The only, only reason I can see something like this being in any way justified is that the big clubs rely heavily on revenue from Europe due to astronomical wages and signing expectations. But even then, awfully run clubs like ours have been absent from the champions league more in the last 8 years than ever, and we’re still generating massive, record breaking turnover figures.
That’s it though, besides that it’s a disgusting concept that is clearly born out of the business mindset in football now. The horrible cnuts that run our clubs need to be run out of town and we need to fecking start again. I’d happily support a lesser United team than what we’re becoming/have already become.