Championship clubs appoint law firm to challenge EFL over new TV deal

Championship clubs appoint law firm to challenge EFL over new TV deal
A law firm has been appointed by Championship clubs as they bid to challenge the EFL over a new TV deal signed earlier this week.Despite a number of clubs rebelling against the Sky deal, EFL chiefs went ahead and signed off the 595million contract on Monday.The new TV deal is set to begin next season1
The new TV deal is set to begin next season
Leeds, Aston Villa and Derby are reported to be the most outspoken against the deal, and they’ve allegedly threatened to leave the EFL and form a ‘Premier League 2’.Having seen the deal signed despite their objections, talkSPORT told that the Championship rebels were planning legal action against the governing body.And now, according to The Times, the Championship clubs have appointed law firm Slaughter and May to build a case to challenge the validity of the deal. Furthermore, a meeting of all 24 clubs has been called for next week to discuss the options that can be taken against the EFL. The aforementioned Leeds, Villa and Derby, as well as Preston, Nottingham Forest, Stoke and Middlesbrough are believed to have called the meeting.

Sky's new TV deal explained

  • The EFL and Sky agreed a five-year deal worth 119million per season, up 31m per season on the exisiting deal.
  • Sky are able to broadcast 138 EFL games a season, with a minimum 20 of those being League One and League Two matches.
  • In the final two years of the deal, this total rises by 20 to 158 games broadcast every season.
  • 16 of those games will be Championship matches on Tuesdays or Wednesdays, and Sky will also get eight additional midweek games as co-exclusives with the clubs streaming services.
  • They will also be available to Skys residential customers via its red button service.
The clubs are understood to be unsatisfied with the financial terms of the new deal, which is worth 595million over five years.In the new deal, Championship clubs without parachute payments will be paid 2.9million per season, and there is a belief Sky’s increased red-button coverage will impact on matchday attendances and in-house streaming services.

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