As Morecambe becomes the latest football club to teeter on the edge of oblivion, perhaps it is a good time to take another look at why so many clubs, across the entire professional pyramid in England, are struggling with the most basic requirement of making sure they can pay wages on time. The focus of much of the debate about football finances in the last 2 years has been around seeking to increase the amount of revenue that flows down the pyramid from the EPL, and the potential for a football regulator to force that to happen if no agreement can be reached between the two bodies. But this misses the point; there is no purpose in pouring more water into a funnel when it runs straight out of the bottom. If every club in the EFL received another million pounds tomorrow, it would do nothing to stabilise their finances, but would simply throw more petrol on the wage inflation flames. One issue guaranteed to cause controversy amongst all of those interested in football is salary...