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

[surprisedbygrass]

All I'm seeing from the MSM is, City had a couple of minor wins. We failed on everything thing else because it's deemed lawful.

Just like CAS, the MSM still avoid the amount of times NO EVIDENCE was qouted. We will always be the ones that "got away with a techincallity."

The MSM - BBC especially - are ignoring: UNLAWFUL, UNFAIR and UNREASONABLE. The report is quite clear about the way we were treated. We cannot win and will always be cheats.

BBC, Sky and Talksport have broadcast deals with the PL . What they all say is never reporting , it's fawning . We won on the points that mattered , the extra twist of the knife with the February amendments . We proved the rules at that point were illegal . We have shown that the PL have not acted in good faith , delaying decisions on our sponsorship deals . We have shown the APT rules were set up to affect some clubs but that other clubs could set up interest free loans without the same scrutiny or implications for PSR . We have exposed the cartel . If the PL had won they'd have wall to wall coverage and a bunch of tame pundits queuing round the block to say they'd saved the world from imminent destruction .

 

[Rory Bluelow]

I think the most important thing to sort out first is the Premier League board members and its voting system on rule changes, I think MANCHESTER CITY should call for a vote of no confidence in the Premier League system and call for major changes and ask the chairman to stand down

Ask the Chairman to sack the CEO and their General counsel.

 

[Rohanmcfc]

The red cartel perfectly represents crony capitalism and corporate American corruption at its finest.

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

I won't bother linking it but Barney Ronay has come up with a very long and tedious pile of shite masquerading as an article in The Guardian. Basically we have won fuck all.

 

[SebastianBlue]

How on earth do they work out that united owe £0 to their owner ?

Because all of United’s debt is commercial, much of it via the initial leveraged purchase, but more still from subsequent loan restructuring and cash injections. The Glazers have not used shareholder loans to finance club operations, as that comes with a set of risks they most certainly would not wish to assume. I believe they have effectively made equity investments their public listing in the US, which as supported further leveraging of operations.

This isn’t a sign of good management, though. They’ve saddled United with significant debt servicing obligations and continually extract value from the club whenever possible.

 

[Elbow beards]

These no nowt cunts who support the red tops ain't half doing some mental gymnastics. So we're cheats for getting a rule overturned that is unlawful. Bizarre thought process.

 

[chris85mcfc]

I'm not. Bloom is a ****.

Has some serious money though that fella.

Knocks about with the big wigs in horse racing, and has horses himself.

Which basically means he's dodgy as fuck!

 

[The Fat el Hombre]

Anyone got the headlines from when arsenal first leaked this case to the press a couple of months back? I seem to remember the word 'nuclear' involved, and the general feel that we were about to end football...

All turned out to be major bullshit of course, despite us winning

 

[OntarioBlue]

All I'm seeing from the MSM is, City had a couple of minor wins. We failed on everything thing else because it's deemed lawful.

Just like CAS, the MSM still avoid the amount of times NO EVIDENCE was qouted. We will always be the ones that "got away with a techincallity."

The MSM - BBC especially - are ignoring: UNLAWFUL, UNFAIR and UNREASONABLE. The report is quite clear about the way we were treated. We cannot win and will always be cheats.

I just read the BBC’s “what does it all mean” article and they have clearly taken the position that this is all about the number of points won and not the importance of the points. The league “won the most points therefore they won” seems to be the position.

They fail to mention that a) City didn’t challenge the league’s authority to set rules so the league won points we weren’t challenging and b) the points City won were because of unlawful, unfair and unreasonable behaviour by the League. If they can’t see this is a clear beating for the Premier League they are either blind or have another agenda.

 

[bluwes]

Depends what evidence CAS had vs what the PL had and put before the panel - plus the PL now has a raging hard-on for City so even if one charge sticks I suspect they'll be inclined to go in hard and dry.

I actually think this is the beginning of the end for the PL anyway - shit refereeing and shit legal frameworks. The PL was created when the Clubs moved away from existing ecosystem and I suspect the same will happen again.

They have nothing new