FFP facing legal challenge (updated pg 12)

[jrb]

Just a thought.

If Platini and UEFA forge ahead with FFPR, and in 5 years time, or whenever the case comes to court, could all the parties affected by FFPR sue both Platini and UEFA, if they lose the case?

 

[Rammyblues]

Be difficult because the clubs would have to show what damage or loss has been caused to the business by FFPR. It would be extremely difficult to quantify the actual damages because of the nature of the competition. How could someone prove that because they could not invest that they didn't finish top four thereby missing out on CL money.

In many cases the test case is only specific to the facts as presented in that judgement, the ECJ do not normally deal in large sums of compensation. Furthermore the decisions aren't normally retrospective.


About time they were put to the test Platini is an absolute joke of a man and I hope the whole thing folds like a pack of cards.


For what it is worth this is a man who has pursued the idea of a closed European League for the elite clubs without relegation, by invite only, when you look at it from that perspective you understand how these rules as they stand virtually guarantee that idea.

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

Sections 1 & 2 of Article 101 dealing with EU Competition law.

Are we to assume from this PB, that FFP is dead in the water?

That will be for the courts to decide. I'm not a lawyer but I'm guessing that the plaintiff's argument will centre around FFP limiting investment and effectively restricting competition through barriers to access to the financial stimulus that the CL can bring.

The interesting thing for me is that the CL itself is a major source of distortion across the various domestic leagues. A Moldovan team may not be able to compete with Bayern Munich on a pan-European level but simply by getting into the group stage of the CL could earn enough money to out-spend other Moldovan teams. If I were ADUG or someone like them, I would argue that I should be able to spend enough to make my club competitive, if I could afford to do that, without needing to be a member of what is effectively a cartel.

Would you advocate City poking their noses in at any stage PB, or just sit back and let the whole thing play out? I am a suspicious old coot, and my distrust of people like Gill and Twatini is so entrenched that I wouldn't put it past them to be the silent driving force behind this legal challenge, with the Belgian agent no more than a stool pigeon briefed to put forward a deliberately weak argument........not that I'm paranoid or a control freak or anything, you understand!

 

[BluessinceHydeRoad]

Just a thought.

If Platini and UEFA forge ahead with FFPR, and in 5 years time, or whenever the case comes to court, could all the parties affected by FFPR sue both Platini and UEFA, if they lose the case?

There is a very real possibility of this. The regulations' great weakness is that they do little to prevent "profligate spending" and "financial instability" but they sanction, and potentially sanction very severely, those clubs whose owners invest more than el presidente likes. Most of the sanctions seek to reduce income by threats or, ultimately, exclusion from the CL cash cow. Platini's problem is that the consequences of these sanctions are massively more severe than even the sanctions themselves.

A club finds itself in danger of not qualifying for the CL, or one which doesn't qualify, may find its income not sufficient to attract the player(s) it needs. Or it buys them and is excluded... It loses revenue as its league position worsens and sponsors pay less, gates drop, other players want to leave.. We have seen this spiral already, but only at clubs where the spending was profligate. If an owner can argue that they had the resources to avoid this decline, but were deterred by Platini's illegal tactics for five years from using them, they could blame him for the effectively irretrievable ruin of their club, because of the unlawful destruction of its ability to compete. The damages would be astronomical and the courts have shown they don't take such matters lightly.

The only way is to suspend the regulations at least while they are sub judice.

 

[Innsbruckblue]

I smell the beginnings of a footballing civil war. The European League will happen, spurred on by UEFA and those clubs who advocate the FFP. Let them have it. Hopefully, another, fairer and fully representative governing body will be formed and the rest of Europe's clubs will join that, resulting in two bodies: One MLS-type, which will, after a massive initial sponsorship boost, slowly decline due to lack of supporter interest, and one which will be like the old UEFA, treating every country fairly, respecting fans and we'll see great old names having a crack at winning competitions again.
I so hope the EU tells Platini, Gill and Rummenigge, et al where to go. However, if those clubs really want their super league, they'll get it and shit on the rest of us in the process.

 

[jrb]

That's another £10mill-£15mill in the transfer kitty.

One of Chelsea, Arsenal, or Spurs will be cursing tonight.

FFPR! Don't make me laugh!

 

[Shaelumstash]

Re: Wall St Journal Article on FFP

Remember when i said this -

From what I understand of EU law any EU citizen or business can ask for an investigation into such business practices.

Just a few pages back.

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Now we have

In conformity with article 101.2 of the Treaties of the European Union, the complainant requests the European Commission to declare that the Break-even rule is null.

***walks away whislting merrily***

Yes but you were also suggesting any citizen could do it at no cost to themselves. I am sure Mr Dupont is not acting out of the goodness of his heart because he so passionately believes in the claimant (the Belgian agent's) European rights! It will be costing him a fortune, and it's clearly worth his while to challenge the rules because it significantly affects his earning potential as a football agent.

 

[Ballet On Ice]

Just a thought and I apologise if its already been on here.

I wonder if Mr Dupont is being “employed” by PSG as they must be in line to fail FFP

 

[ped]

That's another £10mill-£15mill in the transfer kitty.

One of Chelsea, Arsenal, or Spurs will be cursing tonight.

FFPR! Don't make me laugh!

what have i missed?

 

[tonea2003]

That's another £10mill-£15mill in the transfer kitty.

One of Chelsea, Arsenal, or Spurs will be cursing tonight.

FFPR! Don't make me laugh!

what have i missed?

Must admit its flown by me as well