I've always wondered if it ever crossed the mind of a small team coming up to just think 'fuck it', take the cash, accept relegatation but secure the clubs future for a long time.
Yeah, but we saw with the Grealish money things don't always go to plan.
I'd be all for the us/Fulham/Forest approach. Life's too short, may as well go for it. Won't always work out, but there's a far higher success rate than what, say, Norwich end up with.