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Hello, I'm Mark Chapman, welcome to the Business of Sport podcast on The Athletic.

As ever, each week, we take you behind the curtain into the world of football business

and other sports across the globe.

Alongside me from The Athletic, as ever, our football news reporter Matt Slater.

Coming up today, after EFL's salary caps in League 1 and League 2 are scrapped,

we speak to Nick DeMarco, the QC, who successfully argued the case for the PFA,

and we also get a reaction from the Akrinton Stanley Chairman Andy Holt.

And as free-to-air test cricket returns to UK screens, we'll discuss how successful the coverage

will be in reaching a wider audience with the TV analyst Julian Aquilina.

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Let's start with a big story affecting clubs lower down the professional pyramid in England

as the EFL's salary caps in League 1 and 2 were withdrawn.

The caps, which put a fixed total on the amount clubs can spend on player wages per season

in the third and fourth tier of English football were only introduced

in August. Delight to say on the pod were joined by Nick DeMarco, the QC who successfully argued

the case for the PFA. Just before we get to the PFA's case, can you just explain the mechanics

of how this case was argued over Zoom and who was involved and who made the final decision?

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