Originally Posted by
Rjk
apparently parachute payments came into effect in the 06/07 season.
on the face of it there doesn't seem to be much difference between the 2000s and the 2010s, with 12 and 13 teams promoted within the first 3 years.
however that works out as 1.2 or 1.3 a year.
for the last 4 years there have been 2 a year promoted with parachute payments, and it seems likely that there will be at least 2 this year, possibly 3 - it just feels as though there has been a bit of a step change over the last few years.
I could be wrong and maybe next season we will see teams without parachute payments dominating the league, but I doubt it