![]() ![]() ![]() Relative to the 2022-23 season, it says revenue from broadcasters is expected to provide a minimum uplift of more than £90m for Luton, approximately £84m for Sheffield United and £54m for Burnley, with both of those two clubs in receipt of parachute payments whilst participating in the Championship. “This must be accompanied by appropriate governance and financial controls to ensure that any proposed solution is suitable and sustainable.”ĮFL chairman Rick Parry believes the disparity in revenue between the Premier League and the Championship has created a “cliff edge” between the leagues, and argues parachute payments are also fuelling inequality within the Championship.ĭeloitte’s report underlines the value to clubs of reaching the Premier League. “It is critical that long-term decisions are now made by clubs’ owners and, with the introduction of the independent regulator, focus will turn to improving the distribution mechanism of revenues between the leagues and clubs. Tim Bridge, lead partner in Deloitte’s Sports Business Group, said: “The glamour of Premier League promotion is spearheading the continual drive for investment in Championship clubs, often in an unsustainable manner, driving some clubs to overstretch financially. However, while wage costs fell for a second consecutive year, they remained higher than revenue for the fifth season in a row. Nottingham Forest, who ultimately succeeded in reaching the top flight at the end of the 2021-22 season via the play-offs, spent almost 200 per cent more on wages than they earned in revenue – £58.6million compared to £29.3m – in their promotion year, according to figures in the Deloitte report.Ĭhampionship clubs’ total revenue was up 13 per cent in 2021-22 compared to the season before, reaching £676million. Championship clubs’ spending on wages exceeded revenue for a fifth successive season in 2021-22, according to a new report.ĭeloitte’s Annual Review of Football Finance found second-tier teams’ combined wages-to-revenue ratio was an astonishing 108 per cent, as clubs continued to chase the dream of reaching the Premier League. ![]()
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