Double drops from Premier League on the rise — SkimNews
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- Burnley are in the Championship relegation zone and on a record 378-day winless home run, raising fears of a double drop after their 2023 Premier League relegation
- Leicester City suffered a double drop to League One in 2024, sealed by a six-point deduction for breaching profit and sustainability rules, despite finishing only five points from safety
- Wolves, Sunderland, and Luton are among the four clubs to suffer a double drop since 2011-12, compared to just once in the first 20 Premier League seasons
- Parachute payments give relegated Premier League clubs £48m in year one and £39m in year two, making them more than four times as likely to earn promotion back
- The Independent Football Regulator recommends replacing equal Championship solidarity payments with merit-based funding to reduce the financial distortion caused by parachute payments
- Jobi McAnuff, EFL pundit and former midfielder, attributes Luton and Leicester’s double drops to mismanagement, including player entitlement and failure to adjust post-relegation
Why it matters: The rising frequency of double drops threatens the financial and competitive stability of clubs exiting the Premier League, especially as parachute payments create a 27-point average advantage in the Championship, skewing promotion odds and increasing pressure to reform league funding.
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