Where the Sky money will go. : Tue Feb 04, 2014 3:46 pm
Don't shoot the messenger but here is what this weeks RL press says about the new 5 year Sky deal money allocation.Littlerich and Griff, get your calculators out.
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"The five year deal breaks down as follows.
The amount being paid for club and International matches will be £182,200,000.
Of that total £146,760,000, or 80% will go to Super League clubs.
£14,576,000 or 8%, will go to the twelve Championship clubs in the second tier.
£1,822,000, or 1% will go to the Championship One clubs.
£20.042,000 or 11%, will be paid for the Challenge Cup and International coverage.
For that Sky will broadcast 71 Super League games per season, 17 Championship games, 1 Championship one game and 11 Challenge Cup games.
Sky will also pay another £17,800,000 during the course of the contract and that money will be paid for coaching and the clubs charitable foundations, with the first payment of £100,000 per club being made in July.
Under the terms of the new contract the annual payment to Super League clubs will rise to £1,825,000 per club, which will just about cover the salary cap.
For the Championship clubs from 2015 the two clubs relegated from Super League will receive £788,000 and £787,000 respectively.
The clubs that finish first and second in the Championship will receive £550,000 and £500,000 in 2015.
Clubs 3 to 12 will then be on a sliding scale of income from £200,000 to £150,000.
It will be a tough job for any of those clubs to get into the top four in 2015.
The Championship One clubs will each receive £75,000.
It's a brand new world and it will be interesting to see how it all unfolds."
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