The thing is clubs at the lower levels are just as guilty....

and are less likely to be bailed out.

Maybe a simple accounting system where your yearly wage bill can not be more than your total matchday revenue.
(tickets and vending)

I am amazed how many clubs have NOT gone to the wall during this pandemic.
I would have predicted a lot more going into admin.

Posted By: usacanary on April 20th 2021 at 17:39:25

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ESL financial model leaked in FT (Other Football) - Old Man, Apr 20, 15:00:50
- The question is.... (Other Football) - usacanary, Apr 20, 16:17:09
  - No it isn't a bad thing; FFP was supposed to help but doesn't really (Other Football) - Old Man, Apr 20, 17:02:06
    - The thing is clubs at the lower levels are just as guilty.... (Other Football) - usacanary, Apr 20, 17:39:25
      - Indeed, and as you pointed out yesterday (Other Football) - Old Man, Apr 20, 17:49:02
  - NFL and other US sports operate in an effective closed shop (Other Football) - watfordcanary, Apr 20, 16:29:16
    - CFL? (n/m) (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Apr 20, 16:39:11
      - Canadian Football League - Go Ticats (Other Football) - watfordcanary, Apr 20, 16:54:48
        
        Ah. So the EFL will basically become the CFL (n/m) (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Apr 20, 17:12:10
        
        You could argue that's already happened with the EPL and EFL (Other Football) - usacanary, Apr 20, 17:32:56
  - "Bullshit tricks" (Other Football) - Winged Eel Creosote, Apr 20, 16:25:12
    - The problem with the NFL model is its a closed shop. (Other Football) - usacanary, Apr 20, 17:29:26
      - They also move their clubs between cities at the drop of a hat (Other Football) - Ben, Apr 20, 17:37:58
        
        Frankly they're welcome to all six (Other Football) - Old Man, Apr 20, 17:49:33
- it is laughable (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Apr 20, 15:42:08
  - 32.5 split 15 ways plus 32.5 split 20 ways is a laughable fig leaf (n/m) (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Apr 20, 15:43:42
- An absolute cunts trick of the highest order. (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Apr 20, 15:35:09
  - To be honest it really should burn down. (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Apr 20, 15:38:22
    - thing is we can still have a euro cup league without those bastards (Other Football) - pinkney, Apr 20, 15:44:56
      - Correct. You can't just let them play in the Prem and have a random alphabet result (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Apr 20, 16:02:33
      - Absolutely! Kick them out, reorganise it along fair sporting lines and crack on. (n/m) (Other Football) - trafford_canary, Apr 20, 15:55:00

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