Dubai Blue
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The Premier League's very own rulebook.azatheblue said:
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sky - are we about to be docked six points?
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Dubai Blue
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They're beyond the point of no return now. They either get bought in the next 7 days or they go bump. There's no middle ground for them anymore.azatheblue said:why do people keep spouting the shit about having all earned points deducted off portsmouths opponents , they will go into administration , get dedeucted 10 points and nothing more .
laserblue
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Dubai Blue said:They're beyond the point of no return now. They either get bought in the next 7 days or they go bump. There's no middle ground for them anymore.azatheblue said:why do people keep spouting the shit about having all earned points deducted off portsmouths opponents , they will go into administration , get dedeucted 10 points and nothing more .
in any case the deduction for premier league teams is 9 points not 10 because there are fewer games in the prem. but dubai blue is right. pompey have nowhere to hide now. it's shit or bust for them.
johnny crossan
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Martin Samuel's take:
Premier League chiefs are hoping to push through dramatic emergency measures to ensure Portsmouth stay afloat and fulfil their fixtures this season — and their survival could depend on the 19 other teams in England’s top division.
Richard Scudamore, the chief executive, will conduct a ring round of Portsmouth’s
Barclays Premier League rivals this weekend. He will ask if they object to the club’s
parachute payment, in the region of £11million, being brought forward and paid immediately toward a £12.1m bill from the taxman.
The Premier League has already taken the drastic step of advancing a payment of
roughly £2m to all of its members, so that Portsmouth will be able to at least meet
some of the demands of HM Revenue and Customs in the High Court next week.
The initial payment, part of the Premier League’s standardised cash flow arrangement that gives some money to the clubs in instalments through the season, was not due for another two months.
But the 20 clubs will receive that payment this week as Scudamore scrambles his
resources in an attempt to keep Portsmouth solvent and avoid a humiliating hit for the
Premier League brand.
The issue of the parachute payment is more sensitive, however, as all clubs stand to
gain or lose materially if Portsmouth cease trading and have to withdraw from the league. In that event, their results for the season would be wiped out, which would potentially be of benefit to some teams.
Chelsea, for instance, would lose three points, while Manchester United would lose
six, meaning the gap at the top would widen from one point to four.
Liverpool, who lost at Fratton Park earlier in the season, would not drop a point, while Arsenal and Manchester City, who have already beaten Portsmouth home and away, would lose six each.
A revised league table without Portsmouth’s results would see City fall to seventh place, behind Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa.
Scudamore will ask the clubs to put any selfish considerations aside, however, and focus instead on the harm to the prestige of the Premier League, particularly abroad, if one of their members were to fold mid-season.
The ongoing fiasco at Portsmouth, now on their fourth owner this season — Balram Chainrai, whose first act was to announce the club are up for sale — is already a source of embarrassment to Scudamore.
Although the Premier League have never lost a member to liquidation, it is a myth that
clubs do not go bust in English football.
Aldershot dropped out of the Football League in March 1992 and all their results were declared null and void, and the following season Maidstone United failed to start the campaign for financial reasons.
The demise of these clubs is the reason the top four divisions still number 92 teams, not 94.
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1250363/Portsmouth-rescue-mission-Premier-League-set-hand-debt-ridden-Pompey-lifeline.html#ixzz0fJvzjXhL" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... z0fJvzjXhL</a>
Premier League chiefs are hoping to push through dramatic emergency measures to ensure Portsmouth stay afloat and fulfil their fixtures this season — and their survival could depend on the 19 other teams in England’s top division.
Richard Scudamore, the chief executive, will conduct a ring round of Portsmouth’s
Barclays Premier League rivals this weekend. He will ask if they object to the club’s
parachute payment, in the region of £11million, being brought forward and paid immediately toward a £12.1m bill from the taxman.
The Premier League has already taken the drastic step of advancing a payment of
roughly £2m to all of its members, so that Portsmouth will be able to at least meet
some of the demands of HM Revenue and Customs in the High Court next week.
The initial payment, part of the Premier League’s standardised cash flow arrangement that gives some money to the clubs in instalments through the season, was not due for another two months.
But the 20 clubs will receive that payment this week as Scudamore scrambles his
resources in an attempt to keep Portsmouth solvent and avoid a humiliating hit for the
Premier League brand.
The issue of the parachute payment is more sensitive, however, as all clubs stand to
gain or lose materially if Portsmouth cease trading and have to withdraw from the league. In that event, their results for the season would be wiped out, which would potentially be of benefit to some teams.
Chelsea, for instance, would lose three points, while Manchester United would lose
six, meaning the gap at the top would widen from one point to four.
Liverpool, who lost at Fratton Park earlier in the season, would not drop a point, while Arsenal and Manchester City, who have already beaten Portsmouth home and away, would lose six each.
A revised league table without Portsmouth’s results would see City fall to seventh place, behind Tottenham Hotspur and Aston Villa.
Scudamore will ask the clubs to put any selfish considerations aside, however, and focus instead on the harm to the prestige of the Premier League, particularly abroad, if one of their members were to fold mid-season.
The ongoing fiasco at Portsmouth, now on their fourth owner this season — Balram Chainrai, whose first act was to announce the club are up for sale — is already a source of embarrassment to Scudamore.
Although the Premier League have never lost a member to liquidation, it is a myth that
clubs do not go bust in English football.
Aldershot dropped out of the Football League in March 1992 and all their results were declared null and void, and the following season Maidstone United failed to start the campaign for financial reasons.
The demise of these clubs is the reason the top four divisions still number 92 teams, not 94.
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1250363/Portsmouth-rescue-mission-Premier-League-set-hand-debt-ridden-Pompey-lifeline.html#ixzz0fJvzjXhL" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... z0fJvzjXhL</a>
Scudamore's scheme does smack of desparation. It does seem that all the PL league are bothered about is making sure that they survive to the end of the season irrespective of what happens then.
What would happen if the paid out the parachute payment only for Pompey to avoid relegation?
What would happen if the paid out the parachute payment only for Pompey to avoid relegation?