Here's a hypothetical scenario for you
"Team A" and "Team B" play in a rented stadium
"Team A" pays let's say £40,000 rent per year and "Team B" pays £40,000 rent per year.
Now "Team A" goes bust and Reforms as "A Team" and "Team B" is still unchanged.
"A Team" goes to the management of the Stadium and says we can't pay the old rent, we're in a lower league and can't afford the rent as incomes will drop. So can we pay less.
"A Team" starts new season and much to the suprise of everyone charges £18 entrance fee as before to watch small town clubs play at the stadium. "Team B" gets miffed as "A Team" is charging more then "Team B" and paying less and now feels aggrieved.
"Team B" approaches stadium management and says, well if "A Team" can pay less with less overheads and higher per spectator income than us, why can't we pay the same and withholds payment until a settlement is reached with stadium management.
Now I'm not saying that this is the case in point but there may be a little truth in it!!! Should this be the case then it has no bearing on "A Team" and is between stadium management and "Team B".
I'm just glad I follow rugby and not the prima donna's of football. Where fans can mingle and apart from a few cases across the whole sport have a good day out without worry for their lives or their kids lives.
