Ex-Premier League boss Richard Scudamore on why independent regulator won't work, American owners & overseas games
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
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🗓️ 13 October 2022
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
Mark Chapman & The Athletic's Matt Slater speak to Richard Scudamore who was the Premier League’s executive chairman for 20 years, a tenure that saw it develop into the world's leading sports entertainment product.
Scudamore addresses a range of issues including his thoughts why an independent regulator won't work, the failed European Super League, foreign ownership of Premier League clubs, games being played overseas and his role in the infamous 39th game propsal.
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| 0:34.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:36.4 | The Premier League turned 30 this year |
| 0:38.7 | and is now arguably the world's leading sports entertainment product. |
| 0:42.5 | It's broadcast to 800 million homes in 188 countries. |
| 0:46.5 | Crowds attending matches last season were at an all-time high |
| 0:49.6 | with a total attendance of 15.2 million over the 380 matches. |
| 0:55.0 | Our guest today is Richard Scudemore, who was the Premier League's executive chairman |
| 0:59.2 | after 20 years in charge of the organisation. |
| 1:02.5 | I'm Mark Chapman. |
| 1:03.4 | Matt Slater is with us as well. |
| 1:05.1 | This is the Athletic Football Podcast. |
| 1:17.5 | Richard, let's start with when you first got the job as CEO of the Premier League. |
| 1:19.7 | What were you tasked with doing? |
| 1:23.0 | What did the clubs want from you number one on their list? |
| 1:29.6 | Well, I think most jobs in sport like that, normally something's happened to make them vacant. |
| 1:37.8 | There's usually some sort of crisis somewhere. And in this case, my predecessor had signed an agreement that gave away quite a slug of the Premier League's TV value to media rights |
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