Rick Parry EFL Chair | “Attendance in League 2 is within the top 10 leagues in Europe”
Up Front
Folding Pocket
4.6 • 778 Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
On this week's episode Simon sits down with EFL Chair Rick Parry, a visionary in English football. As the top-flight's chief executive, he brokered the largest TV rights deal in history at the time, £700million, and the division prospered. He was also Liverpool's chief executive for 12 years, presiding over that iconic Champions league triumph in Istanbul.
Now, in his current role as the chairman of the English Football League, Parry continues to play a pivotal role in shaping the landscape of English football. We'll delve into his experiences, insights, and the challenges he's faced along the way. Don't miss this exclusive interview with one of the most influential figures in football.
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| 0:00.0 | If you're going to build a pyramid, you need a broad base. |
| 0:04.0 | Otherwise it falls over. |
| 0:06.0 | If you look at what we've got with the finances and distribution, we've got an upside-down pyramid. |
| 0:10.0 | An upside-down pyramids definitely fall over. |
| 0:13.0 | First year of the Premier League, turnover of the Premier League was 45 million. |
| 0:17.0 | Turnover of the EFL was 34 million. |
| 0:19.0 | That's a gap of 11 million. The gap now is 3 billion. |
| 0:22.6 | I think Raffa would acknowledge that with the Moore's family, he actually had something quite special, |
| 0:28.6 | and it's to be careful what you wish for. How much responsibility did you think the Premier League should have for a bailout? |
| 0:36.6 | This is up front with me, Simon Jordan. I believe there are a lot of the Premier League should have for a bailout. |
| 0:40.6 | This is up front with me, Simon Jordan. |
| 0:44.3 | I believe there are a lot of vacuous, uninformed, unchallenged opinions out there. |
| 0:46.8 | I want to get to the bottom line and cut through the nonsense. |
| 0:48.7 | So with this podcast with William Hill, |
| 0:52.9 | I'm going to get people with strong views who think they can stand them up to proper scrutiny. |
| 0:54.6 | There's a good chance I might learn something along the way and more importantly, so might you. In today's episodes, we'll be taking |
| 1:00.9 | you through the corridors of power in a time of important debate for the future of football in this |
| 1:05.1 | country. We'll assess the arguments around fit and proper club owners, the EFL's future amidst a |
| 1:10.6 | Goliath Premier League, |
| 1:12.1 | independent regulation, and will dissect potential challenges on the horizon engulfing world football. |
| 1:18.0 | Who better to explain, and much more, with a man who was there at the very formation of the |
| 1:22.2 | Premier League back in 92, a former Liverpool CEO, and now today, the EFL chairman. |
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