Chris Dunlavy

PAIN: Bury’s EFL exit

The announcement of a football regulator is welcome but, as EFL chairman Rick Parry says, it is only an opportunity. Without fairer financial distribution, tangible change is impossible.
One of the key responsibilities of the new regulator is to ensure that no professional club follows Bury out of existence.
Along with stricter tests for prospective owners, every club from the Premier League to the National League will be compelled to submit a sustainable business plan in order to be granted a licence to compete.
Yet parachute payments distort compet...