I certainly wouldn't call it a "Profit". However, the money wasn't in the budget so the extra cash is nice, I'd call it a bonus rather than profit.
This is money that as soon as we got it, it went to pay off soft loans to the BoD. If we hadn't made the extra money, we'd still owe it. So whether we came into the extra cash or not, we'd still have the exact same playing bugdet.
You ask where our debt has come from? You are certainly right when you say it hasn't come from this season. Our crowds are well down this season, but then so is our playing budget.
This "debt" came from Hughes' last season in charge. More was run up last season with us paying SPL wages infront of an average gate of just 4,200. We had to win the league paying those kinds of salaries. We didn't. That's why we have so many teeenagers in our squad.
Paying off this debt will certainly reduce our overall profit. It was the same for Dundee Utd etc with sale of the likes of Goodwillie. I don't think a single penny made it to DUFC as it was gone as soon as it came in.
However, it means that next season we will be in a much stronger financial position.