Whoever snorted with relief on Sunday after Seville qualified for the Champions League – and knowing that the Seville team will not play anything on Sunday against Athletic – is very wrong. With the sporting objective fulfilled, the Seville team has a great incentive to play the last day as if it were a final. We talk about the economic aspect.
According to the distribution for television rights included in Royal Decree-Law 5/2015, the League rewards the final position of each team with succulent amounts of money. Julen Lopetegui’s team still aspires to the third position that Atlético holds, one point higher in the standings after the draw between the two at the Wanda Metropolitano. The difference between finishing third and fourth in our championship is seven million (46.9 compared to 39.7), a figure that must be taken into account when putting together a squad that will once again compete in the best club competition in the world . For this, only the victory against Athletic is worth it and waiting for a puncture from Atlético in Anoeta.
Last season, 1,444 million euros were distributed for television rights. Half of that figure (722) is divided proportionally among the 20 clubs, 36 ‘kilos’ for each one. The other half is divided into two parts. One of them (25% of the total, 361 million) based on the so-called ‘social collection’, that is, the collection of subscriptions and average box office of the last five seasons and the participation of each club in the generation of resources by the commercialization of television broadcasts. The remaining €361 million goes towards the final position in the table. The distribution is made as follows:
The first classified, 17%: 61.3 million. Real Madrid.
The second classified, 15%: 54.1 million. Barcelona.
The third classified, 13%: 46.9 million. Atletico or Seville.
The fourth classified, 11%: 39.7 million. Sevilla or Atlético.
The fifth classified, 9%: 32.4 million. Betis or Real Sociedad.
The sixth classified, 7%: 25.2 million. Royal Society or Betis.
The seventh classified, 5%: 18 million. Villarreal or Athletic.
The eighth classified, 3.5%: 12.6 million. Athletic or Villarreal.
The ninth classified, 3%: 10.8 million. Osasuna, Celta or Valencia.
The tenth classified, 2.75%: 9.9 million. Celtic, Osasuna or Valencia.
The eleventh classified, 2.5%: 9 million. Valencia, Osasuna, Celta or Rayo.
The twelfth classified: 2.25%: 8.1 million. Lightning, Valencia or Espanyol.
The thirteenth classified, 2%: 7.2 million. Espanyol, Rayo, Getafe or Elche.
The fourteenth classified, 1.75%: 6.3 million. Getafe, Espanyol, Elche or Granada.
The fifteenth classified, 1.5%: 5.4 million. Elche, Espanyol, Getafe, Granada or Cádiz.
The sixteenth classified, 1.25%. 4.5 million. Granada, Getafe, Elche, Mallorca or Cádiz.
The seventeenth classified, 1%: 3.6 million. Majorca, Granada or Cadiz.
The eighteenth classified, 0.75%: 2.7 million. Cadiz, Granada or Majorca.
The nineteenth classified, 0.5%: 1.8 million. Levante or Alaves.
The twentieth classified, 0.25%: 0.9 million. Alaves or Levante.
Another question whose answer is full of percentages. The League pays in five installments, one for each upcoming season and as follows: 35%, 20%, 15%, 15%, 15%. In other words, Athletic this year has received 35% of the 9.9 million that correspond to it for finishing tenth last season, 20% of the 9 million for eleventh place on 19/20, 15% of the 12 .6 million for eighth place on 18/19, 15% of the 4.5 million for sixteenth place on 17/18 and another 15% of the 18 million corresponding to seventh place achieved on 16/17, last campaign with Athletic in European positions. Thus, in all the matches on the last day there will be something at stake financially, except for Real Madrid and Barcelona, the only teams whose position, first and second, will no longer vary.
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