With such unequal injections of wealth into various English Premier League teams, this article explains why the second-division English league, the Championship league, can be more entertaining. With such a low financed group of teams, all have relatively similar chances of being promoted or relegated, with it coming down to the luck and skill of an individual player in a game. The author discusses how in the EPL, it is always going to be clear who would win a non-headliner game, such as Manchester United against Cardiff City, but in the Championship league, anything can happen. With better odds against all teams, the second-division league provides spectators with a more affordable, and evenly matched set of games, compared to the first division.
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