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2007.03.11
J.League Chairman Onitake Interview


The Japan Times
Q: Former Urawa Reds boss Guido Buchwald said the J. League is the fifth-best league in the world in terms of quality and competitiveness (after England, Spain, Italy and Germany). What do you make of this?
A: First of all, I want to know which is No. 6 six or No. 7! We are glad to hear that. There are a lot of values in the individual leagues -- the value of the matches, links to the community, club management, media coverage. I think the ranking should be based on the total of those things. article
J.League made 5-billion-yen-a-year contract with Skyperfectv (and NHK, TBS) from 2007 to 2011. The vision of the change of the main TV company to CS is not asked in the interview. It involves issues of financial basis and main publicity and must be discussed more.

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