Oh yes, you need to adjust for inflation

But (and this will not have escaped your mathematical brain), the result of TV money increasing is that players' wages have increased, and so have agent's fees, and so have transfer fees

Posted By: Old Git on January 19th 2011 at 10:12:40

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The mysteries of football money (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 19, 10:03:46
- this thread is making me angry, DOOMCASTER. (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Jan 19, 10:24:31
  - It's impossible to read that piece again without getting a little bit angry (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 19, 10:27:23
    - He was on the telly the other night talking about some Jock footy shit (NCFC) - CB41, Jan 19, 10:35:57
    - well OG I can still get angry, this was the beginning of my angst that just growed over (NCFC) - lovely old job, Jan 19, 10:33:21
      - Good man (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 19, 10:35:03
    - I see it differently now anyway (NCFC) - pants, Jan 19, 10:29:25
      - If MaccyN has put a figure of ?90m on total promotonal value (NCFC) - harry boulders, Jan 19, 10:50:49
      - agreed (n/m) (NCFC) - lovely old job, Jan 19, 10:31:37
        
        It's like, I didn't go with the loans cost us shit loads of money line they went on either (NCFC) - pants, Jan 19, 10:37:53
        
        when do the league publish the declared league table of agents' fees clubs have paid? (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 19, 10:50:14
        
        That's kind of been my point for years (NCFC) - pants, Jan 19, 10:58:41
        
        not on his own he isn't (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 19, 11:13:46
- It's why I like the young hungry player comment, all we done when we got in the Prem (NCFC) - lovely old job, Jan 19, 10:21:02
  - Young and hungry (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 19, 10:27:12
    - You have to have a sprinking of experience I am sure Wilbraham is just (NCFC) - lovely old job, Jan 19, 10:35:09
      - agreed (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 19, 10:37:29
    - Old and sated (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 19, 10:27:40
  - For me, we only spent 5m on transfer fees, and even then the 3m for Ashton, was implied (NCFC) - pants, Jan 19, 10:24:33
    - Exactly - we didn't seem to spend any of it (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 19, 10:28:56
      - they siphoned it off for drugs and hookers innit (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 19, 10:31:48
      - One of those times you look back on and think (NCFC) - pants, Jan 19, 10:30:05
        
        the players and their agents (n/m) (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 19, 10:40:29
        
        Or (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 19, 10:31:03
        
        Can imagine it happens everywhere. I remember Harrogate Railway getting an fa cup tie on (NCFC) - pants, Jan 19, 10:45:15
        
        have they? (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 19, 10:49:52
        
        probably (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 19, 10:59:37
        
        says founded 1935 and still going (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 19, 11:00:10
        
        probably (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 19, 11:11:27
        
        It currently plays in the Northern Premier League Division One North. (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jan 19, 11:29:36
        
        probably (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 19, 11:52:07
        
        did it ever go out of business as per the earlier post? (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 19, 11:32:18
        
        probably (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 19, 11:52:24
        
        Doesn't appear so, but of course they could have forgotten it on Wiki (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jan 19, 11:34:16
        
        probably (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 19, 11:52:37
        
        There were arguments about bonus payments after the FA Cup run, but that's all I see (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jan 19, 11:37:41
        
        probably (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 19, 11:52:51
        
        cheers (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 19, 11:40:31
        
        My pleasure (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 19, 11:53:09
- isn't there an increase in parachute payments now? (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 19, 10:09:09
  - Oh yes, you need to adjust for inflation (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 19, 10:12:40
    - it's 4 years instead of 2 i think (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 19, 10:18:27
      - about 30m more (n/m) (NCFC) - Tony Martin, Jan 19, 10:32:55
        
        which is more than inflation (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 19, 10:36:38
        
        It's not more than football inflation (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 19, 10:38:05
        
        in your opinion (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 19, 10:39:04
        
        Thank you for your comment (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 19, 10:40:29
        
        lol (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 19, 10:43:08
- I kind of ignored that ?90m comment for the same reason (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jan 19, 10:08:19
  - Maybe I'm a bit cynical, and I do think that McNasty is far, FAR more competent than Doomy (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 19, 10:15:47
    - If it was as simple as suggested (NCFC) - pants, Jan 19, 10:21:19
      - When we went up I wanted us to buy, Ashton, Huddlestone, Dawson, Reid (NCFC) - lovely old job, Jan 19, 10:23:42
        
        when we went up i too wanted us to buy players like Ashton (NCFC) - Ralf Scrampton, Jan 19, 10:45:29
    - because Dooncaster saw ? signs for Hotels & all sorts of other things but (NCFC) - lovely old job, Jan 19, 10:18:48
    - need to somehow do what Blackpool are doing (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 19, 10:17:22
      - Do you wake up in the morning and think "Ooo, today feels like a jamesward day"? (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 19, 10:20:21
        
        I clicked on the wrong name (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 19, 10:21:31
        
        Leave where? (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 19, 10:24:44
        
        This place I work (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 19, 10:27:53
        
        You didn't mention that the other day? (NCFC) - Arganth, Jan 19, 10:31:00
        
        Somewhere else... (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Jan 19, 10:45:52
        
        He's been headhunted by an Anger Management Consultant (n/m) (NCFC) - Old Git, Jan 19, 10:31:26
        
        oh that's a shame (NCFC) - SCC 28, Jan 19, 10:23:34
- Its simple really (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Jan 19, 10:07:36

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