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Every Premier League club is *supposed* to be shown live on UK TV at least 10 times each season. Every season, several aren't. This is one of the (more minor) reasons underpinning growing inequity of resources and a chasm in competitiveness, top to bottom

Last season, for example, "Big 6' (also the top 6) not only earned combined PL cash of £202,783,140 on 'merit' (placing) v £40,556,628 for the bottom 6, but they pocketed £187,993,813 in TV fees (161 games) v £75,005,875 for 6 clubs showed least (56 games)

From nxt season, when overseas TV£ also stops being shared equally & a chunk is divided on placing, the 'Big' clubs will get disproportionately rewarded even more. When one of your strengths as a league for 27 yrs is relative equality of TV cash, that's poor.

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