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Originally Posted by Desnudo
I thought the Euro places might be an issue. But wouldn't the revenue from EPL TV rights, finishing positions, and attendance at cup matches make up for gap in revenue from automatic Euro spots? BTW, do teams really receive such a large sum of money for finishing in top positions in the English league? I'm sure they do since FM strives for accuracy, but where does the money come from?
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Yes and no ....
The revenue from Champions League football is HUGE and you have to remember that the old firm get a filled capacity at home regardless of whom they play (so that wouldn't change if they joined the Premiership).
They'd also potentially lose a lot of revenue from the Scottish Cup competitions as generally speaking they do extremely well in them which brings in considerable revenue from home games and obviously the finals, in England it'd be very unlikely that they'd be involved is as many domestic cup-finals.
In balance it'd probably be slightly more profitable for the clubs if they went to England, not least because of the raised profile they'd recieve. However for Rangers at least there would be the real risk of possible relegation from the Premiership which would be devastating income-wise to the club, plus the fact that their supporters might turn on the clubs somewhat because they'd be unlikely to win as much as they are used to doing ...