halfcenturyup
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Yes, this seems to be the position. But surely the fact that we cooperated after the High Court ruling on the matter would be relevant in terms of deciding the punishment? Even the CAS agreed that we deserved a fairly heavy fine for not cooperating in those proceedings, but the circumstances then were quite different.
Are we sure the club fully co-operated after the HC ruling? It wasn't a ruling that the club had to co-operate was it? It was a ruling that the club couldn't, under PL rules, not co-operate.
So it's not a criminal issue to not co-operate after the HC ruling, the recourse of the PL is to charge the club under its rules ....
I only ask because the alleged breaches for non co-operation refer to all the years since the investigation began. So not only is the club alleged to have breached up to the HC ruling, but also after the HC ruling, including this season. So whatever they have charged the club with, was continuing?