PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

[KS55]

Think Everton’s is cut and dried they have spent more than their turnover allows them too. Whereas we have 115 charges of being uncooperative with the redshirts.

That’s more like it.

 

[Rochdale Blue]

“The government is pleased to announce Diane Abbott as the new head of the independent regulator for premier league football.
Speaking ahead of the move Diane said she’s really excited by the role cos she’s always been a fan of Jockey Wilson’ ; )

She's probably never heard of Harold Wilson though.

 

[BringBackSwales]

Sounds like running the country.

I’d be inclined to give Ethel a go at that

 

[Gordyola]

Think Everton’s is cut and dried they have spent more than their turnover allows them too. Whereas we have 115 charges of being uncooperative with FFP authorities

Most of the charges were from time before PL FFP
City were uncooperative with the PL investigation as they felt the information being requested was, company confidential and would be useful to their rivals. They went to the High Court to contest the PL right to request the information and lost so complied with the judgement. Subsequently, along with the PL, they appealed against the initial judgment being made public, which the judge refused, he also commentated that about the time being spent by the PL and the fact that City had won numerous PL titles in the meantime

 

[Centurions]

Most of the charges were from time before PL FFP
City were uncooperative with the PL investigation as they felt the information being requested was, company confidential and would be useful to their rivals. They went to the High Court to contest the PL right to request the information and lost so complied with the judgement. Subsequently, along with the PL, they appealed against the initial judgment being made public, which the judge refused, he also commentated that about the time being spent by the PL and the fact that City had won numerous PL titles in the meantime

Correct except that I think the judge was a 'she'.

I don't get this non-cooperation nonsense as we disagreed with what they were asking for and took it to court. We then do cooperate when the judge says we are wrong (to what degree, we'll never know) and they then find us guilty of non-cooperation and fine us. Isn't that using coercion to force us to not take it to court in the first place?

 

[slbsn]

Fair point, although @projectriver said on Twitter that the CEO of Ofcom, for instance, earns around five times that amount.

Not a government job. The regulator is to be independent and paid for by football itself. As per Ofcom

 

[Stoned Rose]

“The government is pleased to announce Diane Abbott as the new head of the independent regulator for premier league football.
Speaking ahead of the move Diane said she’s really excited by the role cos she’s always looked like Jockey Wilson.

 

[KS55]

“The government is pleased to announce Diane Abbott as the new head of the independent regulator for premier league football.
Speaking ahead of the move Diane said she’s really excited by the role cos she’s always been a fan of Jockey Wilson’ ; )

Diane Abbot said: “It is a big job. There are 92 teams in the Premiership alone. They play 90 minutes per game, so that is 18,000 minutes per season for me to regulate.”

 

[jimmygrimblesboots]

Not a government job. The regulator is to be independent and paid for by football itself. As per Ofcom

Hope they are not as independent as the Financial Ombudsman's "independent assessors" which i have used twice regarding complaints about insurance companies , on both occasions their "independent assessors" decision favoured the insurance company (it took around 12 months to even consider the cases) and both times i advanced the claims against the insurance companies to the smalll claims courts and won.
My probably cynical view of "independent assessors" is they decide in favour of their paymasters or what is in their best interests and not the merits of the complaint or charge

 

[KS55]

Hope they are not as independent as the Financial Ombudsman's "independent assessors" which i have used twice regarding complaints about insurance companies , on both occasions their "independent assessors" decision favoured the insurance company (it took around 12 months to even consider the cases) and both times i advanced the claims against the insurance companies to the smalll claims courts and won.
My probably cynical view of "independent assessors" is they decide in favour of their paymasters or what is in their best interests and not the merits of the complaint or charge

Pubs have an independent assessor who rules on fair rents for tenants. Almost always favours the pub co.