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Just a thought. I wonder if this is a way of appeasing some of the powers that be with regards to the original deal? By that I mean everyone is understandably pretty pissed off at the ridiculously suspicious deal that West Ham got and supposedly are investigating (not that I've heard much in the way of findings). So I wonder if someone has said to them "Look, this deal completely takes the piss and we're going to come at it like a tonne of bricks unless you agree to a more sensible one. Heads will roll, you mark my words" and the compromise from that has been rather than West Ham renegotiate the tenancy agreement, they've agreed to pay extra just in a semi-disguised way by being forced to take on the extra allocation for a high price even though they don't need it so that they're indirectly paying more rent. That way it sort of saves face for everyone.
Just a theory. Probably talking bollocks though. More than likely it's just that SUlivan, Gold, and Brady are just completely clueless and got their sums wrong.
With the money they get from tv rights I don't they are worried about match day revenue, they just want to get bragging rights to give it large about being with the big boys.