The Premier League is keen to implement new ideas to improve access to players for the media ahead of the next auction for broadcast rights, but clubs are not keen
Proposals for players to be interviewed on live on TV after being substituted have reportedly gone down badly with Premier League clubs.
The current Premier League broadcasting deal expires at the end of the 2024/25 season, meaning the league will soon have to negotiate new contracts with companies like Sky Sports, TNT Sports, Amazon Prime, as well as overseas broadcasters. At the moment, the deal for the rights cycle of 2022 to 2025 is worth £10.05billion to the Premier League, with £5bn coming from domestic broadcasters and £5.05bn coming from abroad.
A tender document for broadcast packages is expected in October ahead of a bidding process. The Premier League is understandably trying to bring in as much cash as possible for the next rights cycle and ahead of the process is in talks with broadcasters over ways to make the product more attractive.
The Daily Mail reports that, as part of these discussions, broadcasters have brought forward their desire for increased access to players. Broadcasters want to be able to place cameras in dressing rooms to take viewers inside team talks and they want to be able to speak to players after they have been substituted.