John Miller, a leading executive at NBC Sports, is actively advocating for the Premier League to host two of its opening weekend matches in the United States as part of their ongoing strategy to expand the league's presence in America. This initiative is linked to NBC's substantial $2.7 billion media rights deal to broadcast Premier League games in the U.S. Despite the potential for growth, this proposal has sparked controversy among fans, reminiscent of the negative reaction to the proposed 39th game years ago. Meanwhile, FIFA is progressing plans to allow European football leagues to hold regular season matches abroad, with LaLiga expressing interest in playing games in the U.S. as early as 2025. However, the Premier League has stated that hosting official games abroad is not currently in their plans.
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The Premier League’s American broadcast partner NBC will push top-flight clubs to play a couple of matches on the opening weekend in the United States Read more ⬇️ https://t.co/UXuRkO2Vc1
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NEW: Jon Miller, leading exec at NBC Sports, who have $2.7bn rights deal to show Premier League in US, tells @TheAthleticFC he will “continue to push” for top-flight matches in America. Suggests a couple of matches from Premier League’s opening weekend. https://t.co/Cf4xr2oIs0
NEW: John Miller, leading exec at NBC Sports, who have $2.7bn rights deal to show Premier League in US, tells @TheAthleticFC he will “continue to push” for top-flight matches in America. Suggests a couple of matches from Premier League’s opening weekend. https://t.co/Cf4xr2oIs0
John Miller, a leading executive at NBC Sports and an instrumental figure in negotiating the network’s multi-billion dollar media rights deal with the Premier League, says he will “continue to push for” the first English top-flight games to be played in the United States. More…
FIFA is making progress to allow leagues to play regular season matches abroad—paving the way for European clubs to schedule games in the U.S. The Premier League says official games abroad are not part of their plans, but LaLiga wants to come stateside as soon as 2025. More ⬇️
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