?% Villa: Tapping up and are we the only club ever charged?

[Somniloquism]

With Martin Edwards confession that he illegally approached Old Beetroot face before he officially approached Aberdeen, and at least two books saying that Fergie approached players without their clubs knowledge, is the fact of lack of charges or follow up down to the fact that everyone does it?

We obviously did it with McCleish and had to pay for it but as far as I'm aware, we are the only Prem club who has been fined for apparently tapping up a player even though 'Arry seems to do the same every other interview. As anyone else been done in a similar way?

[Vanilla]

Villa could have gone to court, but were obviously informed by their legal advisors that the evidence was very strong, so paid an out of court settlement.

[supertom]

It just seems to be the way. Everyone knows it happens like that. I don't really see a difference. If someone gets their head turned then there's little you can do about it. If we'd gone about getting McLeish via the "official" channels, then even with their best efforts to keep it from him, his owners would have no chance. He'd get wind of it through some channel or another. Same with players.
Who cares though? If they're gonna go they're gonna go.