Football finance writer Chris Weatherspoon has praised Sunderland's youth-focused business model while warning against the losses that come with staying in the Championship too long.
"When we talk about PSR and stuff like that, it's kind of not really an issue for Sunderland," he told BBC Radio Newcastle.
"It's not something they have to concern themselves with and that's even the case when in the Championship you're allowed to lose less money than if you're in the Premier League.
"Sunderland don't have any issues there because although they're loss making like just about every Championship club is, they're not loss making to the extent that's posing a problem.