Aren't all contracts null & void if a team goes out of the Premier League?

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I doubt it, just check on what happened to Portsmouth, Bradford, Leeds Utd

The null and void contracts were when clubs went out of Super League.
Football contracts stay in place.

I'd assume that unless something was stipulated in the contract saying otherwise, that a contract would still stand.

Don't worry the contracts will have relegation clauses. 40% is the general rule of thumb but some clubs have been more than half. Newcastle have been the only club relegated in recent years who didn't have the clauses.

Anyone who is half decent wil be off like a shot anyway with the corresponding transfer fee.

This is a brilliant thread and you've just hit the nail on the head. Uncle Dave is a wiser man now - he honestly thought that if he provided prem league football we would all go along and the rugby would wither away. As a successful businessman he realises he was wrong and has adjusted his attitude and policy appropriately.

If they do a City and go down to league 1, they wont exist in 5 years, they wont be able to afford to exist.

Oh, now that is a lovely thought........everybody hold that thought for a minute................

There was a Wigan Athletic long before the Premier League and there'll be a Wigan Athletic long after.

Stop ruining the bedtime fantasies of various people.

You can then steal the song.
"Long after tonight is all over"

[sizeAnd long may it be the case brother!![/size

Yet i doubt some of their ex Crown Paints and Sharp emblazened 5 knuckle shufflers will though. And thats why there will be a lack of Kleenex in ASDA come May if the worst were to happen. I gonna order plenty in!

Most of them that will leave already have

Is this some hidden meaning for saying that when Whelan pulls out it will flood the town? His hairy beanbags then must be bigger than his ego.