Our parachute payments are parachute payments

They're not a 'you got relegated, so here's a little bonus' payments. They cushion the blow from ridiculously high Prem wages (even after relegation clauses). Why does nobody understand this?

Posted By: Yellalee on October 31st 2017 at 22:19:12

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Few brief observations (NCFC) - Gob on a Stick, Oct 31, 22:14:11
- Still think we could have pushed the boat and got a loan striker to cover us (NCFC) - roedtonowhere, Oct 31, 22:21:24
  - Which was amazing cos Watkins hadn't b4 played as a striker (n/m) (NCFC) - Larry Hagman, Oct 31, 22:30:28
- Our parachute payments are parachute payments (NCFC) - Yellalee, Oct 31, 22:19:12
  - Meaning we had Premiership players .. (NCFC) - Gob on a Stick, Oct 31, 22:25:02
    - Erm... We had / have players paid Premier league salaries (NCFC) - Yellalee, Oct 31, 22:26:36
      - No sorry I don’t .. (NCFC) - Gob on a Stick, Oct 31, 22:32:26
        
        think the problem is just that most of the players we signed with our (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Oct 31, 22:38:56
        
        Exactly. (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Oct 31, 22:40:12
        
        The point of parachute payments is not to allow us to buy more players (NCFC) - Yellalee, Oct 31, 22:35:33
        
        And you're comparing players we bought in the Prem two years afo (NCFC) - Yellalee, Oct 31, 22:38:05
  - Funny how people say (NCFC) - Men without hats, Oct 31, 22:23:14
    - Well surely they're similarly misinformed then? (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Oct 31, 22:24:50
- Agree with 1-5 but Parachute payments mean fuck when your squad is so overpaid.. (NCFC) - lurd, Oct 31, 22:17:29
  - Agree to a certain extent .. (NCFC) - Gob on a Stick, Oct 31, 22:27:07

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