wont it have saved leeds from dropping down the leagues though?

At the expense of smaller clubs without the revenue to compete, yes.

teams like everton and swansea arent doing too bad while not spending loads of money, and the FFP isnt even in effect yet. clubs would have to choose wisely on who to spend there money on, which will probably reduce player costs since no1 is going to pay £80m for a player like ronaldo ever again.

But if its based on income then Man Utd, Arsenal et al with large onshore and offshore fanbases and large stadiums bringing in the dough will still be able to spend significant sums, whilst Wigan, for example, would have about £2m to spend a year, resulting in an even bigger gap.

even without FFP, wigan weren't going to be spending big money on players unless they were bought by a billionaire. no club can expect to be like man utd or arsenal over a couple years anyway. like man utd did when the PL started, they will need to rely/invest in young players from the academy. obviously, the better players will be bought by the bigger teams, but then if they invest that money wisely, they can slowly get better and better

need some more rules/regulations to prevent the top clubs from snatching prospects for free from the smaller clubs too though

Well that could still apply now without the FFP regulations

Also It's a whole different ball game from when the PL started.

If Leeds had won the premier league for the first few years rather than Man Utd, they could arguably be one of the biggest clubs in the world now. If they got promoted and won the premier league in say 5 years they still won't be a huge team because teams such as United have already got the massive overseas support that their success has brought them.

Also Man Utd didn't rely on young players at start of PL. 93-96 they had players such as Bruce, Pallister, Irwin, Parker, Robson, Kanchelskis, Cantona, Hughes, Mclair,

Fair enough they had Giggs and Sharpe, as well as Beckham Neville et al coming through.

Also you seen the Jerry Lawler collapsed at Raw last night?

good point

im watching it now and was going to comment about it but wasnt over yet so it wouldnt have been up to date

he started breathing heavily (from twitter, i didnt notice it), collapsed, got stretchered backstage, had CPR, and was taken to hospital and is breathing on his own

he had a match not too long before that too

also michael cole stopped commentating after it happened

"he fell out of his chair"

Glad he's alright. Hopefully this means he stops bloody wrestling. Don't think I'll bother watching it. Was just reading that Cole held himself together pretty well on commentary.

ye he seemed pretty upset at what happened when he was updating us on lawlers situation

Hope they don't try and incorporate it into a storyline!!

probably will though since he had a small feud with cm punk the last couple of weeks.

also WWE dont have a good record in this kind of situation.
when eddie guerero died they made fun of him

They made fun of him?

Respect to Michael Cole, he handled the situation very well.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/975285-wwes-15-most-tasteless-offensive-storylines-ever/page/15

Are you referring to Batista's heel turn?

not so much 'made fun of' but still disrespectful

Oh, that's b0ll0x.

Bleacher report is stupid.

they are but they just reporting what actually happened

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9obJH5mCUw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yXhn_8xJto&NR=1&feature=fvwp

It's the emotive language they use. They make it seem like it's the worst thing ever and a major disrespect to Eddie when it's just another ploy used to help heel characters get over.