• reece0n@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    What I don’t understand is why Everton?

    The points deduction for breaking the rules… fine, arguably excessive, but fine.

    But then subsequent legal issues for what basically amounts to loss in earnings? Surely if Burnley and Leicester do have a case (which you can understand) it’s the PL that’s to blame?

    Everton have now been punished. The PL’s decision to delay any punishment in the 2021/22 season because of an investigation into new breaches may have meant that Burnley went down wrongly. Their slow investigation last season may have meant that Leicester went down wrongly. Both clubs can feel aggrieved…but surely if there’s financial compensation to be had, its the PL that should foot the bill for their calamitous handling of the situation that affected one of those clubs.

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      10 months ago

      Your neighbor comes into your house and steals your dinner on every Sunday.

      You also hungry multiple times a year because local cops are too lazy to investigate. They even appoint security at your door but he falls asleep.

      After a year the neighbor is finally convicted of crime. You expect the cops to pay back to you or the neighbor who kept stealing?