Chelsea is getting a HUGE slice of the Premier League's revenues

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Britain's football Premier League just revealed that Chelsea will receive £98.9 million ($152 million) out of the income generated from the sale of central broadcasting rights (UK and international) and other central commercial rights.

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It is perhaps unsurprising considering it won the Premier League title this year.

When the Premier League announced its payments to clubs for the 2014/15 season, it added that Manchester City will receive £98.5 million ($151.3 million) and Arsenal will get £96.5 million ($148.2 million).

Here is the full list:

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Premier League

Revenue sharing chart.


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The Premier League distributes the revenue in the following ways:

  • 50% of UK broadcast revenue split equally between the 20 clubs
  • 25% of UK broadcast revenue paid in Merit Payments ("Prize Money" per place in the table)
  • 25% of UK broadcast revenue paid in Facility Fees each time a club's matches are broadcast in the UK.
  • All international broadcast revenue, and central commercial revenue, is split equally among the 20 clubs.

So, a football team can get a larger slice of the £1.6 billion ($2.5 billion) total in league cash, if a team was shown on TV more. For example, Manchester United was the third largest earning football team with £96.8 million ($148 million), despite placing fourth in the Premier League, because they were live on TV more than Arsenal.

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