The Championship's big beasts planning to push for a more lucrative TV deal at their meeting on Monday will be called greedy and self-interested but I would dispute that. They have been getting a raw deal for years like the rest of us.

TV money is football now, and Premier League clubs can rely on it to provide as much as three-quarters of their income, while Football League chairmen have to dig into their own pockets to make up the shortfall.

There is just one place between the Premier League's bottom club and the Championship winners in the pyramid, but there is a gulf in broadcast revenue of almost £100 million.

The Championship is not some tin-pot division sitting beneath the Premier League now, it is a major league and big business. Owners such as Andrea Radrizzani at Leeds United are serious operators, and they are going to bring their experience to bear on issues like this.

In Radrizzani's case, he owns a media company. He knows the value of broadcast rights and you cannot fob off people like that, they need to be listened to.