Five months and another useless PM later, the government is expected to finally publish its white paper on football governance this week,
probably Thursday.
The EFL is meanwhile still trying to get the Prem to budge on the EFL's demand for 25% of the Prem cash, but has no real bargaining chips, except their offer to fuck about with the EFL Cup format.
Interesting that Rick Parry is citing the spurious "£12m-a-year" figure that the Hemmings have supposedly been putting in all these years - Peter is obviously happy for that myth to percolate around EFL Towers, and for Parry to portray PNE as a poster child for owner generosity and "a really well-run, sensible club" under Peter's own expert guidance:
RP: "The dependence on owner funding is bad. Craig Hemmings (son of long-time Preston owner Trevor who died in 2021) wrote to supporters on behalf of the Preston ownership.
"Preston are a really well-run, sensible club. They are not chasing the dream and not over-spending. But he pointed out their annual budget is £24m and of that, the Hemmings family provide £12m every year. Who replaces the Hemmings family? Who comes to Preston and says 'starting point £12m-a-year'."
Who indeed.
The Football League (EFL) is prepared to discuss "pretty much every possibility" for the future of the EFL Cup as part of its vision for the game.
www.bbc.co.uk