PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

ZanteWeatherman said:
Agreed, although Chevrolet almost immediately sacked the nobhead that signed off on that agreement, so it would seem to me that the majority of their board were either gaslighted (by misleading stats) or not consulted (can't see that).
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Chevrolet also reduced the deal as I think it would have ended up in court if united hadn't agreed.
 
StillBluessinceHydeRoad said:
Indeed the whole house of cards is in danger of crashing down. Limiting owner/shareholder investment was to protect clubs from dependency on owners pumping money into clubs at levels which were "unsustainable" (even though this was a problem at only a few (Italian?) clubs. But limiting spending to "acceptable" sources was no more successful, even though no club has gone bust or into administration since sustainability was never the goal. So the income of certain clubs had to be targeted by limiting their ability to increase "acceptable" revenue. The trouble is that the regulations have to have teeth and a deterrent effect. Hence the clubs likely to be sanctioned are (the PL hopes) City and (possibly/probably) Chelsea, but caught in the crossfire are Aston Villa (showing signs of being undesirably competitive), Everton (using the transfer market not very successfully to try and build a better team and give their fans something to cheer. How disgraceful) and Nottingham Forest (back in the PL after 20 odd years and spending to tryi to stay there). It seems Wolves might avoid sanctions, but even so that means just under a third of PL clubs are facing future changing sanctions from the governing body for infringing P&S rules, though no-one can say that they have done anything wrong. All they can say is that rules are rules, but they cannot say why Everton's spending is more a threat to their sustainability than Manchester United's £1 billion debt is to the rags sustainability. Already a third of the PL is threatened and doon the simple fear factor will have its effect. Hopefully the independent regulator will end all this nonsense in the immediate future. If not the threat to more and more PL clubs to protect the position of a small clique of clubs should lead to the sweeping away of these ridiculous rules that are neither use nor ornament.
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I'm not so sure.

The Premier League is clearly the most successful league in football, and six rich teams is probably enough to sustain things. It's not popular because Villa or Everton might make a run into the top four once a decade.

There's no major reason why United and Chelsea shouldn't be able to challenge again, given their current financial size. Spurs new stadium has pushed their revenue up massively, and we've seen that Arsenal are again able to compete. With a fifth CL spot it'll be even easier for the rich six to sustain.

The six gives some semblance of competition, and it's certainly more than any of the other big leagues. People always used to talk about cycles, but the financial gaps have become so great, that I don't see how other European leagues could catch up, and if the PL remains the most popular, then the money continues to flow in.
 
bluenova said:
I'm not so sure.

The Premier League is clearly the most successful league in football, and six rich teams is probably enough to sustain things. It's not popular because Villa or Everton might make a run into the top four once a decade.

There's no major reason why United and Chelsea shouldn't be able to challenge again, given their current financial size. Spurs new stadium has pushed their revenue up massively, and we've seen that Arsenal are again able to compete. With a fifth CL spot it'll be even easier for the rich six to sustain.

The six gives some semblance of competition, and it's certainly more than any of the other big leagues. People always used to talk about cycles, but the financial gaps have become so great, that I don't see how other European leagues could catch up, and if the PL remains the most popular, then the money continues to flow in.
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That's a pretty narrow view, imho. The PL is a mess at the minute and everyone knows it. Surely?

Strategically and more long term, though, an organisation that stands still slowly withers. The PL should be encouraging inward investment in all clubs so that more and more can compete and the league and the pyramid are strengthened.

Just keeping 4 or 6 teams strong and then thinking the PL isn't under threat from the other leagues at the moment is a poor strategic decision in my book. The sort of thing a marketing man may think of, but not a business executive.

All imho, of course.
 
halfcenturyup said:
That's a pretty narrow view, imho. The PL is a mess at the minute and everyone knows it. Surely?

Strategically and more long term, though, an organisation that stands still slowly withers. The PL should be encouraging inward investment in all clubs so that more and more can compete and the league and the pyramid are strengthened.

Just keeping 4 or 6 teams strong and then thinking the PL isn't under threat from the other leagues at the moment is a poor strategic decision in my book. The sort of thing a marketing man may think of, but not a business executive.

All imho, of course.
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Spot on mate, my thoughts entirely, any business that thinks it’s cracked it is in for a massive shock if it doesn’t build in scope for improvement.
 
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