We live within our means because of FFP (not because FSG are running a business obvs).
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This is confounding.
The CAS banned the Chinese swimmer for not cooperating (he failed to submit to a drug test) for 8 years. He was not proven to have taken performance enhancing drugs, but his conduct undermined the drug testing regime.
By their own rationale, CAS ought to have banned City for more than two years. Something stinks.
The CAS banned the Chinese swimmer for not cooperating (he failed to submit to a drug test) for 8 years. He was not proven to have taken performance enhancing drugs, but his conduct undermined the drug testing regime.
By their own rationale, CAS ought to have banned City for more than two years. Something stinks.
Its called money..
The chinese swimmer had none or the communist state was not willing to pay.
Man City seemingly have paid.
Not only was the ban not upheld. But the fine slashed.
Despite CAS admitting some guilt.
Well what a croc of shit this is
Interesting footnote on Sky Sports newsfeed - let's hope the Premier League don't fold, am sure they'll be reading the full judgement with great interest.
While Manchester City's European ban has been overturned by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, they do remain under investigation by the Premier League.
The league opened their investigation in March 2019 - just one day after UEFA revealed they were looking into the claims that City had breached their financial fair play rules.
The league opened their investigation in March 2019 - just one day after UEFA revealed they were looking into the claims that City had breached their financial fair play rules.
The Premier League are looking into those same allegations, as well as claims over City's recruitment of academy players and third-party ownership.
Their investigation is wider though. Even if they fold on FFP, they will get a lot pressure on youth recruitment from the rest of the League - it was getting impossible for clubs to recruit the best kids because they couldn't (ethically) / wouldn't (financially) match what City were offering those kids' parents. If there's TPO issues, FIFA will be all over that like a rash.
TPO?
no need to apologize ... thanks !
If the offences were committed in 2015 and the UEFA investigation started in 2019 how is that outside the 5 year limit?
Is anyone actually surprised? It was always going to happen. City have enough money to keep CAS and UEFA tied up in court forever had they not been successful. This ruling suits all parties.
It means UEFA might as well not have any rules and that FFP is dead. I'm not arsed about that as FFP was a farce from the off. It's just that it leads to a situation where any law seems unenforceable. I mean compare it to juicing up. Say UEFA asked for internal drug testing results are clubs allowed to say no? That's how City got away with this. Just ignoring it so as not to incriminate themselves.
Thanks - you picked up on exactly the point I was alluding to. Obviously FSG are sitting on a trillion quid they’d just love to blow on transfers but aren’t doing so simply because of the FFP Rules. Ffs.
This.
What were people expecting. City had already been investigated, charged, found guilty and punished.
They were never going to be re-punished for the same thing - so something additional had to be proven.
They’ve now been found guilty of not co-operating with UEFA - but UEFA failed to prove that, in addition, City misrepresented their sponsorship earnings.
That’s the crux - despite how much fun it would have been to see City banned, UEFA actually had to prove the cheating - which in this case means they would have had to prove City’s owners paid a large proportion of the Etihad sponsorship deal.
UEFA’s evidence appears to have been some hacked emails and City’s non-cooperation.
I do think think this was posturing from UEFA to make it look like they’d done the right thing.
I wouldn’t expect the Premier League to even bother their arses looking at FFP.
See, I don’t think you’re right here - it would be more like they’d been convicted and punished for “minor juicing” but years later it was alleged that it was more prevalent - a greater punishment was handed down, but there wasn’t enough evidence to convict.
This isn’t correct though. Wolands is nearer the mark. They haven’t been punished AT ALL for FFP, the fine relates to their conduct during the investigation. Reporting 8m of income as 68m and getting the cash from elsewhere has passed by completely untouched
You don't even need to say no, all of the following would suffice for the appeal hearing
Dehydrated, sorry, can't piss.
Moving home, forgot
I'm gay, don't harrass me
Is it cos I is black?
I have identified as female, how dare you force me to use my dick to piss into that cup
I suffered trauma in the Falkands whereby I have a medical condition where I can no longer piss
Gone to pizza express, come back another time
I was in pizza express seems a reasonable excuse these days.
Ok, so now the whole sport will be a awash with ludicrous spending. What a difference a day makes.
And my mate bob said that's market rate for such a deal
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