The true cost of relegation from Division One revealed
29.09.25, 15:03 Updated 29.09.25, 15:03
The County Championship is hardly English football's Premier League - where finishing last can still bring in about £100m - but everything is relative.
The impact of Durham's mid-afternoon collapse against Yorkshire continues to reverberate around the Utilita Bowl.
And there is a heavy price to be paid at Chester-le-Street after the county dropped into Division Two.
Nottinghamshire won £540,000 for winning their first title since 2010, with Peter Moores' side sealing the County Championship in their match against Warwickshire on Thursday.
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