Originally Posted by
John Arne
Where is the money coming from? I imagine they are hoping to secure some big TV deals with this - or maybe even just sell their own subscription package (which is what the EPL should doing already).
But who is going to buy it? Anywhere east of Thailand and the kick off times just don't work, so you are left with India basically. In the other direction, 8pm GMT is too early for US fans - they'll still be at work. So, you have European fans (who all seem to hate the idea) and the Indian fans.
JP Morgan have provided around $4bn in capital for the first season. So, let's say they sell ESL season passes for streaming at $30 a pop. That's 133million subscriptions needed to breakeven... It's not happening. Obviously, there's other revenues in tickets, additional matchday revenue etc, but is that enough.
Which reminds me... why on earth aren't the Premier League selling their own TV rights worldwide to individual subscribers. They would easily make more revenue then selling them individually. Sell a season pass for $35, and they would easily sell 100m or so a season. That would already beat the current worldwide TV deals.