Meanwhile - back in the warped minds of dippers - it is increasingly clear that there is no question we are bang to rights. They are competing with each other to think up the appropriate punishments we should receive.
I think that this fella is the current leader in the most deluded fuckwit award...........(these cunts actually spend time writing this shit)
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Reply #9592 on: Today at 01:36:11 pm »
It’s hard to say exactly what the punishment should be, but it should be severe, given the level of cheating, and it should impact them over multiple years, as their cheating went on over multiple years. We all fear a light punishment, but hopefully the Prem will put a real marker down, or else their whole product (ugh) is in jeopardy. My best guess at a right-sized punishment:
1. Titles stripped
2. Can’t decide if those years should be left blank, as a reminder, or the runner up should be awarded the trophy. I see both sides of that one.
3. Compensation awarded to affected clubs who did not get prize money for what they rightfully earned. Arguably this might also include some sort of formula for other related earnings that were missed out on, such as sponsorship, etc. But Man City need to pay compensation to the teams they cheated.
4. Relegation. Either kicked out of the Premier League on principle, due to egregious cheating and ongoing bad faith litigation OR relegated via significant points deduction, and there have been a couple of precedents for much lesser transgressions at other clubs.
They are now relegated, so then what happens?
1. It is important that they don’t bounce back right away. The cheating went on for multiple years, so the punishment should hurt them over multiple years too.
2. Relegation to the bottom of the Football league pyramid, and they are only welcome in that competition if they abide by their financial regulations. But it would be the old fourth division/league two.
3. In the event that they eventually win promotion back to the Premier League it would come with conditions - open the books since 2018. If not, based on track record, it cannot be assumed they are in order, so no admittance to the Prem.
4. Assuming they get back in another condition must be that their annual books would need to be approved by a team of forensic accountants.
5. There should also be a condition on frivolous, or bad-faith litigation. Man City have forced the Premier League to pay many millions in legal fees, and to get tied up in countless thousands of man-hours, just to try to deal with them. That all needs to stop, or they can’t come back in.
