Recent content by halfcenturyup

I suspect normal costs are being paid on a monthly basis and so are spread over the teams who are in the league in each of the years, as they are paid. There would likely be a up front payment which will have been funded out of the PL's reserves, I suppose. Where clubs may have a shock is when...

You called?

"When they sing, the Germans link arms and rock sideways; it's best described as horizontal marching."

More like arthritic hillock.

Maybe, but that sounds suspiciously like the argument that the leaked emails are definite proof of the club's guilt. There was still a case for starting the investigation and referring the allegations even if Masters said in an email "we are going to screw the bastards". Remember the APT case...

I don't mind opening cans of worms :) Remember I am talking about the most serious allegations here. I don't care about the minor ones. So there are a few main reasons, really. First, the club wants all these matters settled once and for all. Secondly, it was calling the PL's bluff - you...

You should be able rely on experts for their opinions in their particular area of expertise (clearly that doesn't work for football). That doesn't mean everything an expert says on every other matter should be accepted without question, though.

I think the point is that the emails gave the PL a prima facie case to start an investigation and refer allegations to the disciplinary panel if they didn't get satisfactory answers. They had a reasonable basis to proceed. If that original case wasn't there, they would be in trouble if they...

Now you've done it :)

Well, now you've got that off your chest, I'll take it on the chin. You didn't address the point (which purely related to people at the club acknowledging to you that the award may say things they don't like) but that's OK, you don't have to. And, as you're not replying any more, I get the...

Well, of course. What I suppose some people are finding hard to believe is that they are discussing this with external people who they must know will share it publicly when they have a very clear external communication message in place. I can just see Dan Roan and the rest amending their...

I suspect that, like CAS, the panel will make a point that the PL were perfectly within their rights to refer the allegations to a disciplinary panel. Even I, who thinks the PL are getting royally screwed, can't see a situation where the award suggests, in any way, that the PL acted in bad...

It must have been me, then.

All part of the plan :)

Who acknowledged that, when and to whom?