article_snippet: The Premier League, the world’s richest competition, will share £1billion over three years with the rest of English football.
article_snippet: The deal is said to be unprecedented in global sport and amounts to an increase in excess of 40 per cent over the previous redistribution figure.
article_snippet: The numbers were unanimously agreed at Thursday's summit of Premier League clubs — the first meeting since the £5billion domestic TV rights deal.
article_snippet: Sharing the bonanza so quickly will go some way to countering the Premier League’s
article_snippet: Premier League CEO Richard Scudamore says the top flight is 'sharing in the success of English football' Premier League clubs agreed on Thursday to make a £1bn contribution to the rest of English football .
article_snippet: this’s sharing in the success of English football.
article_snippet: the meeting in Piccadilly is the first since the new record £5bn TV rights deal was secured by the Premier league re-distributing their wealth .
article_snippet: BT Sport and Sky Sports (above) took BT Sport and Sky Sports (above) share of the Premier league re-distributing their wealth fixtures in the new record £5bn TV rights deal .
highlights_snippet: Premier League to share massive portion of £5billion TV rights income .
  