Premier League to fight any legal action from broadcasters

English Premier League will resist any attempts from broadcasters to fine them up to UK£750 million (US$897.2 million) if the season fails to finish due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Daily Mail reports.

The league is currently in lockdown as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak, with all games suspended until at least 3rd April. Despite this, the Mail reports that the competition could face action from its domestic broadcasters, including pay-TV’s Sky Sports and BT Sport, if it does not fulfil its TV commitments before 31st July.

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The Premier League’s current UK broadcasting deal is worth UK£5 billion (US$5.9 billion) for the 2019 to 2022 cycle and, according to the Mail, the likes of Sky and BT are weighing up legal action against the league to recoup a chunk of their investment. If games are not televised for the remainder of the 2019/20 campaign this could reportedly come to as much as UK£37 million (US$44.3 million) for each of the competition’s 20 clubs.