Germany’s professional football league is facing a serious fallout from a potentially delayed or failed sale of broadcasting rights, according to a senior league executive.
“Should we not be able to enforce our prices, should there be a decline in broadcasting proceeds, German clubs will have difficulties maintaining their status,” Axel Hellmann, chief executive at
German Bundesliga clubs receive 95% of the proceeds from broadcast deals in several tranches of upfront payments, making it a large part of their income stream. ...
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