But how's that related to the current situation? City don't want to challenge FFP anyway.
According to some law experts the seem to think ffp can be challenged, but that it would be best to take the case to a national court rather than the EU court
The experts state that the EU court has recognised ffp as a whole, but that any challenge on how the law is applied woukd be the way forward - ala AC Milan court case
Yeh, but not a particularly reassuring one!
There must be some slick-suited American lawyers that would love to get their teeth into this and take UEFA, FFP, Gill, et al to the cleaners.
It's not the same subject though as UEFA bending its rules or acting unreasonably to try and stop us.
Also, not one knows if a legal challenge to FFP would or would not work and they din't even discuss the Swiss Court.
Oh and the idea that FFP is not anti-competitive when it comes to preventing a club invest so that it can compete is still bullshit IMO. On-going overspending and investing to build something up are two different things. If FFP does not make proper allowance for investment, it's anti-competitive in my view.
City invested and moved to profitability and are not the club currently inflating the transfer or wages market.
Of course. I'd draw attention to clause A3 which contains the objectives of the agreement;
"a commitment to assure that standards and principles of good governance such as accountability, democracy, shareholder participation/representation are firmly embedded within football governance structures"
"a commitment to open and balanced sporting competitions"
"a commitment to protect and develop a large and healthy professional football sector"
An MoU, even one that purports to be legally binding has to be entered into in good faith by BOTH sides. Can any of the above objectives be demonstrated to be untrue ? I'd say so.
It is also telling that the restrictions on taking remedial action against UEFA are onerously restrictive much to the glee of our friends in the media. That being the case, the impartial question would be "why ?". Why would an organisation committed to such good causes need to protect itself to the nth degree from independent scrutiny. The answer seems pretty obvious to me.
One last point that occurs, and I stand to be corrected on this, is that no group of people can enter into an MoU relating to activities that are against the law. So whatever they agree amongst themselves, if FFP is illegal, as I believe it is, no amount of UEFA and Agnelli (and his being the signatory on behalf of the ECA tells a story) over-rides that.
Again, it tells it is telling that FIFA has based itself in Switzerland. However, as the first 3 points in the memorandum detail, the rules govern football/clubs "at European level" and plying their trade in Europe. Much as UEFA may point to their extra-jurisdictional offices, I'm not sure they can escape European law.
We are taking on the establishment here and it is a war. We may lose battles but it's important not to allow ourselves to be distracted by bloggers like Castles, McGeehan etc and veer from confidence to despair. We'll win the war.
See that’s interesting, the fact the entire establishment hates us makes me support city even more, and my dad raised me with the that in mind considering the we are the only part of the family that don’t support the rags. The success just makes them hate us more and in turn makes me love us moreI must admit that it has taken time for me to get used to our success as a football team.
Of course our owner saw financial opportunity then delivered a masterclass in choosing people who could carry out a business plan for his investment. This part I am still in awe of.
I still feel a little uneasy about our football success, my dads charactor building virtue of being a City supporter has changed significantly.
Let's hope Pep feels the sameSee that’s interesting, the fact the entire establishment hates us makes me support city even more, and my dad raised me with the that in mind considering the we are the only part of the family that don’t support the rags. The success just makes them hate us more and in turn makes me love us more