Football Partnerships

Professional footballers at the top level are certainly rewarded handsomely in their pay packets, and now most appear to be actually increasing their wealth during the economic downturn. According to The Sunday Times Rich List 2009, 17 of the top 20 richest young players aged 30 and under have a fortune the same or greater than in 2008.

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In the end it was the Hand of God that saved the Christians.

As Prince Charles, who would like one day to style himself Defender of Faith, moved towards the sidelines of the Christianity vs. Islam soccer tournament, the big German vicar Heribert Süttmann just managed to get his keeper’s glove to the ball and save the honor of the West.

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Soccerex announced that the Soccerex Convention, the world’s leading football business event, will be held in Rio de Janeiro from 2010 to 2013. Following a tender process that began at Soccerex 2008 and led to bids from cities around the world, Rio was identified as the most suitable host and an agreement was reached with the Rio Government last week.

Brazil will be the hub of the football world in 2014 and by moving to Rio, Soccerex are continuing a strong and hugely successful South Africa experience in the build up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

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Spanish La Liga matches will be aired by TV broadcaster Mediapro on a new pay-per-view (PPV) channel. The matches will be offered for EUR 1 per game using a digital terrestrial television (DTT) format, as reported by sportbusiness.com.

The plans are expected to go off without a hitch, despite the fact that there are currently no laws in place to give broadcasters the right to charge for terrestrial television coverage. However, the Spanish government has indicated that the law is in progress and should soon be in effect.

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By Rod Gilmour

Chelsea, Arsenal and Manchester United have given UK broadcasters reason to smile this season. And with the possibility of two English clubs reaching another Champions League final, the networks look set to be rewarded after heavy investment.

In the last round, ITV enjoyed a peak audience of 9.5 million viewers for its coverage of the epic quarter-final clash between Chelsea and Liverpool.

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