Absolutely no way the championship will agree to 28.5m never mind 8.5m, EPL wouldn't allow it either re para payments etc.
Today is as far as it will go with continued massive overspend by championship clubs (inc Barnsley !).
For current L1 and L2 clubs the drawbridge is up and it ain't ever being lowered again.
What Latics, Fulham and Bournemouth did previously will never be repeated. The worst thing here the short sighted club owners have sealed their own fate here with the EFL smugly grinning fm the touchline.