UEFA FFP investigation - CAS decision to be announced Monday, 13th July 9.30am BST

[slbsn]

Piece of cake. Don’t know why companies pay big bucks for comms teams.

Completely agree. The idea we can put out some one liner in the midst of a negative result and the ensuing storm is not realistic to me. We have been so strident and aggressive in our response that a negative result is a massive story quite apart from the story of the ban itself. That all said perhaps City see it differently and believe they can front it out.

 

[MillionMilesAway]

So why do they keep it quiet?
“An award pronounced by the CAS is final and binding on the parties from the moment it is communicated. It may in particular be enforced in accordance with the New York Convention on the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards, which more than 125 countries have signed.”

Not only that but: “A party may, not later than 45 days following the notification of the award, apply to CAS for the interpretation of an award issued in an ordinary or appeals arbitration, if the operative part of the award is unclear, incomplete, ambiguous, if its components are self-contradictory or contrary to the reasons, or if the award contains clerical mistakes or mathematical miscalculations.

When an application for interpretation is filed, the President of the relevant Division shall review whether there are grounds for interpretation. If so, she/he shall submit the request for interpretation to the Panel which rendered the award. Any Panel members who are unable to act at such time shall be replaced in accordance with Article R36. The Panel shall rule on the request within one month following the submission of the request for interpretation to the Panel.“

These dates and timelines are fundamental and all state they apply from when the decision is communicated.
Whatever the result, as I asked at the start, why would you keep it quiet if you knew? City/EUFA ‘win/lose’ but that is overturned because the ‘winner’ spilled the beans before Monday? It makes absolutely no sense unless I’m being a bit denser than usual, which is always possible, especially on a Friday.....

Good faith in an arbitration process, and to keep a reputation for future activity?

The rules of CAS are for all cases, and scrutinising with respect to a single matter may distort the purpose.

 

[M18CTID]

No it hasn't been fixed so far

But if the ban is upheld fully or partially... doubt UEFA will want us anywhere near their showpiece final

They probably won’t want us anywhere near it if we win the appeal either!

 

[slbsn]

One other thing to consider is that it may be CAS inform parties on Monday and release publicly Tuesday or Wednesday. Or maybe they just think any attempt to keep it confidential once released to the parties is impossible hence the short gap.

 

[Cobwebcat]

Piece of cake. Don’t know why companies pay big bucks for comms teams.

Pretty much sums it up

 

[mcfcphil]

Completely agree. The idea we can put out some one liner in the midst of a negative result and the ensuing storm is not realistic to me. We have been so strident and aggressive in our response that a negative result is a massive story quite apart from the story of the ban itself. That all said perhaps City see it differently and believe they can front it out.

And don't forget, people are only concentrating on our press statement - this is a colossal wider comms exercise. CIty have thousands of employees/stakeholders around the world who all need to be considered as part of an internal comms plan. There is simply no way City should be expected to finalise all this in a few hours on Monday morning - and I can't see any way we would have agreed to the delay if this is how it would be communicated.

 

[horlock_was_super]

Bluemoon is a discussion forum - it stands to follow that people are discussing the CAS hearing in here, as the thread title indicates.

This isn’t supposed to be a news outlet, which only confirms concrete updates on the case. There are plenty of options out there if that’s what you’re looking for.

What do you mean by ‘concrete’?

 

[Cobwebcat]

One other thing to consider is that it may be CAS inform parties on Monday and release publicly Tuesday or Wednesday. Or maybe they just think any attempt to keep it confidential once released to the parties is impossible hence the short gap.

Have I remembered you right in that sometimes the gap is to give the parties not only a chance to check the draft but also to speak to each other in confidence before the Big Bang...albeit that this doesn’t happen much?

 

[blue ranger]

City may well know the verdict but quite possibly only a handful of people so that no leaks possible. For example: Khaldoon, Berrada and the Barca duo.

 

[Damanino]

Monday we will know thats it.