United Kingdom · Motion · Early Day Motion
EDM 522
FOOTBALL INCOME FROM TELEVISION
Introduced
14 March 2000
Last action
14 March 2000 · Early Day Motion
Status
1
Sponsors
Lord Rowlands
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
14 March 2000
Summary
That this House notes that the Premier League and Nationwide League are commencing negotiations for a renewed television deal with all television companies which is likely to bring in more than one billion pounds over the five years; further notes that this deal will mean over 20 per cent. increase in income; further notes that the Premier League currently has over 100 players who earn more than one million pounds a year each; further notes that the last television increases went straight into players' wages while admission prices continued to soar; further notes the devastating effect this wage inflation had on smaller clubs in lower leagues; and calls on this House to introduce a regulator for the industry so that this increase in television money is used to reduce admission prices and provide help for smaller clubs in genuine need.
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Timeline
14 March 2000
Early Day Motion
That this House notes that the Premier League and Nationwide League are commencing negotiations for a renewed television deal with all television companies which is likely to bring in more than one billion pounds over the five years; further notes that this deal will mean over 20 per cent. increase in income; further notes that the Premier League currently has over 100 players who earn more than one million pounds a year each; further notes that the last television increases went straight into players' wages while admission prices continued to soar; further notes the devastating effect this wage inflation had on smaller clubs in lower leagues; and calls on this House to introduce a regulator for the industry so that this increase in television money is used to reduce admission prices and provide help for smaller clubs in genuine need.
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- Lord Rowlands · Labour · Primary sponsor
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- Official source: https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motions/18431
- Open data entity: https://oralquestionsandmotions-api.parliament.uk/EarlyDayMotions/list
- uk · edm-18431 · source updated 14 March 2000