While everyone is catching their breath and getting a drink, check out this sensational goal from MLS yesterday:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK9l1LlLuyk
What give players massive contracts that won't be sustainable should they get relegated and end up like Fulham
If you need to invest another 30 million plus massive contracts to stay up may as well not bother coming up. Threat of relegation makes it pointless
Well, you do and I don't think they have to be massive contracts for the record. Hull signed Livermore, Huddlestone for £8m and £5m but surely aren't giving them "massive" wages. £25-30k a week is an amount that most players will be happy with and understand is probably the most they'll be able to get unless they're playing at a top tier team. You could fund an entire squad of players making this for 4-5 years with just using 1 year's worth of TV money you'll get out of going up (all of the parachute money is just extra if you go right back down). If the player is any good, someone will poach him for a similar fee if you go back down (see Gary Medel and others for recent examples).
If you buy abroad, you could get very good players for £5m who'd be clamoring to make £30k a week. It's only if you must sign English that you'll need to be concerned.