Chapter 245 The most profitable game in the world

This is indeed an interesting question.

If I ask you: For a team, which single game is the most profitable in the world's competitions? Note, it is a single game.

So, what's your answer?

Football’s NFL Super Bowl?

Basketball’s NBA Finals?

Baseball’s MLB World Series?

Or is it football’s Champions League final, European Cup final, or World Cup final?

No, not all of them.

The answer to this question is the promotion play-off final of the English Championship!

none of them.

Unexpectedly!

So how valuable is this game?

If a team wins this final and is promoted to the Premier League, the resulting economic income may reach a staggering £170 million!

What is the concept?

This is equivalent to more than three times the total prize money for winning the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup.

Why is it so profitable?

Why would such a matchup between two not-so-top teams be more valuable than any other team sports game in the world?

It is because this is about the ticket to the Premier League, and the successful operation of the Premier League over the years has made this ticket become more and more precious.

As mentioned before, any Premier League team can make a lot of money every season due to the share of TV broadcast fees.

How much exactly? At least £79.4 million in revenue.

The more games a team broadcasts, the higher the revenue, and the higher the team ranks in the league standings, the more bonuses it will receive.

Therefore, 79.4 million pounds is just a base number. In the end, this number will only be higher, and it is normal to reach hundreds of millions.

In addition, if the team is relegated, the Premier League will pay the relegated club a relegation compensation called "parachute compensation" in installments to help them withstand the economic blow caused by relegation.

The total amount of this "parachute compensation" has reached 75 million pounds!

So based on the above, even if a team is at the bottom of the Premier League, it can eventually receive an estimated income of 170 million pounds!

For comparison, the income from winning the Premier League championship is about 38 million pounds, the bonus for winning the FA Cup in England is only 3.6 million pounds, and the bonus for winning the Champions League is only 16.7 million pounds...

It is conceivable that participating in the Premier League is a huge temptation for every English Championship team. It is simply like heaven.

The Championship promotion play-off final is the final step to this paradise.

Because winning in this mid-finals will bring huge benefits to the team, and at the same time, it may also allow the team to enter a virtuous cycle: buy new players to strengthen the lineup, increase wages and benefits to stabilize military morale, and then increase strength.

, successfully relegated and continued to enhance strength...

But if they fail, they may have to find ways to cut costs and sell players.

After all, the Championship promotion play-off final is also a "winner takes all" game. Not only does the loser get nothing, but they also have to watch the door to the Premier League suddenly close in front of them.

That means that 170 million pounds suddenly disappeared before your eyes, all the initial investment was in vain, some clubs will fall into financial crisis, and then enter an endless vicious cycle.

Although relegation from the Premier League does have the help of "parachute compensation", if it cannot quickly return to the Premier League, the economic losses will not be immeasurable.

You can get 75 million pounds in three years in the English Championship, but you can get at least 100 million pounds every year in the Premier League. Which one should you choose?

So an arms race in the Premier League is inevitable.

This is why even the middle and lower-tier teams in the Premier League are so generous.

Pan Yi actually knew about these when he was a football fan in his previous life.

When he gave Parrish the correct answer, the British man smiled meaningfully.

"So, our Crystal Palace team just played one of the most profitable games in the world this summer, haha..."

"However, we don't want to go back to the Championship, nor do we want to play this so-called most valuable game again."

"Can you help us make this wish come true?"

Fan Zhiyi also smiled and came over and patted Pan Yi on the shoulder.

Both Parrish and Fan Zhiyi actually saw that Pan Yi was a little tempted, so they continued to output with confidence.

This is also true.

Pan Yi himself has thought about this issue in private and does have expectations for the Premier League.

One reason is what Parrish said is economic.

Premier League teams have much more money than Bundesliga teams, which allows them to retain as many stars as possible to a large extent.

Not only bonuses and shares, the team owners are also more willing to spend money.

