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They'll get a points deduction and fine, then appeal and it will all be reduced. I am almost as cynical about football as politics. And that actually makes me feel sad and angry.
a lot of these charges are from 2009 - 2015 but guess if they didn't over spend then Pep and co wouldn't have come in and taken them to ridiculous heights
When you see what Chelsea are allowed to spend and how they are doing it this all feels a bit of a farce
Club owners should be allowed to spend what they want but regulation should be that they sign up that any debt will not be put on the club and they have to pay for it
a lot of these charges are from 2009 - 2015 but guess if they didn't over spend then Pep and co wouldn't have come in and taken them to ridiculous heights
When you see what Chelsea are allowed to spend and how they are doing it this all feels a bit of a farce
Club owners should be allowed to spend what they want but regulation should be that they sign up that any debt will not be put on the club and they have to pay for it
Couldn’t disagree more on the last paragraph Dave.
It’s no different from doping.
Spending limits should be established as a ratio of supporter related income streams:
- Merchandise sales - Match day revenue - TV money
That list is non exhaustive.
I think that you should have a licence to buy a football club, after extensive means testing, and tougher sanctions on owners rather than clubs.
Couldn’t disagree more on the last paragraph Dave.
It’s no different from doping.
Spending limits should be established as a ratio of supporter related income streams:
- Merchandise sales - Match day revenue - TV money
That list is non exhaustive.
I think that you should have a licence to buy a football club, after extensive means testing, and tougher sanctions on owners rather than clubs.
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Agree with your last paragraph.
Re: "spending limits should be established as a ratio of supporter related income streams", if we had that back in the day, Jim Gregory wouldn't have been able to do what he did.
"The opposite of love, after all, is not hate, but indifference."
They'll bury them in paper and the best lawyers in the world. Did a I read they've submitted a million documents into discovery? Good luck with that.
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Just putting my Forensic Lawyer hat on, Document discovery and subsequent Disclosure is done pre-trial, so they'll have already done all of that, and is probably one of the reasons why it's taken so long to get to trial - they'll have known the volume of data to review and set the trial date accordingly yonks ago...
Nothing will happen and Man City's lawyers will tie them up in knots and if they get close to anything the lawyers will launch some kind of counter suit for wrongful allegations and that will dwarf anything being thrown at them. So, in a nutshell, nothing will happen.
Just putting my Forensic Lawyer hat on, Document discovery and subsequent Disclosure is done pre-trial, so they'll have already done all of that, and is probably one of the reasons why it's taken so long to get to trial - they'll have known the volume of data to review and set the trial date accordingly yonks ago...
Re: "spending limits should be established as a ratio of supporter related income streams", if we had that back in the day, Jim Gregory wouldn't have been able to do what he did.
Dare I say it Bri, a lot of clubs did what Man City are doing now. Clough’s Forest teams and Blackburn in the 90s spring to mind.
Let’s take our QPR hats off a minute, if Gregory pulled those stunts today for another club we’d have something to say.
I won’t go into that Warnock side that won promotion for us either!
I can accept a club with 3 times our gates and 10 times our merchandise income outspending us. I can’t except a wealthy gulf state or indidvudual taking over a club just because that happens to be what he saw out the window of his/her helicopter.
Its not related to over spending and owners spending what they want though - this seems to be a real common misconception.
A lot of the charges, and most serious, relate to over inflating income from spurious sponsorship with connected companies, and paying managers/players through different bodies, Mancini being the most well publicised.
I'm sure Nico knows a hell of a lot more of the detail than any of us, and its all a lot more complex than my very simple statement above, but this is a fraud case, not simply "spending what they want" which is what Manchester City would no doubt like everyone to think what it is to keep people on their side.
Its not related to over spending and owners spending what they want though - this seems to be a real common misconception.
A lot of the charges, and most serious, relate to over inflating income from spurious sponsorship with connected companies, and paying managers/players through different bodies, Mancini being the most well publicised.
I'm sure Nico knows a hell of a lot more of the detail than any of us, and its all a lot more complex than my very simple statement above, but this is a fraud case, not simply "spending what they want" which is what Manchester City would no doubt like everyone to think what it is to keep people on their side.
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