Quote Originally Posted by The Bloop View Post
Ensure that any tv deal for Premier TV rights includes payments to the EFL. How practical that is I have no idea, but a lot of the financial troubles the EFL has stem from the disastrous ITV Digital deal many years ago.
Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
ITV Digital collapsed in 2002. While it certainly had a negative effect at the time, it can no longer be blamed now.
Maybe not, but many clubs overspent based on what money they were due to get over the 3 years and 16 of them went into administration. Since then, clubs have continued to over spend in an attempt to chase the huge tv and prize money the Premier league offers.