London Irish
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Man City fined £50m for FFP
- Thread starter London Irish
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If they make £50m stick, then fair play, I take my hat off.
Any idea where the £50m goes? (lawyers and backhanders I presume).
TheJasperCo
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And guess who's going to end up baring the brunt of the fine? The shareholders...oh wait no that's not right, it'll be the fans won't it?
ElectricNaz
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"Manchester City are facing Uefa sanctions for breaching financial fair play rules which would see the club limited to a 21-man Champions League squad instead of the usual 25 players next season, Press Association Sport is reporting.
City, who are still strongly challenging the settlement offer from Uefa, are also facing a fine in the region of £49m over three years, and a cap imposed for next season to ensure there is no rise on this season's Champions League squad wage bill. The reduction in the size of the Champions League squad to 21 would potentially hit the club hardest, and City would also have to ensure that there are still eight locally-trained players in that A squad.
City have until the end of the week to reach an agreement with Uefa over the sanctions."
So i'm guessing the 'fine' would be a reduction in their TV revenue assuming they qualify. The squad restriction is the best move, good move on that front if it sticks.
City, who are still strongly challenging the settlement offer from Uefa, are also facing a fine in the region of £49m over three years, and a cap imposed for next season to ensure there is no rise on this season's Champions League squad wage bill. The reduction in the size of the Champions League squad to 21 would potentially hit the club hardest, and City would also have to ensure that there are still eight locally-trained players in that A squad.
City have until the end of the week to reach an agreement with Uefa over the sanctions."
So i'm guessing the 'fine' would be a reduction in their TV revenue assuming they qualify. The squad restriction is the best move, good move on that front if it sticks.
Isn't the money supposed to go to charity ? It would be great if a large chunk of these fines, could be invested in grass roots football in this country. Anyone who has experienced months on end of postponed junior league games, or the pleasures of municipal changing facilities, will know how welcome a cash injection would be.
No, that is the Football Leagues FFP, Man City are subject to EUFA FFP rules, completely different system as I understand it.
Norman Potting
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..In other news cries of joy and licking of lips heard from solicitors specialising in football related matters.
severnside gull
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Someone has to pay for the likes of Platini et al but suspect it wont be Man City just yet as the lawyers will make hay from countless legal challenges.
Indeed. What's not to like, everyone's a winner.
hybrid_x
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- Jun 28, 2011
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online slander law.....you may get sued for that ;-)
http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/social-media-online-defamation.html
Tricky Dicky
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No doubt City have better lawyers than UEFA, so will end up paying very little if anything, I suspect. The only meaningful punishment would be to deduct points or ban them from the CL, but they'd never do that to a big club - the TV companies wouldn't let them.
I think you mean libel.
Diego Napier
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- Mar 27, 2010
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Slander, libel. The bill's the same.
HastingsSeagull
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They will pay 50M but earn another 70M than they would if came 6th/7th and spent within means by time extra fans buy extra merch worldwide on top of all the extra direct revenues.
If I steal £70 from you and pay you back £50 but get no other punishment is that fair?
plus someone else fails to get the Champs League spot and title they unfairly get
If I steal £70 from you and pay you back £50 but get no other punishment is that fair?
plus someone else fails to get the Champs League spot and title they unfairly get
symyjym
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It's not so much a punnishment though, it's saying if you can afford to throw money away, you can also give £50m to good causes.
I think it is more important to know how and where this money is spent rather than thinking of it soley as a fine to hurt a club, as it is distributing funding to where it is needed.
hybrid_x
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you sound like a lawyer ;-)
