PL charge City for alleged breaches of financial rules

There are at least 115 separate charges. Each one will need 3 separate decisions or is this incorrect?
Not necessarily. If the panel were to agree that Etihad and other Abu Dhabi-based sponsors weren't related parties (as an example, assuming that's part of the charges) then I doubt they'd have to make that decision 50+ times, to cover multiple years and rules.

It's highly doubtful that they'd decide they were a related party in 2010. but not in 2015. Or they were a related party for the purposes of Rule X.1 but not for X.2.
 
Not necessarily. If the panel were to agree that Etihad and other Abu Dhabi-based sponsors weren't related parties (as an example, assuming that's part of the charges) then I doubt they'd have to make that decision 50+ times, to cover multiple years and rules.

It's highly doubtful that they'd decide they were a related party in 2010. but not in 2015. Or they were a related party for the purposes of Rule X.1 but not for X.2.
Thanks for reply, on the point of multiple charge for same "offence", would the Panel be able to comment on how this has been allowed to drift year upon year.

If they knew it was an offence yesteryear what possible reason is there to allow it to continue?
Unless of course it is part of allegations to deliberately clog up the Appeal System.
 
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Thanks for reply, on the point of multiple charge for same "offence", would the Panel be able to comment on how this has been allowed to drift year upon year.

If they knew it was an offence yesteryear what possible reason is there to allow it to continue?
You think the PL will be able to stop 3 KC's making pertinent comments? That's the bit I'm looking forward to the most after the actual verdicts.
 
I love it when this thread goes off on a random tangent. Ten pages used up in quick time, followed by a glut of posters not bothering to check, asking if the decision has dropped.
Given we're nearing 12,000 pages in old money, I wouldn't hold it against anyone asking (not that you'll likely miss it).

That said, has it dropped today?
 
? No idea. Makes sense though.
Above my pay grade.
Surely each charge just needs one decision which the panel have to agree on (unanimously or by majority). Imagine all three writing up separate decisions on every single charge and then trying to work out an overall judgement for each one, it would be impossible.

In my head the panel sit in a room (online maybe) and talk, discuss the evidence and write up a majority agreement for each charge. Might be completely wrong, but for them to all write individual decisions on each charge just sounds ludicrous. Then again, nothing would suprise me with this.
 
Thanks for reply, on the point of multiple charge for same "offence", would the Panel be able to comment on how this has been allowed to drift year upon year.

If they knew it was an offence yesteryear what possible reason is there to allow it to continue?
Unless of course it is part of allegations to deliberately clog up the Appeal System.
If "they" is the Premier League, at the point the charges were brought they were all historical so they didn't allow them to continue rather they had only just discovered them.
 
Well, 10 o’clock approaches. Must admit, since the post from TH a while back saying 10am would be the likely release time, I find myself heading to the PL website around that time on a regular basis now.
 
If "they" is the Premier League, at the point the charges were brought they were all historical so they didn't allow them to continue rather they had only just discovered them.
If we had been Arsenal or Man I and a new regime came in to vet them I would agree with you but we have had multiple eyes on us for years so perhaps your reasoning is unlikely but thanks for reply.
 
You think the PL will be able to stop 3 KC's making pertinent comments? That's the bit I'm looking forward to the most after the actual verdicts.

I think the way they write the award is just "The commission finds ....", there will be no discussion of individual opinions or even an indication of unanimity or dissention. At least, iirc, there hasn't been in previous awards.
 
If we had been Arsenal or Man I and a new regime came in to vet them I would agree with you but we have had multiple eyes on us for years so perhaps your reasoning is unlikely but thanks for reply.
OK but even accepting your conspiracy theory you said:-
"If they knew it was an offence yesteryear what possible reason is there to allow it to continue?"
Apart from bringing charges as they did, how do you think the PL could have stopped it from continuing? Your not making much sense TBH. Are you simply saying we should have been charged earlier? Not sure how that would help us anyway.
 
Thanks for reply, on the point of multiple charge for same "offence", would the Panel be able to comment on how this has been allowed to drift year upon year.

If they knew it was an offence yesteryear what possible reason is there to allow it to continue?
Unless of course it is part of allegations to deliberately clog up the Appeal System.
The allegations run from 2009(2008?) through to 2018 which is when the emails were dropped by Der Spiegel. I still have no idea where that leaves us with 2018 on if we're found guilty on some charges (excluding Mancini ect).
 

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