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Like many other areas of life the pandemic has hit football where it hurts: revenues are down and there’s a danger that some clubs will go out of business.
But if that were to happen, does it really matter?
The Premier League has become a great British export and it generates billions pounds for the British economy.
Beyond its monetary value, it is also something which millions of people enjoy watching and playing - but how important is it in the current crisis?
Contributors:
Kieran Maguire, Accountancy and finance Lecturer from the University of Liverpool.
Alex Culvin, Senior Lecturer in Sports Business from Salford University.
Stephan Uesrfeld, Germany correspondent from sports channel ESPN.
David Goldblatt , Sociologist and Author.
Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy, Cambridge University.
Presenter: David Aaronovitch
Producers: Jim Frank and Ben Carter.
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Like many other areas of life the pandemic has hit football where it hurts: revenues are down and there’s a danger that some clubs will go out of business.
But if that were to happen, does it really matter?
The Premier League has become a great British export and it generates billions pounds for the British economy.
Beyond its monetary value, it is also something which millions of people enjoy watching and playing - but how important is it in the current crisis?
Contributors:
Kieran Maguire, Accountancy and finance Lecturer from the University of Liverpool.
Alex Culvin, Senior Lecturer in Sports Business from Salford University.
Stephan Uesrfeld, Germany correspondent from sports channel ESPN.
David Goldblatt , Sociologist and Author.
Helen Thompson, Professor of Political Economy, Cambridge University.
Presenter: David Aaronovitch
Producers: Jim Frank and Ben Carter.

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