TV rights centralisation goes to a vote this Monday | OneFootball

The sports clubs competing in Portugal’s professional football championships are meeting this morning at Liga Portugal’s headquarters in Porto for an Extraordinary General Assembly aimed at reviewing, debating and voting on the document that sets out the formula for distributing the revenue resulting from the centralized sale of match broadcasting rights, drafted and approved by the board of Liga Centralização. The meeting is proceeding without any major issues, were it not for Nacional having introduced a topic that promises to cause division: the club has put forward a proposal that is likely to appeal more, especially, to II Liga teams, although it could also benefit some lower-ranked sides in the top division. The intention is to request a secret ballot and try to get the idea approved, something that will require securing a majority.

The biggest clubs are following this entire process very closely, and Benfica has already clarified its position, being opposed to both proposals under discussion, so the Eagles’ vote today is predictable. From Benfica’s point of view, neither solution values the social factor nor protects the existing assets. FC Porto, Sporting and Braga would also be heavily penalized if Nacional’s proposal were to win, so a serious move by the country’s four main clubs to block the vote and bring down the project presented by the Madeira side cannot be ruled out.

The League’s proposal mainly favors sporting merit, rewarding league performance, the UEFA ranking and recent history in the Primeira Liga. More than 30 percent of the total would be distributed among all teams in the top tier, with there also being a share linked to commercial reach and infrastructure. Nacional, meanwhile, supports a model under which half of the negotiated amount, estimated at around €250 million, would be divided equally.

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