Forgive me if I'm being terribly naive... but I dont' get the fuss.

Yes, they've doubled the parachute payments, but they've also doubled the amount of time over which you receive it.

The FL payouts (non-parachute) on the other hand are trebbled on previous figures; surely that's a good thing?

Dont' get me wrong, I'm well aware that FOOTBALL IS DEAD, just my brain keeps telling me to play devils' advocate.

Posted By: HairyBobbingManAss on May 10th 2010 at 17:00:13

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Am I being thick, is this really making football fairer? (NCFC) - trustsec, May 10, 16:48:41
- Forgive me if I'm being terribly naive... but I dont' get the fuss. (NCFC) - HairyBobbingManAss, May 10, 17:00:13
  - It's saying that clubs coming down now have a 4 year head start on others (NCFC) - pants, May 10, 17:04:50
    - Yeah but if one of those clubs goes up, their parachute money gets redistributed. (NCFC) - Arganth, May 10, 17:43:55
    - Basically, instead of massive fire sale on relegation, clubs could make a lot of their (NCFC) - pants, May 10, 17:07:00
      - Paraphrasing clubs like ours are gonna have to go into crippling debt in a risk to get to (NCFC) - Clean Shirt, May 10, 17:10:08
        
        So, with Hull and Pompey likely to see that ?12m immediately sucked into the void.... (NCFC) - HairyBobbingManAss, May 10, 17:16:56
        
        I guess (NCFC) - pants, May 10, 17:33:14
- Well done you have passed (NCFC) - Clean Shirt, May 10, 16:49:52

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