Jakanian football league prepares for first new season with expanded structure2 April 4789
Football teams across the country are engaged in preparations for the 4789 Jakanian National League season, which commences at the end of the month. The new season will be the first to include eighteen teams following expansion plans announced at the end of 4786. Due to the expansion, teams from ten different cities across Jakania will compete in the upcoming edition of the Jakanian top division.
Plans to expand the number of teams from the previous fifteen were formalised following substantial investment from the Lievenian Trade Group (LTG). Based in Endralon but operating across the world, the LTG specialises in investment in sports and sought to expand into Majatra following a recent resurgence in interest in the sport across the continent.
With Deltaria and Vanuku both achieving World Cup victories in the past decade, revenues associated with the sport have risen despite mixed economic conditions restricting expansion in other parts of national and regional economies. The
Jakanian Football Federation(CFF) has attempted to capitalise on this resurgent interest in a variety of different ways and the expansion of the top division is only the latest.
Beginning with the 4785 season, certain football matches were available to watch live through the streaming service
evFilm, a decision which drew some controversy for the CFF. Football fans outside of Jakania are able to make use of this new viewing model too, with access to at least two games per game-week available in Deltaria, Istalia and Badara.
A key part of the recent changes to the operation of the National League has been to increase the level of competition among clubs. In line with this objective, television and sponsorship revenue models have been reformed to direct funds away from the traditionally dominant sides. In practical terms, this has already served to benefit teams like Bahçelerispor, who managed to finish in the top two for the first time in the club's history last season.
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