City launch legal action against the Premier League | Club & PL reach settlement | Proceedings dropped (p1147)

[bobbyowenquiff]

He is a total moron

 

[oldius]

Is this understanding correct?

City brought two cases against the PL. The first, that the APT rules were unlawful. This was agreed by the tribunal.
As a consequence of this case, some rules were rewritten including issues around shareholder loans having to meet fair market 'lending rates'.
City's further point was that the rules, in entirety needed to be rewritten.

The second was against the PL for the block of sponsorship by Etihad Airways.
As a result of today's settlement, MCFC can proceed with the sponsorship.
MCFC have agreed to accept the new rulebook as it stands ( with the amendments but not a full rewrite).

 

[slbsn]

City have never been against the idea of APT rules per se though have we?

That isn't what they argued.

 

[dublinblue12]

I don't really undertand it all

 

[Dodge]

This bit is absolute bollocks.

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Does this mean from today or have we forgot the shit flung at us by the fat twat Masters?

The whole point of the 115 is exactly that, we've been treated differently and accused of stuff and that other clubs running like a bag shit get overlooked......or treated differently.

Odd wording.

Today's the day we became official members of the "cartel".

"@mancity are confident they will not be treated differently to any other TOP-4 club going forward" would have been better wording.

In 2023 our immediate rivals benefited from some eye-watering shareholders loans - Arsenal (£259m), Chelsea (£146m) and Liverpool (£137m). We drop the case and presumably any retrospective deep dive into their accounts simply goes away. This leaves Newcastle & Villa on their own to fight a battle for which I doubt they have the stomach, without City leading the way.

I fully expect that the PL is about to exonerate City and the 115 will be "settled" in the same way as APT. Shrouded in secrecy, NDA's and reporting restrictions. Khaldoon's promise to name and shame will be shelved. We will take the "pinch" without explanation. It's worth remembering that Khaldoon is a product of the all-American private school establishment, so don't be fooled that the colour of a man's skin in any way denies access to the financial elite.

Why now? Simply because the potless, debt-ridden, atrociously run rags have now been culled from the cartel and we have replaced them. They're following the money and future-proofing. The demise of Levy at Spuds ends any pretentions they had of sitting at the big boys table. Newcastle & Villa will continue to be on the outside looking in.

The cashcows of North & West London, East Manchester & that shithole at the end of the East Lancs will ride off into the distance, with the new status-quo ring fenced for decades.

Ticket partners, agencies, dynamic pricing, no season tickets, data driven tourist destinations. Hotels. Digital. Virtual. AI. Facial recognition. This is the future of elite football in England.

Clear and obvious.

 

[Marvin.]

Is this understanding correct?

City brought two cases against the PL. The first, that the APT rules were unlawful. This was agreed by the tribunal.
As a consequence of this case, some rules were rewritten including issues around shareholder loans having to meet fair market 'lending rates'.
City's further point was that the rules, in entirety needed to be rewritten.

The second was against the PL for the block of sponsorship by Etihad Airways.
As a result of today's settlement, MCFC can proceed with the sponsorship.
MCFC have agreed to accept the new rulebook as it stands ( with the amendments but not a full rewrite).

I think so but there is nothing in City or the PL's statement that says that City can proceed with former sponsorship arrangements but observers have assumed City have secured this as a quid pro quo in return for dropping the legal action.

 

[East Level 2]

Exactly.
We will only fight legal battles that help City. Other clubs must fight their own battles.

Other clubs see their battles as being against us.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

Maybe not wanting to rock the boat more than it needs to be from our end.
I think this may be part of the deal to save the PL’s face.
I can’t help but thinking this does tie into the 115 case despite all the noise saying otherwise but no one will ever know I guess

It is not linked legally but it is in terms of comms and reputation,

 

[LangleyBlue1970]

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Perfect!

 

[halfcenturyup]

Today's the day we became official members of the "cartel".

"@mancity are confident they will not be treated differently to any other TOP-4 club going forward" would have been better wording.

In 2023 our immediate rivals benefited from some eye-watering shareholders loans - Arsenal (£259m), Chelsea (£146m) and Liverpool (£137m). We drop the case and presumably any retrospective deep dive into their accounts simply goes away. This leaves Newcastle & Villa on their own to fight a battle for which I doubt they have the stomach, without City leading the way.

I fully expect that the PL is about to exonerate City and the 115 will be "settled" in the same way as APT. Shrouded in secrecy, NDA's and reporting restrictions. Khaldoon's promise to name and shame will be shelved. We will take the "pinch" without explanation. It's worth remembering that Khaldoon is a product of the all-American private school establishment, so don't be fooled that the colour of a man's skin in any way denies access to the financial elite.

Why now? Simply because the potless, debt-ridden, atrociously run rags have now been culled from the cartel and we have replaced them. They're following the money and future-proofing. The demise of Levy at Spuds ends any pretentions they had of sitting at the big boys table. Newcastle & Villa will continue to be on the outside looking in.

The cashcows of North & West London, East Manchester & that shithole at the end of the East Lancs will ride off into the distance, with the new status-quo ring fenced for decades.

Ticket partners, agencies, dynamic pricing, no season tickets, data driven tourist destinations. Hotels. Digital. Virtual. AI. Facial recognition. This is the future of elite football in England.

