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KEEP AN EYE ON SPENDING IN THE PRESENT

Chris Dunlavy
A FRESH TAKE ON FOOTBALL

PLANS are a foot to scrap financial fair play regulations in the Championship. Good. They don’t work.
From Sheffield Wednesday’s dismal descent to Derby County’s brush with oblivion, the rules have demonstrably failed to protect the competition’s financial health. And is that really a surprise?
Limiting losses to £39m over three seasons basically legitimises losing that amount, which is pretty insane when you think about it.
According to reports, that system will soon be scrapped, with clubs instead limited to spending 70 per cent of their total revenu...

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