Fair enough is there any official confirmation of those sanctions?
Crucially, this harmonisation of the rules comes with the blessing of the Premier League - so we shouldn’t see any repeat of the stand-offs that arose (and are still ongoing) with QPR and Leicester. Previously, the Premier League bosses refused to help the Football League collect the ‘Fair Play Tax’ fines for clubs that overspent but won promotion – this lack of support significantly undermined the Football League and severely impacted on the effectiveness of the Football League punishments.
Any punishment for breach of the rules will be determined by an independent panel (the ‘Fair Play Panel’).But what are the potential punishments? Previously the Football League has only been able to either; fine promoted clubs (a fine the Premier League didn’t help them collect), or impose a transfer embargo for historic overspending (which always like a stable-door/horse scenario). With this change, a wide range of punishments are now available. Nothing is off the table; the Football League are now able to impose a points deduction during the current season, or demote a club from an automatic promotion position into the play-offs (or out of the play-offs altogether). Transfer embargoes are also available (with the earliest one potentially applying during the Summer 2017 Transfer window.
Surely, any punishment has to be stated in advance. Clearly the magnitude of a fine will need to be assessed after the event depending on the severity but points deduction or preventing promotion cannot be left until after the event as you can just imagine the impartiality that could come into play.
Quote from: old man villa fan on May 14, 2017, 10:37:03 PMSurely, any punishment has to be stated in advance. Clearly the magnitude of a fine will need to be assessed after the event depending on the severity but points deduction or preventing promotion cannot be left until after the event as you can just imagine the impartiality that could come into play.So far the punishment for similar has been transfer embargoes.Or turning a blind eye to blatant book cooking.
Quote from: ChicagoLion on May 15, 2017, 12:59:32 PMQuote from: old man villa fan on May 14, 2017, 10:37:03 PMSurely, any punishment has to be stated in advance. Clearly the magnitude of a fine will need to be assessed after the event depending on the severity but points deduction or preventing promotion cannot be left until after the event as you can just imagine the impartiality that could come into play.So far the punishment for similar has been transfer embargoes.Or turning a blind eye to blatant book cooking.You can bet that if we were in breach, we would have the book thrown at us.
I am not overly concerned at the teams dropping. It's not like they are teams full of good players who are likely to stop with them.
Quote from: cheltenhamlion on May 14, 2017, 01:37:50 PMI am not overly concerned at the teams dropping. It's not like they are teams full of good players who are likely to stop with them.Depending on who Boro get in as a new manager, they should be solid enough. They have a Gabby problem in their squad re the ever expanding Stewart Downing but their coaches never gave them a chance with their negative tactics last season and poor recruitment on crap like Traore. Sunderland look ripe for a takeover, Pickford and Defoe should bring in a decent amount of cash and a lot of their deadwood are out of contract. Hull will probably get relegated again
Worryingly the Telegraph has an article suggesting we have allready blown our best chance of returning to the PL based on recent statistics.
Quote from: ChicagoLion on May 19, 2017, 01:07:27 PMWorryingly the Telegraph has an article suggesting we have allready blown our best chance of returning to the PL based on recent statistics.In those statistics, how many clubs were of similar size or stature or conversely how many were the absolute shambles we'd become?We defy statistics. Statistics can fuck off.