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

[Luddite_Blue]

Sam Wallace's article is fairly typical of much of the media literature on the PL vote this morning. City's "defeat" was "chastening". City's case was roundly rejected by a coalition of clubs representing clubs from the richest to the poorest, those benefitting from owner loans and those which don't. This coalition was opposed by only four clubs and the dark claim is that these four "did so for reasons that are not yet explicit but might be guessed at." Wallace's powerful mind is not troubled by speculation as to why clubs such as Chelsea, Wolves, Arsenal and liverpool et al voted with the PL and thought THEIR reasons are not yet explicit WE can certainly guess at them.

But enough of this. Wallace needs to learn and remember a basic principle of British life and democracy - the law exists to protect us all from the tyranny of the majority. A majority vote of PL shareholders, even a unanimous vote, has no moral value. Only the law decides what is right and wrong.

There's a great tweet from Stefan in response to the Wallace article:

 

[DenisLawBackHeel74]

they are still illegal as it benefits one set of teams over another there's no getting around this issue

That’s the key.

Fairest thing would be to say the loans should have been adjusted for FMV and therefore have 8% interest added per year over the season and retroactively apply it.

Only other thing they can do is say ok we’ll keep the loans as they are as we can’t retroactively change them but we’ll also suspend the FMV rules altogether for the relevant years…….

But of course we know they won’t do that..

 

[Luddite_Blue]

One thing that stands out from today's vote is how morally bankrupt 16 Premier league teams are.
They've no interest in the bigger picture and the general good of the game, they've voted through amendments to a proven unlawful set of rules, all to save their own greedy needy self serving selves.
They've threw the kitchen sink at City for years, trying to find any bit of dirt at us, it's now clear who the true snakes are, hope when the dust settles one or two of these clubs find themselves going bump, it also shows how few friends we have in the boardrooms.

The FA were sometimes out of touch but it still seemed that they'd make decisions which they genuinely felt were for the good of the game. The way decisions are taken by the Premier League is nothing more than naked self interest of individual Premier League clubs.

 

[Inter Me Nan]

There's a great tweet from Stefan in response to the Wallace article:

Why has the **** got a rag hashtag in his tweet?

 

[Metal Biker]

Why has the **** got a rag hashtag in his tweet?

Gots to please his target audience hasn't he.

Man cannot live by Amorim updates alone.

 

[sir baconface]

But are the amendments legal?

Clearly the PL lawyers say yes, while our own say no.

So we simply don’t know.

I don’t think we’ve learned anything at all today.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

You would hope that even Telegraph readers might spot the nonsense in this sentence:

"In the aftermath of that arbitration judgment last month the club claimed victory. Yet all those key parts of the APT rules deemed unlawful by the tribunal have now been amended."

If we hadn't had the victory, the rules wouldn't have been amended.

And what's this "recourse to the High court" over the 115?

Telegraph readers think Sunak was a Marxist and take Allister Heath and Alison Pearson seriously. I think you're asking a lot there.

 

[Blue Maverick]

Not sure I get this going back to court argument.

My understanding and apologies I have not spent long on this, is todays vote has gone through and that could be ok depending on the tribunal findings.

We will surely keep our powder dry, possibly a holding letter but nothing more.

I would assume if the tribunal’s clarity allows this, then PL clubs are ok and we live with it.

If tribunal finds these new rules are not, then the PL will need to change them again and see if they can get a vote through (you would hope questions would be asked as to why they didn’t wait).

The court option only comes if the tribunal rules these new rules are not lawful and PL keep them or change them in a way we don’t feel meets the criteria.

All we have learned today is if they are lawful they will be implemented.

Am I correct or miles off??

I think you’re right, the premier league will look fools again if they have voted in something illegal, they should’ve waited until the tribunals ruling. I hope this blows up in their faces again.

 

[Damanino]

one thing we now can see Chelsea and Everton can fuck off, they are not our friends in any way.
PL still did not decide on the Chelsea punishment for all those things they self reported more than a year ago. wonder what investigation going on, maybe PL trying to prove they didnt do under Abra what new ownership reported LOL so it can be swept under the carpet...

 

[Lost for words]

So what's it likely to cost us (before going to appeal)?