TV rights centralisation goes to a vote this Monday | OneFootball

The sports clubs competing in the professional football championships are meeting this morning at Liga Portugal’s headquarters in Porto for an Extraordinary General Assembly aimed at analyzing, debating and voting on the document that sets out the formula for distributing the revenue generated from the centralized sale of broadcasting rights for matches, drafted and approved by the board of Liga Centralização. The meeting is proceeding without incident, were it not for Nacional having introduced an issue that promises to cause division: the club submitted 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 tier. The intention is to request a secret ballot and try to get the idea approved, something that will require securing a majority.

The bigger clubs are following this whole process very closely, and Benfica has already clarified its position, opposing both proposals under discussion, so the Eagles’ vote today is predictable. From Benfica’s perspective, neither solution values the social factor nor protects the assets already in place. FC Porto, Sporting and Braga would also be heavily penalized if Nacional’s proposal were to prevail, so a serious move by the country’s four main clubs to block the vote and bring down the project put forward by the Madeira side cannot be ruled out.

Liga’s proposal mainly favors sporting merit, rewarding league performance, 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 division, with there also being a portion linked to commercial reach and infrastructure. Nacional, meanwhile, supports a model in which half of the negotiated amount—estimated at around €250 million—is shared out equally.

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