Ridiculous really Leicester 60 million Leeds and Southampton 40 million wage bill , surprise surprise top 3, Rotherham 6 million rock bottom π
Parachute payments β¦. Another great idea cooked up by the premiership clubs to give them an unfair advantage if they get relegated
Did you whine when we were benefiting from said payments? We would hoover up the best players from our efl rivals, every time we got relegated from the prem.
No ffp rules when we had parachute payments, Big difference all about the income now and I donβt recall hoovering up too much talent more like a fire sale π
And we still struggled and huffed and puffed over the line, never as Champions.
We are potentially going to need it in a couple of seasons
Signing Cameron Jerome and Gary McSheffrey when we got relegated felt pretty big back in the day. Jerome was second in the league's top scorers the season before and McSheffrey 5th. And we loaned half the Arsenal academy.
We did pay for it tbf, selling Heskey and Pennant etc.
Reedy1968Originally of course they were not - they were because Chelsea &c's cheating had driven the wages up to such a level that sides needed to pay over the odds to have a chance of staying up. And therefore they should not be bankrupted if that failed given that 3 would be guaranteed to go down regardless.Parachute payments β¦. Another great idea cooked up by the premiership clubs to give them an unfair advantage if they get relegated
The last TV deal though renders that unnecessary...
Dean peerRidiculous really Leicester 60 million Leeds and Southampton 40 million wage bill , surprise surprise top 3, Rotherham 6 million rock bottom π
At the moment, I can't see an alternative to parachute payments. You get in the PL, and if you want to compete, you have to attract the right players with the wages/length of contract. If you're subsequently relegated, you're stuck with a percentage of those contracts, that Championship revenues can't cover.
I've no doubt you can put relegation clauses in to the players contracts, but you're going to make that job a lot less enticing than what the other 19 clubs are offering.
you solve that by mandating that every contract has to have a relegation clause even the big boys
you solve that by mandating that every contract has to have a relegation clause even the big boys
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The issue at the moment is the clubs get the parachute payments to make up for some of the shortfall, but then they sell 3 or 4 players for £100M+, so it's almost like a double whammy, they are essentially Premier League clubs playing in the Championship, Premier League budgets and Premier League squads. I don't know how you fix it though
Pro rata it on player sales/earnings
Should be used to plug gaps not fund a war chest
Signing and paying prem wages for Carsley, Phillips, Bent and Carr. Bringing in prem loans midway through the campaign. Quashie, Hunt, Sinclair and Bowyer saw us cement a promotion place and get over the line.
We had one of the top 3 wage bills and the bottom teams paid the lowest wages. Nothing has changed, in that regard.
David Gold used to rave about parachute payments and the advantage they afforded to us, but now other teams benefit, life has become so unfair
My Blue HeavenTbf we sold Jude and doubled our income for that season. No one minded thatPro rata it on player sales/earnings
Should be used to plug gaps not fund a war chest