Academy to be downgraded

nrmc · Post by **nrmc** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 8:45 pm

According to lion of Vienna suite, we're downgrading to level 2: http://lionofviennasuite.sbnation.com/2 ... emy-status" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Iles has also confirmed

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 8:50 pm

nrmc wrote:According to lion of Vienna suite, we're downgrading to level 2: http://lionofviennasuite.sbnation.com/2 ... emy-status" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; Iles has also confirmed

So, just as our academy begins to bear fruit, we downgrade it. fecking masterstroke!

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Wed Jun 10, 2015 11:12 pm

Welcome to the EPPP. In order to fulfil Category One status, you have to spend £2.5m per year on your youth development and have at least 18 full-time staff. And no, the figures don't add up: it just helps the rich stay rich.

Here's something a particularly livid Rochdale fan wrote about it.
http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/why ... nd-england" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

midlands exile · Post by **midlands exile** » Thu Jun 11, 2015 12:16 am

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:Welcome to the EPPP. In order to fulfil Category One status, you have to spend £2.5m per year on your youth development and have at least 18 full-time staff. And no, the figures don't add up: it just helps the rich stay rich.

Here's something a particularly livid Rochdale fan wrote about it.
http://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/why ... nd-england" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

FFS, had forgotten about EPPP, it's effects, and how the premier league forced it through. Reading that article again makes me feel empty about football. The greed of the prem is worse than fifa.