EFL | Statement Club News Shaun Harvey will leave his position as CEO of the EFL at the end of the season. Continue reading on the official site...
This is from Wikipedia: During his time at the EFL, Shaun Harvey has implemented a number of controversial changes to the League and its competitions. In the summer of 2016, The Football League was renamed the ‘English Football League’ as part of a comprehensive corporate and competition re-branding to give the League’s competitions a new and distinct identity, while simultaneously retaining its unique heritage. More recent changes included a controversial change in format to the Football League Trophy. He claimed this was to allow a young players a chance to develop, to reinvigorate the competition and to increase prize money. This led to record low crowds and a drastic decrease in the average number of fans attending games. He oversees a commercial programme that generates more than £100m of revenue every season from broadcasting and sponsorship. This includes the recently launched iFollow service – a digital streaming over-the-top platform that allows the estimated 270,000 overseas fans of EFL clubs to watch their team play live. Most recently, Shaun Harvey agreed a live domestic broadcasting rights deal with Sky Sports worth £600million running until 2024, the biggest in the League’s history. Harvey realised this deal would need Leeds United to stay in the league and so he began a campaign to make sure Leeds do not gain promotion to the Premier League. Harvey spoke out in 2018 in favour of safe standing in principle, but against a mid-season break in EFL leagues as impractical (although he was in favour of its implementation for the Premier League).
Most recently, Shaun Harvey agreed a live domestic broadcasting rights deal with Sky Sports worth £600million running until 2024, the biggest in the League’s history. Harvey realised this deal would need Leeds United to stay in the league and so he began a campaign to make sure Leeds do not gain promotion to the Premier League.
Sounds like the sort of thing a Leeds fan would write. Always the victim, despite getting more Sky airtime than anyone else.
It's not the English Football League, it's just THE Football League, the original and best. For that reason I am glad the bellend is going.
Don't know him but is he responsible for totally killing the Johnstone Paint Trophy by allowing the prem teams to play their reserves? Allowing the teams in the championship to charge what the hell they like for away fans and in cases like eland road and swillsbrough to charge 40 quid for a restricted viewing seat? Allow sky to change out game at southend to 12 oclock. If answer to any of those is yes then good riddance.
Highly criticised by clubs over the new TV deal, saying he capitulated too easily during negotiations and as result cost them significant monies. Rumoured some of ‘bigger’ clubs threatened to walk away unless something done.