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SPUGGIE J · 06-06-2010, 09:39

Dosnt matter how big or small any parachute payment is it is still income. We cannot rely on this kind of income and need to find other ways to maximise ours. As it stands we have a small but very loyal fan base that has and will do what it can to help the club. As for the wages like many employers it is that has to be controlled with the present climate. As has been mentioned there are a few of the big clubs clawing at the tank edge to avoid the smelly contents of the tank. Any player with a chance of a better wage will move on as in any kind of employent but that could lead to some young unknow wanting a crack at the league game from the non league game a chance to shine. If we start to rely on what might be considered a afe form of income from higher up the league then we are on a slippery slope again. Best to think of the parachute payments as a brucey bonus and nothing other than. At some point it will change in the future and we would get litte or nothing.

To me these payments were there to insure that if a big team with a large fan base had a bad season and dropped to the championship it was a lifebelt. If on a regular basis it was the club from the championship that come up then go back down again keeping the ones T.V. want in the top flight they will stop. It is in a way a closed shop the premiership and the smaller clubs that make it up are there as a token jesture to stay within the rules as they stand.

Would Newcastle have gone back up without the money the parachute payment gave them?

06-06-2010, 09:39	#21
SPUGGIE J God Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Not sure anymore Posts: 9,009 Blog Entries: 10 Liked: 1 times Rep Power: 515	Re: Parachute Payments... Dosnt matter how big or small any parachute payment is it is still income. We cannot rely on this kind of income and need to find other ways to maximise ours. As it stands we have a small but very loyal fan base that has and will do what it can to help the club. As for the wages like many employers it is that has to be controlled with the present climate. As has been mentioned there are a few of the big clubs clawing at the tank edge to avoid the smelly contents of the tank. Any player with a chance of a better wage will move on as in any kind of employent but that could lead to some young unknow wanting a crack at the league game from the non league game a chance to shine. If we start to rely on what might be considered a afe form of income from higher up the league then we are on a slippery slope again. Best to think of the parachute payments as a brucey bonus and nothing other than. At some point it will change in the future and we would get litte or nothing. To me these payments were there to insure that if a big team with a large fan base had a bad season and dropped to the championship it was a lifebelt. If on a regular basis it was the club from the championship that come up then go back down again keeping the ones T.V. want in the top flight they will stop. It is in a way a closed shop the premiership and the smaller clubs that make it up are there as a token jesture to stay within the rules as they stand. Would Newcastle have gone back up without the money the parachute payment gave them? __________________ All comments above are nothing to do with here and therefore not the resposibility of the Accrington Web site owners admins or mods. THEY ARE MINE!!!!