alphabet_king
Vital 1st Team Regular
It will be a large income stream to them. They will take a decent sized chunk of gate receipts for each game, much like the FA do for the FA cup. Unfortunately the EFL is a necessary evil. We need someone to manage the central league, and we need them to stay solvent. Its similar across the whole of footbal, all the associations have their cup competitions which they make their money from. FA Cup (English FA), Champions / Europa League (UEFA), World Cup, World Club Cup (FIFA), even the Kent FA will make money from the Kent Senior cup.Wtf are the EFL bothering with that wanky competition given the current fixture issues and covid problems. Another master full decision by the EFL.
They'll argue they would have to cut down on many of the grass roots investment they do provide if they didn't get this money.