Just asking

1) There is a very good chance we would bounce right back. Last year's relegated clubs currently occupy the top three positions. The other probable relegated clubs Burnley and Sheff Utd are historically bad and are not obvious promotion candidates
2) Unless Hodgson stays, we should see much more progressive football and lots more wins. This might help keep crowd revenue stable and make fans happier
3) Pretty well all the players people want off the payroll Schlupp, Riedewald, Hughes, Tomkins, Ferguson, Clyne, and Ward are out of contract in the summer. None of them are likely to be picked up by a Premier League club and it might be worth resigning a couple at a reduced wage who could still perform at the Championship level
4) Depending on release clauses, all of our star players are signed for at least the summer of 2026. Having said that, I imagine Olise, Guehi and Andersen would all go. and I imagine we could get a reasonable fee for Johnstone or Henderson. I would think Mateta would also be pushing to leave. Doucoure is coming off an injury and Eze might stay at least whilst we are looking good for promotion. There should be 150 million+ available though the loss of TV revenue will take a chunk
5) We sign a new younger manager who has shown promise but is not at a team as good as Palace. Preferably from the Championship as he should be familiar with the top players in that division we might be after
6) Parish might learn a lesson (especially as his net worth will have taken a hit) and be more proactive in the future if he is still around
7) The Americans might bail and we could get one owner in
The youngsters will get much more play at a level where they can shine and gain confidence. Some of the current loanees may be squad-ready

Our first team could look something like

Henderson
Munoz
Richards
Holding
Mitchell
Doucoure
Wharton
Eze
Rak-Sayki
Edouard
Franca

With judicious signings, it should be stronger and some of the above would be squad players

subs would include Lerma, Ayew, Ebiowei, Ozoh, Umeh, Adamarola, Imray, Goodman/Whitworth + any holdovers (see 3)

I reckon that should be enough for 100 points!

p.s. please don't mention Charlton

The squad would be decimated by relegation

Olise - Gone
Eze - Gone
Guehi - gone
Andersen - gone
Johnstone - highly suspect will be gone
Doucoure - probably gone (depending on fitness)
Wharton - could even snapped up by another PL side - ie. Newcastle wanted him.
Edouard - probably try and offload to get his wages off the books.
Mateta - wants out anyway.

We would be left with players no other PL teams want, and we would probably end up re-signing all those out of contract. And how much of the revenue brought in by those sales would be spent on the team ? I would have serious doubts.

In conclusion, would relegation be bad idea, YES. Yes it would.

Good luck finding the glory with us!

The football in our last stint in the second tier was mostly awful. If we went down we'd likely get rid of our real stars and if the current board were still in charge they would likely be conservative with reinvesting the money, the new stand might get shelved, we'd find it even harder to find a decent manager and we'd have to get it in the ear from Brighton supporters.

On the plus side we'd be back to crowds of 12-15,000 so there'd be space for me to put my feet up.

Just out of interest, who are the younger players that would be outstanding at Championship level.

It would be catastrophic

I didn't even read your post but in answer to you silly question, take a look at how long it took Forest (a bigger club than us) to get back up. 25 years!
Take a look at Sheffield Wednesday and where they are now. There is NO guarantees a club will make an instant return and every year you are not in the Premiership clubs like us are bleeding a lot of money.
Relegation from the Premiership is never ever a good thing no matter how you try and dress it up.