I said last weekend, they're probably already safe so the 10 point deduction won't be all that damaging come the end of the season, I still expect them to stay up comfortably.
Perhaps this was also in evetons mind, they would have gone down in any of the previous few seasons with such a deduction. They can't guarantee they won't be in trouble next year, you've got the 3 weakest promoted teams we've had for a long time, maybe they've took the hit now being confident they can survive to avoid being in a worse position next season or beyond.
next season you'll likely have a few if not all of the likes of leicester, southampton and leeds coming up which are all teams who are more than capable of maintaing premier league status and you wouldn't want a points deduction then.
Glad to see all the morons out in full force instantly comparing this to city. It couldn't be anymore different, it baffles me how so many can be so stupid to suggest otherwise.