Bit of wishful thinking in the Everton statement, they would have been better off keeping a lot of that to themsleves.
If the rules change next year, they'll be assessed against those rules. It has fuck all to do with this year with these current rules.
Also don't think there is a real double jeopardy defence either. Two different breaches in two different reporting periods.
As for the appeal, there may be something in waiting for the outcome of that before finalising a punishment this time around. But Everton did admit the breach, and I thought the appeal was more about the extent of the punishment given the mitigating factors, not that the decision to find them guilty was wrong.
If the rules change next year, they'll be assessed against those rules. It has fuck all to do with this year with these current rules.
Also don't think there is a real double jeopardy defence either. Two different breaches in two different reporting periods.
As for the appeal, there may be something in waiting for the outcome of that before finalising a punishment this time around. But Everton did admit the breach, and I thought the appeal was more about the extent of the punishment given the mitigating factors, not that the decision to find them guilty was wrong.