City launch legal action against the Premier League | City win APT case (pg901)

[johnny crossan]

The chickens are coming home to roost - turns out the BBC goto "Premier League Can Claim Victory - top lawyer Simon Leaf" is a lifelong Arsenal fanboy & attack poodle pumping out cartel propaganda from the off.

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[Gone for a Burton]

I think there could be a carve up. City don't necessarily want zero regulation in this area, but they want it to be fair and non-discriminatory (against us). To be honest, I'm not even sure they'd care it was unlawful - as long as it doesn't get challenged they could pass something that all the clubs are happy with - the PL messed up here by picking a fight with the one club that had a) the balls and b) the money to take it all the way.

City's position was based on law & fairness not balls or money.

Arabia has money and balls, but above all are very principled people and they fight for their principles when they are wronged.

 

[chris85mcfc]

Yes, but its semantics really, the banks would want their money back, and it would be the owners who'd have to find it, but OK they currently owe £0.

The graph should really show how much each club is serviced through loans, whether that be from banks or from shareholders.

Then some **** needs to explain to the world, why those that have debt have to pay interest, and why those that have shareholder loans don't.

Then that same **** needs to then explain, why clubs that are self sufficient, have record profits, record revenues, despite being hamstrung at every avenue, are being dragged through the courts and being slaughtered by the media.

I appreciate I'm asking for a fair bit here.

 

[tornandfrayed]

Interesting

 

[Blue Maverick]

Wait for Simon Jordan’s head to explode tomorrow

 

[chris85mcfc]

Interesting

Not really, that's pretty much an absolute fact and is nothing untoward.

 

[halfcenturyup]

As I say I don’t think 7 clubs will vote the PL down indeed the panel’s verdict probably gives the PL a clear line of sight in terms of how an independent panel will view matters going forward
I don’t like using the phrase red herrings in relation to owners loans but sorry I think this is being a little overstated in terms of this aspect of the ruling. One way or another the owners will work round this my guess re Chelsea this was as much to do with their plans going forward in terms of associated sponsorship or more likely something to do with the multi club plans concerns re a sum is nothing more than a sum that will increase the costs for PSR but simply won’t see the owners receiving any income

Once again, I was trying to answer the question why Chelsea would vote with City going forward when they will be getting hit with interest on their loans as a result of City.

My point was that there will be no new rules on shareholder loans if City, Chelsea and five other clubs vote them down. That will force the PL to either keep rules that have been found to be "illegal" (which they can't do) or scrap them altogether.

When I first read the award my question on the shareholder loans wasn't about going forward, though, it was about the years 21/22, 22/23, 23/24 and 24/25. Surely, the effects have to be applied retrospectively, and there can't be an amnesty because that would be discriminatory, which is what got us here in the first place. I wouldn't be surprised if shareholder loans turns out to be the PL's biggest problem in all this, apart maybe from reputational damage. Again.

 

[SalfordCityBlue]

City's position was based on law & fairness not balls or money.

Arabia has money and balls, but above all are very principled people and they fight for their principles when they are wronged.

Wasn't suggesting otherwise (about City).

But there are other clubs who would not have had the balls to take on the Premier League, or the money to do it, who are equally subject to ill-formed laws and unfairness...

 

[pudge]

Wait for Simon Jordan’s head to explode tomorrow

No chance, he'll maintain we're dodgy as fuck

 

[mancboy]

Interesting

Is it tho, look i like slbsn he is obviously a very intelligent chap but it seems he hasnt learned to not talk before having all the relevant info, his summations have been a little off recently.