Quote: TrinityIHC "If it is to do with cashflow, then surely this is just a sticking plaster as the gap between 2014 and 2015 ST sales will be much longer?'"
Maybe its a bit more simple than that, the Sl clubs have just voted for a reduction in clubs' from the start of the 2015 season. so everybody apart from the top half a dozen clubs' will be after spending as much as they can afford and perhaps a bit more in an effort to make sure they are not relegated at the end of next season, so it makes sense really to find out just exactly how strong the club will be financially for next season and want the money up front so that they have the money available to recruit early if the right players, become available and of course have the finances in place to do this.