Play-off Final: What's the Real Value?
Erica Ledner
2025-05-22 05:20:02
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The play-off final is worth huge swathes of money to the winner as they get to join the elite, 20-team cash cow that is the Premier League. Ahead of the 2020 Championship play-off final, Deloitte reported that the victorious club could earn anywhere between £135m and £265m, depending on whether or not they could avoid immediate relegation from the Premier League. Of that, each club was guaranteed at least £31.4m in equal share payments, £47.5m in international TV money and £5.9m in central commercial payments: a baseline of roughly £84.8m per team, regardless of position.
On top of this, clubs are given merit payments based on where they finish in the Premier League. For the 2022/23 campaign, the sliding scale will see the champions receive roughly £44m and the bottom-placed team around £2.2m.
Greyson Rice
2025-05-22 05:06:08
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The value of winning the Championship play-off final comprises two elements: Premier League central distributions and parachute payments. All clubs in the Premier League receive a distribution of centrally generated revenues – mostly from broadcast contracts – which result in payouts ranging from around £160m for the winners to £100m for the team finishing last. Add that to two years of much-improved Premier League distributions (£190m), plus increases in commercial and matchday income that come from being at the top level, and you get to £305m.
Manuela Fisher
2025-05-22 03:50:08
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It is not the money received directly from coming out on top in the game, it is actually the future benefits that the successful club will receive that make this the 'richest game in football'. They revealed promotion will mean an increase in revenue of at least £135million over the next three seasons for the triumphant club. That could rise to £265m over five years if the club avoids relegation in their first season in the Premier League. A lot of that money will come from TV and commercial payments for playing in the English top flight. Each club receives an equal payment from domestic broadcast agreements, bringing in a whopping £31million just for being in the league. The successful team is also likely to get around £60million from international agreements as well as £1.2million for every game shown live on TV.
Rico Kuvalis
2025-05-22 02:08:57
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According to the official Wembley website, the victors will receive ‘around £100million’ just for securing promotion, but that sum will prove just a snippet of what the game could be worth in the long run. If the winners can then proceed to stay in the Premier League in the 2024/25 campaign, the figure will essentially double to around £200m. Furthermore, the excess money earned from television deals and final placings in the top flight will further elevate the financial rewards.
Douglas Durgan
2025-05-22 01:33:12
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A spot in England’s top flight is not all that is on the line, with the winning side receiving a significant sum of money, too. Ahead of last year’s Championship play-off final, Deloitte reported that the victorious club could earn anywhere between £135million and £265m, depending on whether or not they could avoid immediate relegation from the Premier League. Official numbers from the 2018/19 Premier League campaign revealed that all 20 clubs received a share of broadcast revenue totalling £2.4bn. Each team were given £34.3m each, £43m in international TV money and £4.9m in commercial payments – equalling £82.5m in total per club, regardless of where they finished in the league.
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