Does anyone know when exactly the parachute payments came in, and how much is given to all teams? I'm sure there must be a website with this information on it, but I haven't found one yet. I think I have the right figures for the Premier League money, and the solidarity payments to the Football League, but having trouble with historical figures and the exact terms of the parachute payments. My usual source for this kind of information, David Conn, seems to contradict himself, which isn't much help.
If no one here knows, who at the club could I contact who would have the combination of knowledge about this and patience to answer my questions?
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I thought that each team now gets 4 years parachute payments of £12M per year
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8671551.stm
I thought it was £23M per year but could be wrong. As for £10K for winning this leaque, quite clearly the FA are not interested in who get's promoted. What an imbalance against what you get for coming near the bottom inthe EPL. How much is generated from the play off finals, considerably more than £10K. I think a large chunk of that revenue should go towards the three teams promoted. That could £500K for first, £250K for second and £100K for third.
When you have prem players pissing away that on a Saturday night in a west end club, it certainly is.....
Championship Winners £50,000
Championship Runners Up £25,000
L1 Winners £25,000
L1 Runners Up £10,000
L2 Winners £25,000
L2 Runners Up £10,000
L2 Third Place £5,000
The main prize is the fact that they'll be playing in a higher division, with bigger TV revenue, bigger attendances and better sponsorship prospects etc
Important to remember that the "prize money" quoted above is, I think, the additional money from the Football League compared to the team in 3rd. I don't actually know if prize money is tiered based on finishing position or if the rest of the money is allocated equally (this is the type of question I'd like an answer for). In the Premier League, the winners get about £800k more than 2nd, who get £800k more than 3rd etc. About half of the money is divided in this way and half is shared equally among the teams.
I thought the playoff revenues were shared among the four teams who qualified for the playoffs at each level.
This is the thing, Maglor, I have it written down somewhere, but I think I have two conflicting possibilities. One is that it's £12m per year for 4 years and another is £16m, £16m, £8m, £8m. I would also like to know when the parachute payments were introduced. The best information I have so far is that they were brought in for the 2006-07 season, but that seems too late.
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I reckon we got a parachute payment in 1999/2000, but couldn't swear to it.
Why does it matter though?