I've thought about this and believe it's actually possible. What if Uncle Phil decided to do something like this?: LA takes on the Championship League Winner here in LA. IF the Champions League team wins, they take home say $25-30 million!!! One game, winner takes it. If the Champs League team loses, they get expenses and a swift kick in the rear home. Then Phil turns around and sells the TV rights individually to European countries and the world to recoup the costs and probably then some. Probable? Nah. Possible?
that won't happen, the fact that MLS would consider giving out that much money would not happen. and if by some miracle it would happen, the Galaxy or any MLS team would NOT be able to compete with the best team in Europe, at least not for a while. MLS would not be stupid enough to put that kind of challenge out with that much money at stake when the odds are well against MLS. The investors and owners would not want to shell out that amount of cash.
yes, I did you put down that it is possible, and I'm just stating my opinion that it is not possible, because the owners of MLS would not want to put up that amount of money for a game that the Galaxy would probably lose. And to quote Dennis Miller... "but that's just my opinion I could be wrong."
What about the possibility of selling TV rights around Europe and the world for that matter to recoup the $$$?
Real Madrid already have enough money, although I wouldn't mind having the transfers of Chivu, Mantorras, and/or a few others paid for... There is no team in the world with anything approaching a 30m appearance fee. The best players in the world are making less than $250,000 a week. I'd guess that you could assemble a dream XI, any player you wanted at all, for 2-3 m at most in the city of your choice, and promise the guys an extra $500,000 per head for winning. Real-Roma was two of the best teams in the world. What kind of money was required to get them? I've seen this season's Real Madrid and Manchester United play in person. I saw San Jose frequently during last year's run to the championship. I love the Quakes, but...
I think his point in asking if you read it is that, based on his scenario, the MLS investors aren't putting up the money. The money would come from the TV rights being sold to each European country individually. Personally, I think it could be a bad move for MLS/US Soccer. If they lose in a blow-out, then it at best tells the world that "the best team in the best league in the US" can't compete with the Europeans. Worse, that the 2002 WC was a fluke for American soccer. I think there are a lot of other ways to show the international soccer community where MLS is at these days (I think the DCU/Spurs charity match was a decent introduction, and on "charitable" terms, for the EPL crowd). Walking up to the big man on a big campus and kicking him in the shins may not be the best way to go about it.
I would say this would need to be a yearly thing. Yet another incentive to win the Champions League (as if the teams need more motivation, but a $25-30 million possible payout would provide it).
The reason I like this idea is: You'd get publicity and you'd get the Euro teams' best effort. Why not?
For one thing I dont think that they could get $30million for TV rights for one game. For another thing, $30mil is WAY too much. They should offer $10 mil and then keep the rest (Assuming they geta around $15mil for worldwide tv rights)
The thing that turned me off to this idea, is the amount of money that is being offered. I doubt that Europe would pay $30 million as a whole for those rights. I think $10-15 million would be a better idea. I would love to see the game, it would be great to see how we actually stand up to them. I just think that the $30 million is too much to expect from Europe for those rights.
If Man U wins the CL (Unlikely) I FULLY guarantee you that we (MLS) could get $30mil for the TV rights as Asians LOVE ManUre and Japan and Korea have a ton of money. I think South America would pay to see that too, perhaps you could pit the MLS winner vs the EPL winner, and the Concacef Gold Cup winner vs the CL winner and THEN you would TOTALLY involve South Americans.
Guarantee has become such a dirty word. There is zero chance that this game could be worth $30M. Less than zero. Go to http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/p/m/mnu.l.html and get some idea about the figures and you will hopefully get a tiny clue about how much money $30M is. It would represent over 1/7 of Manchester United's yearly sales ("turnover" in the UK). A single game against an MLS team worth more than 1/7 what ManU can otherwise generate in an entire season???? Here is a list of other clubs: Deloitte & Touche/SportBusiness International Rich List Position Club Turnover (£m) 1 Manchester United 117.0 2 Real Madrid 103.7 3 Bayern Munich (Note 1) 91.6 4 AC Milan 89.7 5 Juventus 88.4 6 SS Lazio 79.4 7 Chelsea (Note 2) 76.7 8 Barcelona 75.2 9 Inter Milan 68.9 10 AS Roma 64.1 11 Arsenal 61.3 12 Borussia Dortmund 59.5 13 Leeds United 57.1 14 Fiorentina 54.2 15 Glasgow Rangers 51.7 16 Olympique Marseille 49.9 17 Tottenham Hotspur 48.0 18 Parma 47.5 19 Liverpool 46.4 20 Newcastle United 45.1 ---- $30M USD for one single game against an MLS team???????????
Your plan have some errors. You must accept that LA Galaxy isn't an attractive opponent for Europeans top teams. So, If all the money, 30 million, would come from TV revenues from Europe, what would stop that big team (Real, Man United, Roma, etc...) from scheduling a game with a more attractive opponent (like any team listed) and get more money?
30 mln $ for this match ? hahaha Do you think anyone would be interested in this match in Europe ? Wake up !
I agree with this man... well why spending 30M on ONE GAME if you can build a stadium, that in long term will have thir own revenues???????