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New Everton Stadium

Dymak said:
I bet you the advertising at least meets the cost of the TV rights, but even if it doesn't, the model being implemented by BT shows you that the Sky Sports model is on its way out. The Premier League do not care about another company's subscribers, they care about who is going to pay the most money for TV rights. I'm stating that there will come a time when the Sky Sports subscriptions plummet due to the emergence of internet TV, but I don't think that means the end of PL gravy train. The demand is still there, but the structure will have to change.
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There's no way it would come close. The advertisements for before and after the game and the ads at half time and someone is going to pay 5 billion for that?

When sky sports subscriptions plummet the money going into the premiership will also plummet. Then it will only be the big clubs with their global reach that will be able to keep pace.
 
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bizzaro said:
BT and Sky are persistently making complaints to OFFCOM about each other.

Sky used football to monopolise tv
entered broadband aggressively

So BT joined tv sport a counter punch

Unlike ESPN and Setanta BT have the finances to take on BSKYB as evidenced by them buying EE for 16billion.

Bt and sky hate each other. The big war is broadband and mobile 4g subscription. Football is a content to help them sell.

Bt and sky will continue to battle. Its only just starting up. Just SKY hasn't taken on a heavyweight before. Theyre used to KOing lightweights. Like setanta and ESPN
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Exactly. Football is a strategic battleground in that war.

When the war ends probably with Sky losing football will be [Poor language removed].

We need to use this TV money very wisely.
 
Adversus said:
1. They can't sell up because no one will meet the valuation or then spend money to grow the club. Even if they sold for 100m it would still cost 600m to buy the board out, build the stadium and buy a top 4 capable team.

2. They could allow someone to inject the capital but since it would still cost around 500m that would mean it would dilute the rest of the shares down to around 20% at most. At that point the current shareholders since they would have no power over their investment would want bought out. See above.

3. They don't have 600m.

That's just the reality of the situation. There's nothing the board can do except give the club away and even then you still have to find someone willing to spend 500m.

Football if you're looking for a sugar daddy is a billionaire's game and we just don't look attractive with our old run down stadium.
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Yet you oppose every suggestion people and groups make. Astounding.
 
So it seems we're at an impasse. We have a board that doesn't appear to be able to deliver a new stadium. A Goodison re-build is practically and financially impossible according to the 'experts'. So where do we go from here? Goodison can't go on forever and is looking really ramshackle lately. Driving down Priory Road a couple of weeks back and noticed the Main Stand roof looks really minty. It's like we've given up even trying to tart the old girl up. Depressing times...
 
pablo 1878 said:
So it seems we're at an impasse. We have a board that doesn't appear to be able to deliver a new stadium. A Goodison re-build is practically and financially impossible according to the 'experts'. So where do we go from here? Goodison can't go on forever and is looking really ramshackle lately. Driving down Priory Road a couple of weeks back and noticed the Main Stand roof looks really minty. It's like we've given up even trying to tart the old girl up. Depressing times...
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Hold your horses! I'm led to believe the scaffolding is up on Goodison Road as we speak. Not sure if it's for painting or just to hold the cladding on
 

Adversus said:
Getting some one to invest in the club before a stadium is built is just not going to happen
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Why not, they'd just buy at the rate which follows on from the fact they're buying a club that needs a new stadium. If by some miracle the shower of incompetent carpetbaggers currently in charge surprise everyone and themselves by building a stadium, that rate a buyer has to pay will be increased.
If I were a super rich buyer like some of those previously trying to buy the club I'd want to buy it without stadium and take the club on with control of the stadium project.
 

Chang Elephant said:
Can you imagine what the Qataris would have built by now ?
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They're already expanding city to 64,000

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the esk said:
Totally agree
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Any concrete evidence of those mega rich people making offers to buy the club ?
The money those people have wouldn't see them baulk at paying the asking price,just look at the money city have spunked on players. Don't give me any NDA rubbish, as if that was the case you'd know nothing too.
 
bourneblue said:
Any concrete evidence of those mega rich people making offers to buy the club ?
The money those people have wouldn't see them baulk at paying the asking price,just look at the money city have spunked on players. Don't give me any NDA rubbish, as if that was the case you'd know nothing too.
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I have no evidence of serious investors making enquiries, that's not to say they haven't though.
 

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