vas borbokis
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To much time on my hands and wondering if the data actually supported the theory that the gap between Championship and Premier League is getting bigger.
If this was the case you would expect all 3 promoted teams to come tumbling back down on a regular basis, in fact that has only happened once in 97/98 Barnsley, Bolton and Palace.
So if this is not the case then you would expect the 4 bottom clubs to get less points every year or the gap between the top 4 and the bottom 4 to get bigger.
The black bar shows the points for the top 4 teams and the red bar shows the points for the bottom 4 teams every year since the EPL dropped to 20 teams.
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Conclusion, the trend lines show a slight increase in points for the top 4 and a slight decrease for bottom 4 but its not significant and not linier, make of it what you will.
I'm not sure why you don't think it's significant and only slight.
25 year ago the bottom 4 got half as many points as the top 4.
Now it's approaching only getting a third as many points. That's a huge change and clearly shows the gulf between top and bottom 4 is widening alarmingly.
Can't be good for the game.