The reports that the future of soccer goes through a World Cup every two years.MARCA has had access to them after Infantino's meeting with the federations.
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Gianni Infantino has brought the entire football world together from Qatar. The president of FIFA has presented to all the federations two studies by independent consultants that justify the change of calendar and the possibility of holding a World Cup every two years, both for economic and sporting benefits. Before making a final decision, the FIFA president wants to explain the project in detail and listen to all the stakeholders, hence today's meeting.
The first of the reports has been from the Nielsen company. The biennial FIFA World Cup would add approximately $ 4.4 billion to revenue over a four-year cycle. Regarding the number of participating teams (it would go to 48), the increase in income would go from 7,000 million dollars (48-team tournament) to 11,400 million dollars in income from tickets, television rights and income from sponsorship.
Spencer Nolan, Nielsen's representative at the expo, stated: "As part of FIFA's feasibility study on introducing a new international match schedule, we were asked to assess the financial implications of these changes and provide a business assessment. This included revenue projections for a biennial FIFA World Cup as well as projections for confederations and associations in the new international match calendar. All projections were based on three main sources of income: ticket revenue, the media and sponsorship ".
The second of the reports that MARCA has had access to is that of OpenEconomics, which states that macroeconomic analysis estimates that the FIFA World Cup every two years would produce an increase in GDP of more than 180,000 million dollars in a cycle of 16 years and would help create nearly 2 million additional permanent jobs.
The impact on national competitions
Regarding the impact on the Leagues, he points out that: "Although local and world soccer competitions can be perceived as competitive products, the truth is that the historical evolution of the income of the most relevant clubs and of the final tournaments of the national teams does not show no apparent rivalry between the two "
The revenue generated by the top 5 European leagues and the UEFA Champions League has been increasing steadily year over year, regardless of whether the major national team final tournaments
The revenue generated by the top 5 European Leagues and the UEFA Champions League has been increasing steadily year after year, regardless of whether the main national team final tournaments (i.e. Worlds, Euro Cups and others) overlap. In other words, the programming of relevant competitions for national teams does not appear to hurt the income generated by the most important competitions of national teams and international clubs, "the report notes.
The bottom line is that the historical trajectories do not show a negative correlation between the income generated by the final tournaments of the national teams and the club leagues. In addition, empirical data collected over the last decade shows that, overall, the percentage growth in revenue for the top 5 European leagues was higher in seasons in which a major national team final tournament was scheduled compared to others. in which no such tournaments were held (42% versus 26%).
The report was presented by Professor Pasquale Luzio Scandizzo: "Our study in relation to the proposal announced by FIFA for a reform of the international match calendar promises significant and positive net macroeconomic benefits, distributed over time and space. "
Infantino and Arsene Wenger, FIFA director of world football development, summed up what change can mean and the impact it will have on the world of football.
The results of the new income stream will be distributed in the new Member Associations Solidarity Fund
The $ 3.5 billion fund in the first four-year cycle will be dedicated to soccer development.
On average, each Member Association could receive about $ 16 million over a four-year cycle in a four-year cycle, in addition to the current investment from the FIFA Forward Program (which would go from the current $ 6 million to $ 9 million) . Distribution model to be defined.
Increasing the global distribution of FIFA funds would contribute significantly to narrowing the income gap between the most and least developed countries, as FIFA is the only governing body that distributes its income worldwide.
In the unlikely event that any Federation could experience a financial loss as a result of changes to the international calendar, which Neilsen considers unlikely, the solidarity fund would provide more than enough resources to offset any potential loss.
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