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Who can't afford to miss out on Promotion ?
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Sam Ovett
The New Manager Bus
Palace
TSB
Captain Hindsight
Leicester,Bristol City.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Leicester from their spending spree last year
Dave the OAP
Well-known member
I see my sky sports subs have gone up by £3.50 and Virgin are suggesting that it may go up a hell of a lot more......with Sky spending so much on the Premiership, I can see that if you dont get up this year, the Premiership will become a distant dream ( especially as the rumour is that Parachute payments will increase by 50%)
SeagullSongs
And it's all gone quiet..
And they're trying to bring in Financial Fair Play rules? That's actually disgusting if true.
Dave the OAP
Well-known member
I met a bloke on holiday who was the editor in chief at the Times and does a blog on the premiership ( nice chap actually) and he said that sky will try to do anything to hold on to their coverage and they were especially worried about BT. He saw the parachute payments thing as a massive bribe to current teams and when I said I was a Brighton fan, he suggested this season was the one where promotion to the Premiership for the "big" clubs like Bolton and Blackburn was vital as they wont be able to compete moneywise after then.
It's that kind of thing that makes me want the football league to break off and have nothing to do with the Premier League, it really is a joke.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
Any club over spending is at risk, only 3 clubs go up so will be some clubs next May counting the cost
I've posted a link on here to an article showing that Venky's had paid blackburn's debts and with relegation clauses + parachute payments they would be financially stable enough to survive relegation and the drop in attendances. This, of course was before their big money transfers. I still think they would be ok for a second year in the championship, but think they would prefer to go up this year.
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If these new parachute payments are confirmed and FFP comes in will we constantly see the 3 relegated clubs bounce straight back ? For me it's a huge and unfair advantage that could turn a truly unpredictable and competitive league totally stale.
Spider
New member
- Sep 15, 2007
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That's the whole idea though. Premiership was getting worried about the popularity of the Championship, due to the competition and equality that it offered unlike the top division, so the way they solve it is to make ours a worse league. Obviously improving their own league is out of the question, since that would involve wrestling some of the money out of the game and everyone (who matters) loses out.
Philzo-93
Well-known member
Leicester and Blackburn will be desperate!
Northstander
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- Oct 13, 2003
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If Blackburn fail I will enjoy it so much...£8 million?! What a joke!!
Pinkie Brown
Wir Sind das Volk
I really want them to fail too. The whole parachute payment thing stinks imo. They have blown the bank to build a team for promotion. With a halfwit like Steve Kean in charge, there is every chance they could screw up. It will be interesting to see if Venkeys remain loyal to him like last season if things start to go sideways for them? Has anyone told Venkeys, there is relegation from The Championship just like The Premier League?
The parachute payments system as it stands, is grossly unfair on other clubs in the Championship. Those teams relegated from The Premier League are basically being rewarded for failure. The payments should be less plus a maximum of one season only.
By accounts, Bolton will be really up Shit Creek if they fail to make promotion this season.
Baaaald
3rd time lucky
Yeah these three plus Leicester definately. I would laugh so much if Blackburn and Cardiff don't go up.