As 2017-18 Premier League draws to an end on Sunday, UK newspaper the Daily Mail released the latest figures on how much the league's 20 teams have earned in broadcast rights. Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Tottenham and the Manchester City have joined Manchester United to become the so called "Big Six" that have attained over 1.35 billion US dollars in broadcast rights since the league got the current name in 1992.

The continued successful business operation of the Premier League has economically benefited its teams, both with domestic and overseas TV rights. Their incomes from this sector have left other football leagues way behind, allowing the Premier League to dominate the transfer market in the past two decades.

So far, there have been 49 teams in total that have played in Premier League, sharing some 20 billion pounds of TV revenues from domestic and overseas markets. The Big Six, which make 12 percent of the teams, possess about 8.9 billion US dollars, basically one third of the total sum.

According to Daily Post, Manchester United's earning this year accumulated to over 208 million US dollars and within that the club collected 1.58 billion pounds of TV money, steadily topping the Big Six. The Manchester City though ranked the second is only No.6 on the list of total income because the club has played just 21 seasons.

In spite of the lions share, the six teams are not satisfied since they have a larger impact on overseas markets, but have to share the revenues with the rest 14 teams. For example, after this season, each team will be distributed at least about 111 million US dollars as fundamental income before the rest of the money is redistributed based on the rankings on the table and how many games each team has on TV.

In this way, No.20 on the list, Stoke City F.C, will only be paid 67 million US dollars less than No.1, the Manchester United. Its no wonder the Big Six have called for a change to the share division. Premier League CEO Richard Scudamore has already announced that they will discuss the issue in the build up to season 2019-20 in June.