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There are numerous examples of what happens to clubs when they drop out the prem and the money dries up. Portsmouth may be the most severe, with Leeds coming close to liquidation too at one point. Realistically, if you don't bounce back within the first year then you are fucked and you need to act quickly to survive within your own means in the championship.
West Brom yoyo'd for a few seasons before becoming a bit more stable. Newcastle and West Ham are examples of bouncing back by keeping the nucleus of your Prem squad together and taking a big financial hit for a season to make sure of a quick return. Wigan and QPR have tried to do that this season with differing results. Wigan have a large squad by championship standards, due to wanting to compete in the Europa league, but their league results have been poor. QPR started well, but the wheels seem to be falling off and 'Arry will undoubtedly spend whatever he can get his hands on in January.
We have been back in the champ for 6 seasons now and are only just showing that we have what it takes to push for promotion again. The bounce back was never on with the shite squad we had when relegated. Players jumped ship and we had to strip our assets down and be crude with transfers and contracts. It's been a rocky ride, but we've stuck with it and it might finally pay off.
Some other clubs have wannabe oligarch chairmen who can't quite afford a prem team, but think they can throw money at a tinpot club and the shit will stick and they can get promoted. It has sort of worked for Cardiff and this is what happened at QPR when they got promoted, but the stability will never be there as the crazy businessmen chairmen seem to think they have paid enough for a push at European football straightaway.
There is talk that Leicester's money men may pull out if they don't get promoted this year leading to several of their main players entering the final 6 months of their contracts in January. They really need to go up this year. I'm sure they aren't the only ones in that situation.
TL;DR: if you don't bounce straight back up, it seems wiser to reduce costs rather than keep throwing money at a team that is underachieving.