Football League chairmen accept new payment offer 11/05/2010 |
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Football League chairmen accept new payment offer
Clubs relegated from the Premier League will receive £48m in parachute payments over four years after Football League chairmen voted in favour of the proposal.
The new payments – which rise from £16m a year over two years – will start from next season and are part of a package of solidarity payments from the Premier League to the Football League.
League One and Two clubs had initially blocked the change at a meeting 11 days ago but were told by the Premier League it was a take-it-or-leave-it offer.
A Football League spokesman admitted that many clubs had expressed fears about the changes. Smaller clubs fear increased money going to the Championship will widen the gap with League One and Two.
The spokesman said: "Following a frank but constructive meeting at Walsall's Banks's Stadium, Football League clubs have voted to accept the Premier League's revised solidarity and parachute payments proposals.
"While many clubs expressed concerns about the proposals, their acceptance was considered the only viable way forward.
"The Football League will now work in good faith, with the Premier League, to ensure that the resulting contract and regulatory changes are good for both competitions and football as a whole."
The payments amount to £16m for each of the first two seasons and £8m for each of the next two.
Clubs in the Championship which do not get parachute payments will receive £2.3m a season, League One sides £325,000 and League Two sides £250,000.
Under the current package, Championship sides received between £1.4m and £0.75m.
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