One cunning item not mentioned by the #EPL in changing the distibution of overseas TV rights is the impact on lower league clubs. Previously they've had a % of the equal share but not the merit share of PL TV income. Under proposals some overseas TV income becomes merit (1/2)
This means any increase in overseas rights will result in clubs in Championship, League 1 and League 2 getting nothing and it is all kept by the PL clubs. For a club such as Accrington in L1 a £1bn annual increase in overseas would have meant an extra £473k a year. now it is FA 
So when John Henry talks about being unhappy at Liverpool 'subsidising' other clubs, he means that all 20 PL clubs want share a £1,000,000,000 pa increase so likes of Preston, Stanley, Morecambe etc. do not receive anything. After all, £473,000 out of a billion is a lot isn't it?
By burying this on the day when the focus is on the giddiness of selling streaming rights to Amazon everyone ignores that if you’re a fan or owner of a lower league club the PL wants you to grab your ankles.
#EFL signed up for this by agreeing to a guaranteed formula for solidarity payments, which are a %age of parachute payments, which are a %age of equal share payments to PL clubs. Reduce the elements of equal share distributions and...
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