The Football Association wants to increase the prize money on offer to clubs in the FA Cup and is considering scrapping television appearance fees, chief executive Martin Glenn said.
Under the current system, clubs get paid more money if their game is televised.
Yet with only nine of 32 FA Cup third-round games being broadcast this weekend, several lower-league sides have expressed discontent their games were not chosen for live coverage.
โThe FA Cup is a great way of redistributing money to the lower leagues. The prize money is 25 million pounds ($30.70 million) and weโre looking to increase that in the coming years,โ Glenn told the BBC.
โWeโve sold the international rights for more money, and thatโs hopefully going to allow us to benefit smaller clubs. Right now itโs a bit of a lottery.
โSo one of the things weโre thinking about, would be where you just make it a unity payment, so that everyone would get the same amount. It wouldnโt be quite the lottery it is now. It would seem to be something we could consider.โ
Glenn defended Premier League Bournemouth, who came under fire for making a full 11 changes for Saturdayโs third-round 3-0 loss to third tier Millwall.
The FA boss said he understood why top flight teams needed to juggle their resources.
โI think Bournemouth were an outlier. (Manager) Eddie Howe can make his own reasons for it. It doesnโt upset me. The Premier League teams really understand the value the FA Cup brings them,โ he said.
โPeople want to do well in the cup, but the positive side is that all of these bigger clubs have big squads, you want to give people game time and thatโs really important,โ he added.
โRotation is a good thing. Giving a chance for young players to get real game experience is not a bad thing.โ