Compared with Hamburg, Chairman Yachov is actually very generous, but the maximum is only 40 to 50 million euros per year. This is based on the premise that the income will increase significantly after entering the Champions League.

In the Premier League, even the bottom teams have an income of hundreds of millions of euros. If they can get a higher ranking, even enter the Champions League, win various championships, etc., there will be no problem if they earn more than two to three hundred million euros.

Coupled with the investment of the boss, it is not a fantasy to spend three to four billion euros a year.

Taking the investment in the summer window of 2022 as an example, Chelsea spent almost 300 million euros on buying players! Manchester United also spent more than 200 million euros.

This does not include the high salary expenditure after buying these players at high prices.

Pan Yi doesn't expect to be able to spend so much money to buy players, but it's okay if he can support the players after buying them.

Without asking for much, a salary expenditure of more than 100 million per year can stabilize a team composed of all-star players.

Another reason is that the competition in the Premier League is very fierce and he likes it very much.

Pan Yi has always been eager for challenges!

And the challenge in the Bundesliga is obviously limited.

Once you knock down Bayern, it will immediately become boring.

Both Dortmund and Leverkusen will still be subject to the Bundesliga's 50+1 policy, which will lead to economic difficulties.

In the end, they can only be reduced to a star processing factory, and they have to frequently sell the team's stars - often to Premier League teams.

But it's different in the Premier League.

You overturned Manchester United and Arsenal.

Arsenal is withering, you still have to consider Tottenham.

After defeating Manchester City, Liverpool emerged.

Even if BIG6 kills them all, there might be another strange Leicester City coming out to cause trouble in some season - of course, Pan Yi doesn't know if they can replicate their previous performance without Kante and Vardy.

What a miracle.

In addition, the middle and lower-tier teams in the Premier League have more or less stars because all of them are rich, so the team's strength is not too bad.

And the teams in the relegation zone are even more jealous of the 100 million pounds, and they will knock down the strong teams if they are not careful.

In short, in the Bundesliga you basically only need to fight one boss, but in the Premier League you will face the siege of many bosses and mobs, and the difficulty is obviously not of the same magnitude.

And this is why the people at Sky Sports feel that Pan Yi will not be able to play in the Premier League.

The last reason is that Pan Yi thinks the Crystal Palace is indeed pretty good.

Chairman Parish will continue to invest in Crystal Palace until 2022. This has also ensured that Crystal Palace has not been relegated after being promoted to the Premier League, and has been able to reach around ten places in many seasons.

In addition to introducing players, Parish is also actively promoting the construction of new stadiums and the establishment of a youth training system, which shows that he really loves this club and wants to make it bigger and stronger.

In addition to the boss being ambitious and willing to invest, it is also because...Crystal Palace is not that strong.

If teams like Manchester United, Liverpool, and Arsenal, which have a glorious past and are quite strong, come to him, then if he wins the championship, it seems that he will not be so easy to show off, and his status in the hearts of the fans will not be that high. .

Let’s just say you are very good at winning a treble at Manchester United, right? Ferguson did it more than ten years ago.

How many years will it take to lead Liverpool to surpass Bill Shankly?

Do you want to go to Arsenal and play for an undefeated season? Wenger smiled and said nothing.

Even if you go to Manchester City, they have won the Premier League championship in recent years.

If you help Manchester City win the Champions League, it will indeed create history, but the odds of winning the Champions League are the best every year. After winning it, there seems to be no surprise to outsiders.

Many people will probably still think that their team is just so strong and has little to do with the coach.

Going to the Crystal Palace is different.

The most impressive trophy in the history of this team is the second-division league championship. If you count the top tier, it is just a runner-up in the Football Cup.

The results in the Premier League are even less worth mentioning. Before being promoted this season, Crystal Palace finished 18th in the Premier League in the 2004-05 season and was successfully relegated.

Therefore, if Pan Yi can achieve success in the Crystal Palace, whether it is difficulty, challenge, or satisfaction after success, it will far exceed those of those strong teams.
To be continued...