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A report from the World League Forum concludes that the new changes proposed by FIFA affect audiovisual, commercial and sponsorship rights.
EFE
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A report commissioned by the World League Forum (WLF) concludes that the new competition models proposed by FIFA would have a negative impact on audiovisual, commercial and game day rights of between 5,000 and 8,000 million euros (USD 8,900) per season in league and UEFA club competitions.
The impact could amount to 10,038 million euros (USD 11.2 billion) per season throughout the industry, taking into account leagues, club matches and UEFA national teams, Cups, Super Cups and women’s football, according to the document prepared by the consulting firms KPMG and Delta Partners to which EFE had access.
It indicates that the 10-year cumulative impact would be between 60,000 and 100,000 million of euros (USD 111.2 billion) and could increase if other indirect and qualitative factors such as loss of quality, fan saturation, rest days and calendars are considered.
On the global effect, the report breaks down figures such as € 8,453 million of impact in 40 leagues and UEFA club competitions; 750 million in UEFA national teams, 9,203 million in all UEFA leagues, 505 million in other domestic competitions, 292 million in teams of other confederations and up to 37 million in women’s football.
The highest incidence would be recorded in audiovisual rights, but the document concludes that they would also see affected those of marketing and sponsorship, since as a consequence of the loss of notoriety of the domestic leagues, the income channels for both would be affected.
The document foresees that the consequences of the changes advocated by FIFA include a decreased interest from viewers, an increase in games during the week and a loss of days in competitions.
The impact of these three aspects would lower the attendance to matches during the week compared to the weekend; an increase in the number of weekdays and a proportional loss of reducing leagues from 20 to 18 clubs.
Regarding audiovisual rights, the study indicates that annually the leagues would lose more than 1,000 million euros due to the reduction of matches, 1,750 million due to the shortening of the calendars and 901 million for playing weekend games during the week.
FIFA has conducted a stakeholder consultation process and has convened a global summit with all the federations on December 20 to address possible changes in the international calendar, which includes the celebration of the World Cup every two years after the one to be held in 2026 in the United States, Mexico and Canada, in addition to reducing and grouping all the qualifiers for national teams in a single month. (D)
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