Quote: Pumpetypump "You're being disingenuous. Most of those promotions didn't involve jumping the hurdles now put in front of championship clubs. In fact it's never been more important to have a big money backer if you are to have any chance of competing with SL sides in the middle 8s and thereby be promoted.
Not all of those promoted sides you quote did so on the back of millionaires but all future promotions will have to be imo.'"
It's now arguably easier for a championship club to get promoted as if they make the top 4 then they have an equal chance of making the top 3 or even 4/5 for the MPG. The fact that some SL clubs survive without spending the full cap shows that it is possible to succeed and the championship clubs are now able to spend the same amount of money as the SL clubs if the so wish.