It is a far cry from the Big Three clubs meeting over a lavish dinner in New York, but the lower leagues have held their own clandestine meeting at a Holiday Inn outside Walsall this week.
Eleven clubs from Leagues One and Two were discussing the same grievance as Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester United across the Pond — the distribution of TV revenue — although the numbers involved and the ambience were very different.
The Premier League giants want an increased percentage of the £3.6billion overseas money, while the smaller clubs want a bigger slice of the EFL's new £600m five-year deal.