Sevilla steps up push for fairer share of TV cash
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September 8, 2011, Thursday
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SEVILLA president Jose Maria del Nido has stepped up his campaign to stop Real Madrid and Barcelona taking around half the audiovisual rights revenue by inviting all La Liga clubs except the big two to a meeting today.
Del Nido, one of the most outspoken critics of the current system under which Real and Barca collect about 50 percent of the annual pot of around 600 million euros (US$845 million), compared his campaign on Tuesday to the French revolution.
He said as many as 15 of the 17 other clubs in the top flight had confirmed they would attend today's gathering at Sevilla's Sanchez Pizjaun stadium, which would be a chance for discussion rather than a forum for taking concrete decisions.
"This is an uprising by the rank and file," Del Nido, a lawyer by profession, told reporters.
"We can compare it with the French revolution ... and in the end look what happened to the king who was in charge in France.
"There is no going back here, as directors we cannot allow a situation where, because two clubs are very powerful, they bring about the demise of the Spanish league."
The difference in class and spending power between Barca and Real, the world's richest clubs by revenue, and their domestic rivals was underlined by their emphatic wins in their opening league games of the season. Spanish and European champion Barcelona crushed Villarreal, 5-0, while Real demolished Real Zaragoza 6-0.
Del Nido, one of the most outspoken critics of the current system under which Real and Barca collect about 50 percent of the annual pot of around 600 million euros (US$845 million), compared his campaign on Tuesday to the French revolution.
He said as many as 15 of the 17 other clubs in the top flight had confirmed they would attend today's gathering at Sevilla's Sanchez Pizjaun stadium, which would be a chance for discussion rather than a forum for taking concrete decisions.
"This is an uprising by the rank and file," Del Nido, a lawyer by profession, told reporters.
"We can compare it with the French revolution ... and in the end look what happened to the king who was in charge in France.
"There is no going back here, as directors we cannot allow a situation where, because two clubs are very powerful, they bring about the demise of the Spanish league."
The difference in class and spending power between Barca and Real, the world's richest clubs by revenue, and their domestic rivals was underlined by their emphatic wins in their opening league games of the season. Spanish and European champion Barcelona crushed Villarreal, 5-0, while Real demolished Real Zaragoza 6-0.
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