Premier League clubs will pitch in £250,000 apiece to ensure outgoing chairman Richard Scudamore receives a payment of £5 million for his many years of service, despite a backlash from fans and supporters' groups.
The payoff will be distributed over three years after all 20 teams were asked to stump up the funds by Chelsea chairman Bruce Buck, per BBC Sport. Scudamore will leave his post in December to be replaced by Susanna Dinnage.
Paying Scudamore for his work has angered many, including The Football Supporters' Federation:
"Premier League clubs have always told fan groups that budgets are planned in advance and there's not a surplus of cash lying around from their extremely lucrative TV deal.