Quote Originally Posted by life on mars View Post
Of course it has something to do with the Premiership , the closer we get to it the bigger its appeal to the fans , which in turn results in higher attendances and revenues .

And there is more trickle down money than ever before , the play off final is reported as one of the richest tournaments in the world (alledgly worth 160 million )

Before the Premiership if you got relegated to division 2 you didn't get anything like the millions you do now .

If we dislike the Premiership so much, why do we support and crave winning and promotion .

Am I missing something?
Yes you are missing something

Do you think the money from the play off final , which you say is 160 million helps Rochdale or bury ?

You better get in touch with the bury fans whose club is in serious danger , tell them there is loads of money they are entitled to !!!

The parachute payments given to relegated sides from the greedy league are to help them get back up into the greedy league , it doesn't filter into the rest of football , it stays with the relegated clubs

The premier league introduced these payments to try and ensure that the greedy league became a closed shop and heaven forbid a big club was ever relegated , they would soon bounce back as they had the financial clout to out muscle the rest of the championship

It hasn't always happened but generally it does

The greedy league is a nightmare , read David Conn's book , its all in there