Soccer’s Moneyballers Happy to Share Spoils of Richest Game
- Barnsley FC competing for place in Championship play-off final
- Winner-takes-all showpiece promises millions in new revenue
Photographer: George Wood/Getty Images
This article is for subscribers only.
The American owner of the U.K.’s Barnsley Football Club is open to sharing the takings from the so-called richest game in world soccer later this month -- if his team can clear a last hurdle and contest it.
Barnsley is one of four clubs competing in an end-of season mini tournament that will culminate in the annual Championship play-off final. The winner will be granted passage to the English Premier League, the world’s wealthiest soccer division, and about 170 million pounds ($240 million) in new broadcast and sponsorship revenue, according to previous estimates from Deloitte LLP.