Source: FOOTYMAD
Rams to benefit by league ruling
A meeting of the football league at Pride Park has given all football league sides a rise in their income from the league A meeting of the football league representatives at Pride Park has voted to give all league teams a rise in revenue from next seasonDerby County will benefit from a football league deal forged yesterday at Pride Park. The deal sees all Championship sides given £2.2m each season. The money comes as the league seek to filter down money to the lower leagues .League one clubs are to get £335,000, whilst league two sides will receive £225,000. The money will be well received by the lower league clubs but the gulf between the Premiership and lower league sides looks set to increase as parachute payments for Premiership clubs are set to rise from £32m over three years once relegated to £48m over four yearsSo now teams relegated will now have significantly larger cushion when coming down to the Championship than before. This could see an increase in the so called Yo-Yo teams that rise to the Premiership and then are relegated in successive seasons.Other rule changes at a meeting of league officials at Pride Park sees a rule designed to make the ownership of clubs more transparent. From next season all individuals with more than a 10% stake in a club will have to be named...
