Just over 4 million people tuned in last season to watch Bournemouth V Crystal Palace, because it was on BBC, more than a lot of Sky games.
Yes, the clubs involved in this farce do pull in the viewers more often, but then their games are shown more often. However, they get paid more for this already, look at the TV rights money they get, then also level that against the extra sponsorship deals they get etc etc.
I can understand wanting to maximise their profits, but jesus wept how much money do they really need? United are still profitable even with losing money due to the pandemic, we have assests like Lingard who we can get cash for, we have sponsorship deals coming out of every orafice, this cash grab is more than turning their backs on the premiership, its turning their backs on the entire football pyramid, from grass roots all the way to the very top.
Also, I wouldn't look to hard at Madrid and Barcas finance's....because they aint all that!