The obscenity of football finances...

[silent majority]

What stands out for me is the overall aim behind this imbalance which is about brand EPL, and in more recent times also about The Championship as a possible EPL2 brand.

So encouraging several teams that can compete on the Euro stage which have international appeal - Liverpool, Manc C and U, Chelsea, Spurs, Arsenal. West Ham set up to join these but haven't made the grade so far - maybe Leeds will?! And then a bunch of other clubs giving the above good competition to make the EPL attractive, hence the parchute payments. A nice turn around with the Championship top runners keeps it fresh, and there's always a wild card or two in there that can upset it for extra interest eg Leicester.

League 1 and below simply doesn't figure in all this. With an EPL2, League 1 may begin to get a little more, but maybe not. I can't recall the parachute payments from the Champ to League 1, but that is about the Champ not League 1.

There won't be an EPL2, there's no way that the current EPL will vote to spend even more money.

The threats to the current set up are, the breakaway European Super League, which has now gone back so they can re-think and come back with a stronger bid, and the second is the breakaway group in the Championship. This is a group of clubs who think they can negotiate a better TV deal for themselves. That won't happen either.