Adam Crafton

But now they're kind of in this, or Birmingham, you know, now in League One, they're kind of stuck because they're not able to organically drive the kind of revenue they need to be able to hit the top of the championship. And then you have these three clubs coming down every season who are disproportionately financially boosted.

But now they're kind of in this, or Birmingham, you know, now in League One, they're kind of stuck because they're not able to organically drive the kind of revenue they need to be able to hit the top of the championship. And then you have these three clubs coming down every season who are disproportionately financially boosted.

So yes, you do get these freak instances of teams that just hit runs of forms on Ipswich, back-to-back promotions, or Luton. But it's really tough, I think, for those clubs that are kind of just living at the moment between, I don't know, 8th and 20th in the championship. Swansea, another example, right? You saw the owners of DC United, Levine, kind of just give up on Swansea by the end.

So yes, you do get these freak instances of teams that just hit runs of forms on Ipswich, back-to-back promotions, or Luton. But it's really tough, I think, for those clubs that are kind of just living at the moment between, I don't know, 8th and 20th in the championship. Swansea, another example, right? You saw the owners of DC United, Levine, kind of just give up on Swansea by the end.

So yes, you do get these freak instances of teams that just hit runs of forms on Ipswich, back-to-back promotions, or Luton. But it's really tough, I think, for those clubs that are kind of just living at the moment between, I don't know, 8th and 20th in the championship. Swansea, another example, right? You saw the owners of DC United, Levine, kind of just give up on Swansea by the end.

And there is this ongoing debate within English football around how the Premier League should redistribute to the EFL to try and, I suppose, just even it out a little bit more because I think even the Premier League is starting to see an impact of this because of what you describe as these yo-yo clubs that get to the Premier League and actually just can't compete anymore.

And there is this ongoing debate within English football around how the Premier League should redistribute to the EFL to try and, I suppose, just even it out a little bit more because I think even the Premier League is starting to see an impact of this because of what you describe as these yo-yo clubs that get to the Premier League and actually just can't compete anymore.

And there is this ongoing debate within English football around how the Premier League should redistribute to the EFL to try and, I suppose, just even it out a little bit more because I think even the Premier League is starting to see an impact of this because of what you describe as these yo-yo clubs that get to the Premier League and actually just can't compete anymore.

And that's a problem, right? If teams are being promoted, spending 100 million, but still really way off being able to properly compete, that creates an issue actually for the Premier League as well as the EFL.

And that's a problem, right? If teams are being promoted, spending 100 million, but still really way off being able to properly compete, that creates an issue actually for the Premier League as well as the EFL.

And that's a problem, right? If teams are being promoted, spending 100 million, but still really way off being able to properly compete, that creates an issue actually for the Premier League as well as the EFL.

It's such an interesting question because then you get into the realm of actually who are the owners? What do the owners want? Why are the owners there? And there's so many different ownership models amongst 92 clubs, right?

It's such an interesting question because then you get into the realm of actually who are the owners? What do the owners want? Why are the owners there? And there's so many different ownership models amongst 92 clubs, right?

It's such an interesting question because then you get into the realm of actually who are the owners? What do the owners want? Why are the owners there? And there's so many different ownership models amongst 92 clubs, right?

There will be owners in, you know, an owner of a League 1, League 2 club who is kind of just the local businessman in his town who is actually really happy owning a club in League 1, League 2, being that community asset. who maybe thinks, you know, we'll have the old good year in a cup or something like that, but we're not going to get to the Premier League.

There will be owners in, you know, an owner of a League 1, League 2 club who is kind of just the local businessman in his town who is actually really happy owning a club in League 1, League 2, being that community asset. who maybe thinks, you know, we'll have the old good year in a cup or something like that, but we're not going to get to the Premier League.

There will be owners in, you know, an owner of a League 1, League 2 club who is kind of just the local businessman in his town who is actually really happy owning a club in League 1, League 2, being that community asset. who maybe thinks, you know, we'll have the old good year in a cup or something like that, but we're not going to get to the Premier League.

But they probably still quite like the idea of having that far away distant dream of maybe we could, right? Who knows? Maybe we could. Then you have the other extreme, which is, I suppose, if we just take the block of American owners in the Premier League. I knew that was coming. Sorry, but, you know, because that's the interesting block because it's the growing block.

But they probably still quite like the idea of having that far away distant dream of maybe we could, right? Who knows? Maybe we could. Then you have the other extreme, which is, I suppose, if we just take the block of American owners in the Premier League. I knew that was coming. Sorry, but, you know, because that's the interesting block because it's the growing block.

But they probably still quite like the idea of having that far away distant dream of maybe we could, right? Who knows? Maybe we could. Then you have the other extreme, which is, I suppose, if we just take the block of American owners in the Premier League. I knew that was coming. Sorry, but, you know, because that's the interesting block because it's the growing block.