do you mean......"

"Del Nido came forward because he felt threatened, they were aggrieved when Barcelona poached Alves, and now they are poaching full-back Adriano, and Sevilla has a number of players in the team who have also been poached, of course he is afraid. ”

Gao Han said this, he smiled, "There is a good saying, sail against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, especially in the past few years, the income of the Premier League team has increased rapidly, and even the income of the relegated team is higher than them, Sevilla has fewer and fewer chips to retain players, coupled with the poaching of the two giants, they can be said to be suffering from the enemy." ”

'It's the same with teams like Atletico Madrid, Valencia and Athletic Bilbao, who all clearly feel threatened, so I have a hunch that sooner or later they will step up, especially after Del Nido comes in. ”

As the so-called spark can start a prairie fire, this is the truth.

The benefits of the broadcast rights reform to Chinatown are also obvious, and there is no reason why Gao Han should not support it.

Everyone knows that the troika of club income, match days, broadcast rights and commercial operations, and now Chinatown is only supported by commercial operations, and match day income has to rely on new stadiums, if there can be a breakthrough in broadcasting rights, it will undoubtedly greatly alleviate the team's current embarrassment.

Of course, it is not realistic to want to reform at this time and a half, especially to coordinate the relationship between all aspects, but if you look at it in the long run, the reform of La Liga broadcasting rights is already the general trend and imperative.

Why?

The reason is that in addition to the two giants of Real Madrid and Barcelona, other La Liga teams are also gaining more and more voice and influence.

For example, Atletico Madrid, after a shocking success under Alpine at the turn of the century, the two successive coaches of the Sheets Army, Heynckes and Simeone, have taken over the team well, and the Sheets Army's results have remained stable, and now the new stadium is fully opened.

Judging from the current situation, Atletico Madrid already has the confidence to call Real Madrid and Barcelona.

The likes of Valencia, Sevilla and Athletic Bilbao are also not to be underestimated, and now there is another Chinatown.

In terms of influence and attention in the world, Chinatown is second only to Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid in La Liga, but if it is in China, Chinatown is definitely the first in La Liga.

As early as last season, Chinatown suffered heavy losses from broadcasters because of the unsatisfactory broadcast conditions of the stadium, and the opinions were very large, but Chinatown had no choice because there was no money.

In this case, the conflict of interests of all parties will become more and more serious, and the contradictions will become more and more intense, and it may even be at this moment, a corner that Gao Han does not know is slowly brewing change.

Just when Gao Han was thinking in his heart, the phone on the table suddenly rang.

The caller ID is Little Hill.

Gao Han was a little surprised, because he didn't inform these old friends when he came to Madrid this time, and he was about to leave for South Africa, why did little Hill suddenly call him?

A minute later, Gao Han turned off Xiao Hill's phone and smiled at Lin Xia opposite.

"It's finally time to come!"

(End of chapter)