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

What do you think will be the outcome of the CAS hearing?

  • Two-year ban upheld

    Votes: 197 13.1%

  • Ban reduced to one year

    Votes: 422 28.2%

  • Ban overturned and City exonerated

    Votes: 815 54.4%

  • Other

    Votes: 65 4.3%
  • Total voters
    1,499
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The Fat el Hombre said:
He's still here!

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The article from February that Delaney references at the bottom of that tweet is actually quite a decent summary of how football got itself in this mess, so decent that I can hardly believe he wrote it! It makes many valid historical points about how English football in particular became much less competitive - starting with home clubs keeping all gate receipts in the early 80s and the explosion of satellite tv in the early 90s that was a driving force in the creation of the PL and the subsequent dominance of the rags in particular.

Yet he fails to join the dots and cannot see that FFP as currently regulated simply sets those problems in stone - that the only way that clubs can break the stranglehold of the "history" clubs, both in England and Europe generally, is via large-scale investment which is where his bizarre hang-ups about "petro-states" and "sportswashing" comes into play. It seems that he prefers owners who take money out of the sport rather than those who invest money into it, the logic is so screwed that it's hard to avoid bringing racism into the argument when criticising him.
 
Ballet-on-ice said:
Maria.
Aqua Maria.
What are these strange enchantments I hear whenever your near.
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lancs blue said:
The article from February that Delaney references at the bottom of that tweet is actually quite a decent summary of how football got itself in this mess, so decent that I can hardly believe he wrote it! It makes many valid historical points about how English football in particular became much less competitive - starting with home clubs keeping all gate receipts in the early 80s and the explosion of satellite tv in the early 90s that was a driving force in the creation of the PL and the subsequent dominance of the rags in particular.

Yet he fails to join the dots and cannot see that FFP as currently regulated simply sets those problems in stone - that the only way that clubs can break the stranglehold of the "history" clubs, both in England and Europe generally, is via large-scale investment which is where his bizarre hang-ups about "petro-states" and "sportswashing" comes into play. It seems that he prefers owners who take money out of the sport rather than those who invest money into it, the logic is so screwed that it's hard to avoid bringing racism into the argument when criticising him.
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He clearly has a problem with Muslim Arabs, just like a majority of people running top class football.

If your white, into money laundering, theft, extorsion, or drug trafficking everything is ok and your welcome to the club!
 
domalino said:
My biggest problem with Delaney, which I don't have with other supporters of FFP is that he argues in bad faith. Other people genuinely will argue that it stops another portsmouth or it keeps the playing field relatively level at the top, but Delaney has written long arguments about how that's not true.

The obvious conclusion to all his arguments about football being broken is that FFP is a terrible thing for football, it solidifies the status quo by only allowing already rich clubs to spend money, and the gap grows every year it exists...but he never reaches that conclusion because he would rather FFP exist and see United, Liverpool, Arsenal pull away from the rest than a billionaire invests in City, or Wolves, or whoever and makes them competitive because he doesn't want the wrong billionaire to get into the sport - you know, the "petro-state" ones.
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Like , you know, the brown ones.
 
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