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BIG-HITTERS BID TO FLEX MUSCLES

TV deal row is power struggle

By Chris Dunlavy

THE bitter TV rights war that has erupted between the EFL and a host of Championship clubs is a power play by the division’s biggest hitters.
That is the view of two prominent EFL chairmen who believe that the disputed £595m deal with Sky is merely a staging post in a bigger battle.
Nineteen second-tier clubs had stated their opposition to the five-year deal and urged the EFL to renegotiate ahead of last Monday’s 4pm deadline. Objections ranged from concerns over the value and length of the contract to the availability of a...

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