CAS judgement: UEFA ban overturned, City exonerated (report out p603)

[citymantop]

Good spot that lady Bob am wondering if thats actionable.

If City are going to do anything about it they better get a move on in case it is time barred.

 

[Blueprint Blue]

I know it’s fuck all use.but, for what it’s worth this is what I have said in my complaint to the BBC:

I just wanted to say as a usually vociferous advocate of the BBC - which ought to be a cherished unbiased institution., I am utterly despondent at the coverage of the CAS findings between UEFA and Manchester City FC. Someone reading that piece would understand the exact opposite of the truth. Though I strongly suspect that the sad ,unfettered partisanship and tribalism in football is at the root of it, as well as the need for the “click bait” nature of modern , online “churnalism”. Anyway it is clearly biased and it is evident not a modicum of research of the actual document released by CAS has taken place - given it is 93 pages long and the speed at which this witless drivel was published. Suggesting it was “oven ready “ for the report’s release. Truth is there that an English Football club ( the most successful English football club of the last decade) was accused of financial manipulation to circumvent rules on the basis of emails (stolen) which have since been proven to have been , let’s be kind and call it - manipulated. Additionally the key finding isn’t that Manchester City have been fined for not complying.. (with a kangaroo court which was leaking like a sieve ) but rather , that Manchester City Football club was found to have NOT been guilty of circumventing said rules . Anyway in short I have loved the BBC for many decades, but frankly you have failed us all. This piece of badly researched , tribalist, click baiting , pandering to the masses , utterly myopic unbalanced , lacking in depth and nuance- tripe cannot go unchallenged. It in my opinion contravenes the BBC convention on balance and fairness . Thanks for the memories Aunty Beeb, you have let yourself go though if this is anything to measure the current journalistic “stature” by. Select the best category to describe your complaintBiasDo you require a response to your complaint?Yes

10 minutes of your life you're never getting back mate.

 

[slbsn]

We know where the additional funding (the so-called "central resources") really came from. It came from the Executive Council/Crown Prince Court but they couldn't admit that obviously. But the crucial point is it wasn't Sheikh Mansour/ADUG. That seems to have been comprehensively demonstrated to CAS's satisfaction. You always maintained that if Etihad were contracted to pay us £x and they paid us £x then there was no case to answer. But you also maintained that it didn't matter where Etihad got that money from.

This judgement shows that the core part of UEFA's case was that this was disguised equity investment. You were absolutely right about the time-barred stuff (although CAS upheld UEFA's right to revisit the settlement agreement) but the issue of disguised equity investment, and therefore the source of the Etihad funds, was always the key to this.

On another point, I notice Conn takes the very disingenouous line that the Etisalat agreement wasn't signed until 2015 but was backdated to 2012, ignoring the fact that the original Heads of Agreement for that arrangement was signed in Feb 2010. I'd be interested on your view of that.

It doesn't do our credibility any good to say "they couldn't admit that obviously." The ADUG/SM source couldn't be proved - it was UEFA's burden and they could never hope to jump the witness statements (without cross examination) and letters on these points.

I thought that the sections on the settlement agreement were a little unconvincing - arguing the subject matter was different (para 154 says "these specific charges do not touch upon the issues addressed in the SA") is tenuous but, of course, arguable. These are all quite nuanced things.

The Etisalat was not backdated - it was signed and dated January 2015 but with an effective date earlier. That is, as Conn knows, not the same thing. Moreover the Heads were binding and specifically envisaged being in place prior to the full signed agreement. So I agree it is disingenuous.

Looking at the judgment, it is possible that if UEFA could have shown a more direct link to subsidies from ADUG/SM then they would have disagreed with me as to the importance of the legal sponsor contract and could well have found in UEFA's favour. In essence, that would have been a finding that the legal contract was a sham. Yet again a serious allegation with a high standard of proof that it was always likely UEFA couldn't hit.

 

[Gingers Dad]

Fucking Newcastle ?

Current owners will be in favour of ffp it takes pressure off them to invest

 

[TheCentralScrutinizer]

We’re not scousers mate

Even so........

 

[Goatmeal]

I wonder what would have happened if the CAS hearing was not heard in time and we were not in the draw.
Would not surprise me if we were still excluded and left to fight for financial compensation. UEFA stating draw and fixtures already been agreed.
Would have just dragged on

 

[Gordyola]

Thanks mate, I’ve just submitted my complaint.

BBC Sport have consistently misreported the outcomes of the case in the Court for Arbitration for Sport (CAS) of UEFA vs Manchester City FC. City, who were exonerated of all charges of financial manipulation. Your headline reads as though City were found guilty so please investigate this bias. Also, a couple of weeks earlier when the Court Judgment was first announced, your sports reporter on breakfast TV mocked Pep Guardiola, the most successful manager of the last decade, whilst passing no comment on criticisms by rival managers. I don’t expect my BBC licence fee to pay for disinformation, bias and tribal reporting to suit rival sports fans. I also question why in this era of BLM protests, your reporters attack the only English trophy winning Club with an Arab owner. Please provide me with answers.

They don’t read it more than enough to see the subject to which they will have constructed a standard reply Firstly they thank you then they assure you of no bias then they thank you again and assure you, again, that it’s been include in the daily information to all editors etc who of course never read it However be sure to follow it up as you are not satisfied with the reply then they take it more serious

 

[Tim of the Oak]

10 minutes of your life you're never getting back mate.

If the BBC get a few dozen complaints, nothing will change. If they get tens of thousands of complaints we might see improvements.

It’s easy to sit on your arse complaining about the doers.

 

[Kun T. B. Horlocks]

It makes me laugh that CAS makes it clear that Der Spiegel were very selective about what they published, that being just 6 of 5.5m documents. And one of those was 2 emails they'd shamefully stitched together to give (as CAS said) a distorted view.

Yet not one of our fearless guardians of the truth in the media is prepared to call them out over this but -equally shamefully - they're all trying to outdo each other in being highly and often maliciously selective in what they print.

Utter lying vermin the lot of them.

Think I would prefer the adverbial "shamelessly" to "shamefully" PB

 

[rickmcfc]

Maybe I'm over-reacting but with the way journalists have been allowed to write their headlines/articles today, completely disregarding the overwhelming findings by CAS in favour of painting City in a bad light yet again... I think our media/pr department isn't fit for purpose.

Having a quiet word with journalists to slightly change a headline really isn't working.

I completely agree.
City should released a statement first thing this morning now the final report has been released, and make it very clear that we have been cleared. From this point onwards anything written to reject this, will be taken further and those individuals who do continue to write this bullshit will be banned from all mcfc activities for a 5 year period.
Get it done city show some fucking backbone