This is LITERALLY the framework that is in place...it IS one rule for one & another for the rest of us...
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-guidance-on-phased-return-of-sport-and-recreation/elite-sport-return-to-cross-border-competition-guidance
It knackers your FFP calculation even more though because the expenditure has been advanced.
Then you have to employ others (perhaps fewer & perhaps on lower salaries) to do the work so it's a double-whammy.
Payback would take a while.
For what it’s worth Joe, I am steadfastly anti alcohol, gambling & vaping sponsors for sports clubs.
Don’t expect everyone to agree or for that matter anyone to change their mind as a result of reading my opinion.