And if they see that the business is not well structured, they go on strike and earn a little more of the pie. “In the United States, the money is distributed equally among the 30 franchises, they will structure it in a way in which the franchises are highly protected.
Barca and Madrid will not be able to compete in the long run, this is obvious.
At the European level it is all in the hands of the players. “But then you take it to the economic level and you realise that it is structured better for franchises. “I like the American model better, it’s more attractive to watch than the European one,” Pique said. Pique said that the American sports model, where parity in tv money distribution, and a strict salary cap, is something UEFA could model. At the Sports Business Forum, former Barcelona player Gerard Pique expressed his concern over the future fate of Barcelona and Real Madrid, and that there needs to be ‘drastic changes’ in order for Spain’s ‘Big Two’ to keep up with the rest of Europe.
