PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[burning blue soul]

After wanting us relegated they now want to be like us.

So, basically, they are asking us to buy them? ;)

 

[Centurions]

Not their fault if they get hacked though, is it?

Obviously you have to protect yourself against hackers as part of that GDPR duty of care, but nobody is immune to hacking, no person or organisation, and I’m sure the standard procedures have been taken to not “invite it” upon ourselves, such as it’s being framed as

He/she wasn't hacked as far as I'm aware. The three employees who had already left, knew their log in details, either through familiarity with the remaining person or they were given them at one time for whatever reason. It did cross my mind that he/she was left in place on purpose as an undercover spy, but I suspect that the club would have pressed for a prosecution if they had any inkling of that.

 

[Bez]

The judicial panel is appointed as per the attachments as per rules W.20, W.21 and W.26.

The appointed panel members have to sign an impartiality agreement and I believe as the Respondent to the charges we have 48 hours to raise any objections to the proposed panel members.

Assuming the appointed panel members abide by the impartiality conditions then this should not be an issue.

 

[Prestwich_Blue]

How can it be that only one person on the panel needs a legal qualification?

Especially so, when the panel is being picked on behalf of the Premier League.

That certainly stinks.

The rule is that one person MUST have a legal qualification. All three could if necessary but I'd expect at least one person with a finance background.

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

Assuming

There's that word again..

 

[Exeter Blue I am here]

I hope Khaldoon and company have the ability to appeal this to a higher court because even though we have faith in them, we can't find ourselves at the mercy of a kangaroo court panel.

If we do, I expect it to go the way that blatant offside vs the Rags did!

That's the only thing that's worried me from the start.. if we get a fair hearing we're fine, but if we get a kangaroo court..

I think that's everyone's concern mate. I keep reading that because the charges are so serious, a higher burden of proof will be required if the PL wishes to find us guilty. Why and says who? Given that our only comeback is for the case to be referred to another PL appeal panel, what's to prevent them 'interpreting' the evidence any which way they want? I really get the whiff of a show trial about all of this, with the pretence of fairness but ultimately resulting in a 'guilty' verdict. Apart from the obvious product damage involved in City potentially having umpteen trophies rescinded, I cannot see that it would be any great hardship for the PL to nobble us. The rag top media has already conditioned everyone as to our guilt, and an opportunity for the PL to play the role of Rooster Cogburn, delivering 'justice' against the odds, on behalf of the needy and the eternally grateful, would probably be universally well received.
Genuine question though? What would be our recourse, were the panel to effectively accuse us of wanton criminality, based on nebulous evidence?

 

[tolmie's hairdoo]

The judicial panel is appointed as per the attachments as per rules W.20, W.21 and W.26.

The appointed panel members have to sign an impartiality agreement and I believe as the Respondent to the charges we have 48 hours to raise any objections to the proposed panel members.

Assuming the appointed panel members abide by the impartiality conditions then this should not be an issue.

And what if the Premier League object to the panel members!

 

[CC1]

I haven’t seen anything that encourages me to believe that this will be dealt with fairly. I think it will be a huge miscarriage of justice that will be brushed under the carpet by the media because they WANT us to be found guilty. There are too many things against us: the cartel clubs; the hatred of our success; the makeup of the panel; the fact we’re affecting the profitability of the so-called big clubs & the agenda to address our UEFA successful result.
If it was a truly impartial panel, I’d feel confident but to spend 4 years investigating us - to the detriment of regulating truly failing clubs - there’s no way they intend to lose

Our only hope is if we can go to the high courts but I don’t think we can

 

[BringBackSwales]

And what if the Premier League object to the panel members!

This is still 95% resolved?

 

[Blue_Lightsaber]

Our only hope is if we can go to the high courts but I don’t think we can

Maybe do it pre-emptively to set the rules.. that this can't be a trial with no means of appeal as that is against "laws of natural justice" - the law of the land and that supercedes everything that PL says or does since it has to adhere to the law of the land!