I know at one point they were writing off 67m from the 139m, but that may have changed. If it's right though they must have written off even more from 20/21 to reach the £125m.
That was my initial reaction, but it's not really comparable IMO. If FFP is about stopping clubs spending too much and going bankrupt, then it makes sense to make going into administration a harsher punishment. However this is really about trying to cheat the system to stay in the league by spending beyond the limit, so a harsher sanction is fair enough.
The FA (who should have investigated at the time of the alleged offence and cannot presently explain why they did not ) cannot find the paperwork. It might even have been destroyed under Data Protection laws.
On a serious note would not surprise me if new rules brought in to punish the teams moaning about var decisions with points deductions as well as the fines currentlyIndeed, and then dock Wolves the 10 points because of their complaints about VAR…
If the FA keep doubling down on ridiculous punishments they make legal challenges to their wholly discredited disciplinary process ever more certain.
Stop it so now they are victims of covid…….
Yup what they are basically saying is that the whole rotten edifice was built on foundations of sand and it is unfair that they are being punished for their stupidity in doing that because the tide coming in caused the issue.....
www.thetimes.co.uk
Panel who punished Everton will decide on rivals’ compensation claims
Burnley and Leicester City, who finished 18th in the Premier League in the past two seasons respectively, would appear to have the strongest case for damages
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There is, same as last year, 40,000 documents to go through (although presumably a lot fewer this time) However I think they (and other clubs under threat of missing the limit) are supposed to submit by 31st December. Although why it takes that long you'd need someone better qualified than me to tell you!Everton lodged its 2021/22 accounts with Companies House on the 12th of April 2023.
The panel took 7 months to reach their decision.
Should Everton post another loss for 2022/23 in April 2024, would there be any reason for the same panel to take more than 7 weeks to make a decision?
EVERTON FOOTBALL CLUB COMPANY, LIMITED filing history - Find and update company information - GOV.UK
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Basically they’ve had a massive touch that it took until this season and until it was evident that a 10 point deduction wouldn’t relegate them for the 10 point deduction to be handed out.
The judgement by the same people who will hear the cases from those relegated clubs said that Everton didn’t gain a competitive advantage by doing what they did.
This is the thing, it depends how much of a legal hole the punishment has created.
I can’t even fathom how anyone can claim they didn’t gain a competitive advantage. They didn’t even try to sell the family silver to attempt to comply and still actually signed players. For me that smacks of them choosing between relegation or taking their chances with whatever punishment gets dished out down the line.
The PL can have whatever processes it wants. I assume that unless they signed up to those processes being binding and final any club unhappy with the findings has the option of going to a real Court.
I mean if they'd got lucky and absolutely hit the jackpot with all of those signings would anyone have credibly claimed spending beyond their means didn't give them a sporting advantage. They had one, they just wasted it
I absolutely agree with your general sentiment.
Which is why there shouldn't be any sympathy
I think you’re bang on the money, they’re showing their teeth a bit prior to the independent regulator coming in. I’m sure the regulators first thing will be “what have you guys been doing to self regulate for 20 years”.
I agree but can't help thinking that all that a spasm of late activity actually does is highlight the complete inactivity for a decade plus.
100%
Thinking back to Portsmouth 10 years ago, I always got the feeling that the FA/PL were more concerned about the image of the league Worldwide and didn't want to see clubs fail. The eventual points deduction was like a last resort.
If that is his definition of success lol.... Methinks the sarcasm is strong in this one!
It certainly is. Good on him
I think short term the regulator will be a good thing, it’ll put a bit of panic into clubs used to just doing what they want, when they want. Long term I’m sure complacency will set it, with a nice mix of corruption and the “big” clubs will carry on as they want to.
