Overview
- Championship clubs, which voted Friday, approved Squad Cost Rules to replace Profitability and Sustainability from the 2026–27 season by a 20–4 margin.
- Under SCR, first‑team costs such as player and manager wages, agent fees, and transfer fee amortisation are capped at 85% of a club’s football income.
- The EFL said owner funding is limited to £33m over three years with a per‑season ceiling of £15m, and only equity injections count toward that allowance.
- Rules will be checked in season through real‑time monitoring, with reported sanctions including an automatic six‑point deduction for breaches and further points tied to the size of any overspend.
- League One separately tightened its wage controls by cutting the cap from 60% to 50% of turnover and adding manager pay, a shift analysts say could widen the gap to the Championship as bigger clubs gain more headroom to chase promotion.