Clear and obvious.

It was their final, most essential command.

 

[johnny crossan]

That isn't what they argued.

any reasons to be cheerful at all Stefan?

 

[halfcenturyup]

I think so but there is nothing in City or the PL's statement that says that City can proceed with former sponsorship arrangements but observers have assumed City have secured this as a quid pro quo in return for dropping the legal action.

You have assumed that observers have assumed.

 

[A590 blues]

Oh see your back on your soapbox again. Want does Clive think??

Never mind Clive where is block 30

 

[John Wayne]

Today's the day we became official members of the "cartel".

"@mancity are confident they will not be treated differently to any other TOP-4 club going forward" would have been better wording.

In 2023 our immediate rivals benefited from some eye-watering shareholders loans - Arsenal (£259m), Chelsea (£146m) and Liverpool (£137m). We drop the case and presumably any retrospective deep dive into their accounts simply goes away. This leaves Newcastle & Villa on their own to fight a battle for which I doubt they have the stomach, without City leading the way.

I fully expect that the PL is about to exonerate City and the 115 will be "settled" in the same way as APT. Shrouded in secrecy, NDA's and reporting restrictions. Khaldoon's promise to name and shame will be shelved. We will take the "pinch" without explanation. It's worth remembering that Khaldoon is a product of the all-American private school establishment, so don't be fooled that the colour of a man's skin in any way denies access to the financial elite.

Why now? Simply because the potless, debt-ridden, atrociously run rags have now been culled from the cartel and we have replaced them. They're following the money and future-proofing. The demise of Levy at Spuds ends any pretentions they had of sitting at the big boys table. Newcastle & Villa will continue to be on the outside looking in.

The cashcows of North & West London, East Manchester & that shithole at the end of the East Lancs will ride off into the distance, with the new status-quo ring fenced for decades.

Ticket partners, agencies, dynamic pricing, no season tickets, data driven tourist destinations. Hotels. Digital. Virtual. AI. Facial recognition. This is the future of elite football in England.

Clear and obvious.

I really don't see how 115 can be "settled" at this point.

 

[bobbyowenquiff]

BBC article omits the following key passage…

The Tribunal found in Manchester City’s favour, ultimately deciding that all three of the unlawful APT provisions were not severable from the remainder of the APT Rules with the effect that the APT Rules were void and unenforceable in their entirety.

The BBC are so in on City being guilty narrative dictated by their Red masters that they can’t bring themselves to report factually when it comes to us.

The BBC article is totally distorted.

 

[slbsn]

any reasons to be cheerful at all Stefan?

Yes - we wouldn't have settled without something. And City have just an enormous sponsorship underpinning the club's funding for a generation.

 

[Matt Diablo]

I wonder if this clears the decks for an imminent announcement on the charges

What that we aint guilty mate. Could have told you that ages ago;)

 

[IronsideKozuch]

Pure speculation, but really hope the whole picture is wider. Why City would settle if theres no the other side of the deal, meaning 115? Its really possible. My feeling is we would fight till the end otherwise. Firstly for the Etihad deal, but secondly to support our claims against PRS, that rules could have been unjust even in the first place and thus void. Announcement is another thing, optics requires to make a longer pause, but ultimately it might be the sign of things to come for 115+.

 

[Matt Diablo]

The Times and The Mail are both reporting this as a win for City, for what it's worth.

Yeah 5live didn't. Said we reached an agreement. Bstards

 

[Marvin.]

Today's the day we became official members of the "cartel".

"@mancity are confident they will not be treated differently to any other TOP-4 club going forward" would have been better wording.

In 2023 our immediate rivals benefited from some eye-watering shareholders loans - Arsenal (£259m), Chelsea (£146m) and Liverpool (£137m). We drop the case and presumably any retrospective deep dive into their accounts simply goes away. This leaves Newcastle & Villa on their own to fight a battle for which I doubt they have the stomach, without City leading the way.

I fully expect that the PL is about to exonerate City and the 115 will be "settled" in the same way as APT. Shrouded in secrecy, NDA's and reporting restrictions. Khaldoon's promise to name and shame will be shelved. We will take the "pinch" without explanation. It's worth remembering that Khaldoon is a product of the all-American private school establishment, so don't be fooled that the colour of a man's skin in any way denies access to the financial elite.

Why now? Simply because the potless, debt-ridden, atrociously run rags have now been culled from the cartel and we have replaced them. They're following the money and future-proofing. The demise of Levy at Spuds ends any pretentions they had of sitting at the big boys table. Newcastle & Villa will continue to be on the outside looking in.

The cashcows of North & West London, East Manchester & that shithole at the end of the East Lancs will ride off into the distance, with the new status-quo ring fenced for decades.

Ticket partners, agencies, dynamic pricing, no season tickets, data driven tourist destinations. Hotels. Digital. Virtual. AI. Facial recognition. This is the future of elite football in England.

Clear and obvious.

The club and PL have made no statement for anyone to interpret other than the APT case has been terminated.

Khaldoon, might have been educated in the US, but they can at the drop of a hat exclude who they want from access to the financial elite. See Abramovic, and Trump's various diktats. They do that all the time. They blacklist who they like, when they like.