 "Premier League: Champions Chelsea earn $194 million in payments, supplemented by broadcast deal")
English champions Chelsea earned 150.8 million pounds ($194 million) from the Premier League this season while bottom side Sunderland were paid more than Leicester City got as title winners last year thanks to a new broadcast contract. The 2016-17 campaign was the first under the 5.1 billion-pound TV rights deal signed in 2015, with the total value of the league’s central payments to clubs rising to 2.4 billion pounds from 1.6 billion a year earlier. Sunderland, who were relegated to the Championship (second-tier) after finishing last, earned 93.5 million pounds, more than Leicester did in winning the 2015-16 title. [caption id=“attachment_3511365” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Chelsea finished as champions in the 2016-17 season of the Premier League. Reuters[/caption] This term, the ‘Foxes’ earned 115.8 million pounds for finishing 12th compared to 93 million as champions last season. The amounts include broadcast and commercial income plus prize money. Commercial income, overseas broadcast income, and a percentage of domestic broadcast income is shared equally between the league’s 20 clubs. The rest is split according to each club’s league position and the number of televised games they feature in each season. Third-placed Manchester City and Liverpool, who finished fourth, both featured in more televised games than second-placed Tottenham Hotspur, and accordingly finished slightly above the north London club in the money stakes. Premier League payments to clubs at the end of 2016-17 season (in pounds): Chelsea - 150,811,183 Tottenham Hotspur - 145,461,325 Manchester City - 146,927,965 Liverpool - 146,122,439 Arsenal - 139,636,498 Manchester United - 141,103,138 Everton - 127,800,699 Southampton - 122,450,841 Bournemouth - 118,237,066 West Bromwich Albion - 114,023,291 West Ham United - 116,626,014 Leicester City - 115,820,488 Stoke City - 107,062,381 Crystal Palace - 109,665,104 Swansea City - 103,179,163 Burnley - 101,237,554 Watford - 102,704,194 Hull City - 97,354,336 Middlesbrough - 98,820,976 Sunderland - 93,471,118
Chelsea earned 150.8 million pounds ($194 million) from the Premier League in the 2016-17 season while bottom side Sunderland were paid more than Leicester City got as title winners last year thanks to a new broadcast contract.
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