Football League agrees new 'solidarity' deal

The arrangement - revealed as the Football League announced its new broadcast deal with Sky Sports - represents the first contracted link between the TV incomes of the two bodies since the formation of the Premier League in 1992.

Under the new agreement, parachute payments to relegated top-flight sides will be reduced to three seasons from four, with other Championship clubs who are not in receipt of such payments being awarded a financial injection equivalent to 30 per cent of a third-year parachute payment.

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