The Championship

rascal · February 18, 2016

As an inquisitive and very bored man this afternoon I've been reading about The Championship, and how fans of certain clubs feel about their season via their message boards. Anyway, I came across a Wolves forum, and a topic on Steve Morgan (kopite) has expanded to talking about the money clubs now at Championship level. A prevailing thought is that due to the parachute payments, a mini league could emerge in the division, whereby a group of about 9 clubs will have tons of money from being yo-yo club, and will be able to feed off the other remaining clubs to fund that existence.

Is this scenario feasible?

Brendan Janus · February 18, 2016

Wolves ay we !!

Brendan Janus · February 18, 2016

rascal said:
As an inquisitive and very bored man this afternoon I've been reading about The Championship, and how fans of certain clubs feel about their season via their message boards. Anyway, I came across a Wolves forum, and a topic on Steve Morgan (kopite) has expanded to talking about the money clubs now at Championship level. A prevailing thought is that due to the parachute payments, a mini league could emerge in the division, whereby a group of about 9 clubs will have tons of money from being yo-yo club, and will be able to feed off the other remaining clubs to fund that existence.

Is this scenario feasible?

It'll be Premier League Two Soon !

rascal · February 18, 2016

Brendan Janus said:
Wolves ay we !!

Yam Yam

Yam

mmmmsnouts · February 18, 2016

I'm not so sure. There will always be clubs that have the parachute payments run out when they're nowhere near promotion, like Reading or Wigan. And some clubs will get it completely wrong financially like Blackpool or Bolton.

Also remember the parachute payments run out sooner starting next year (3 payments instead of 4). And if you come up for a year and then go right back down like Burnley, you don't get the 3rd payment at all.

rascal · February 18, 2016

mmmmsnouts said:
I'm not so sure. There will always be clubs that have the parachute payments run out when they're nowhere near promotion, like Reading or Wigan. And some clubs will get it completely wrong financially like Blackpool or Bolton.

Also remember the parachute payments run out sooner starting next year (3 payments instead of 4). And if you come up for a year and then go right back down like Burnley, you don't get the 3rd payment at all.

Will they get the same money?

mmmmsnouts · February 18, 2016

rascal said:
Will they get the same money?

I think they'll get more money overall because the payments will be bigger, but they won't last as long.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/02/parachute-payments-clubs-relegated-premier-league

rascal · February 18, 2016

mmmmsnouts said:
I think they'll get more money overall because the payments will be bigger, but they won't last as long.

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/02/parachute-payments-clubs-relegated-premier-league

So they need to budget better, which of course they won't do.

mmmmsnouts · February 24, 2016

As someone who enjoys new blood in the Premier League (or at least haven't-been-up-lately blood) I was a bit dismayed to see Hull and Burnley in the automatic promotion places when I checked the table today. But then there's Brighton in 4th, Sheffield Wednesday in the last playoff spot, and Preston North End of all teams only 6 points off the Owls.

Any underdogs you're secretly pulling for to make the jump?

rascal · February 25, 2016

Would love to see Wednesday up.

Alan Whittle · February 25, 2016

mmmmsnouts said:
As someone who enjoys new blood in the Premier League I was a bit dismayed to see Brighton in 4th,

Any underdogs you're secretly pulling for to make the jump?

You and me both mate.Anyone but them.

Yid4life · February 25, 2016

Would love the Seagulls to get promoted. Purely for convenience.

Bilko · February 25, 2016

rascal said:
Would love to see Wednesday up.

And i've no reason to want them to go up, think it's probably to do with tradition ,but it be great to see them back up there.

Kiwi · February 25, 2016

I've always liked the Wednesday, be good to see them come up. Although we'd inevitably go through hundreds of renditions of the Hillsborough disaster on Sky every time they played at home.