Listening to texts and calls from Wednesday fans weeping about parachute payments is like music to my ears. The club that threw vast sums of money in a failed attempt to gain promotion moaning on about us and all our millions is hilarious. Forgetting that we smashed them all over Hillsborough with a team that cost about 30 quid back in 2018. Money didnt guarantee them a win that day, did it?
Parachute payments aren't the problem, they spent more on players than us this year given the sales we made. The issue is the quality of players teams can accrue whilst in the Premier League who then play in the Championship, and are far better than any existing Championship player, even if not outstanding in the PL. Look at Souza, Anel etc.
Alternatively, they get sold for absolute millions, so providing the teams with more money to spend on the remaining wages, buying new players, paying off loans etc.
Look at the players relegated with Leicester and Southampton last time, they went straight back up and still made millions on players like Ward-Prowse, Maddison, Lavia, Livramento etc.
What they seem to be asking for is some sort of level playing field where teams should either sell or at least can't play their vastly superior players but also not re-invest the money either.
And even that couldn't be guarenteed to make a level playing field. Some of our players have come from our academy, funded in part by PL money, so should they be inelligable as well?
I do agree there's a massive issue with the gap between PL and Championship. Teams getting promoted can't compete with established teams, but will invest enough to ensure they are one of the strongest teams when relegated and be able to re-coup money. Not always the case, as Luton are showing, but I suspect they are the exception to the norm now, as will be any team that manages to survive in the PL.