6 + 2 Point Deductions


davek said:
Tell us what you think about the protests. Maybe you're one of those who'd rather hand the rotten board a good kicking than condemn the outrageous penalty incurred by this club...that's the way you've come across so far anyway.
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The Board have massively let us down, they deserve a kicking, but they are no longer my concern, they have gone, Mosh is still here, for now, until he sells to somehow, worse people.

As for the protests, I shall attend the game on Sunday and voice my displeasure at the unwarranted harsh punishment that this football club was given.

My only concern that its done in the correct manner, we have our chance to send a message, the message should be loud and it should be done correctly.

Hopefully on Sunday I can reflect on how proud I am of this fanbase.
 
Goat said:
The Board have massively let us down, they deserve a kicking, but they are no longer my concern, they have gone, Mosh is still here, for now, until he sells to somehow, worse people.

As for the protests, I shall attend the game on Sunday and voice my displeasure at the unwarranted harsh punishment that this football club was given.

My only concern that its done in the correct manner, we have our chance to send a message, the message should be loud and it should be done correctly.

Hopefully on Sunday I can reflect on how proud I am of this fanbase.
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Oh.
 

Oh wow, so, the league created a secret sanction policy for Everton 5 months after they referred them to the commission... didnt tell Everton about it, then told the commission this was their sanction policy. But it only applies to Everton, so they dont need to do any for Man City or Chelsea etc. The commission then punished them EXACTLY on that policy. Thats an absolute bombshell and thats a way to appeal. From the Athletic Article at Athletic-Everton Appeal:

"The commission heard how, on August 10 this year, five months after Everton’s case had been referred, league officials put forward what was described in the report as a “sanction policy”...

According to evidence supplied by its chief executive Richard Masters, the league proposed “a fixed starting point of a deduction of six points, with an increase from that starting point of one point for every £5million...

Crucially, they still reached the same conclusion as the league: a 10-point penalty for an overspend of £19.5million, with their adjudication summarised in the final two pages of the report. None of this is likely to have been lost on Everton’s lawyers...

The Athletic has since been told the aforementioned sanction framework was only meant to be used for Everton’s case. It is understood no such league-wide sanction policy is in the pipeline at the moment and that such a change would need to be communicated to clubs formally and via the handbook. Everton were unaware of the league’s recommendation both at the time of their referral and approaching the pre-trial review in early October."
 
PeregrineT said:
According to evidence supplied by its chief executive Richard Masters, the league proposed “a fixed starting point of a deduction of six points, with an increase from that starting point of one point for every £5million...

Crucially, they still reached the same conclusion as the league: a 10-point penalty for an overspend of £19.5million, with their adjudication summarised in the final two pages of the report. None of this is likely to have been lost on Everton’s lawyers...

The Athletic has since been told the aforementioned sanction framework was only meant to be used for Everton’s case. It is understood no such league-wide sanction policy is in the pipeline at the moment and that such a change would need to be communicated to clubs formally and via the handbook. Everton were unaware of the league’s recommendation both at the time of their referral and approaching the pre-trial review in early October."
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...and they couldn't explain how they got to 10 points rather than 9, given it wasn't a full £5M taking it to £20M.

That might be a small detail but it underlines just how cavalier and ramshackle they were in arriving at the conclusions they did.
 

PeregrineT said:
Oh wow, so, the league created a secret sanction policy for Everton 5 months after they referred them to the commission... didnt tell Everton about it, then told the commission this was their sanction policy. But it only applies to Everton, so they dont need to do any for Man City or Chelsea etc. The commission then punished them EXACTLY on that policy. Thats an absolute bombshell and thats a way to appeal. From the Athletic Article at Athletic-Everton Appeal:

"The commission heard how, on August 10 this year, five months after Everton’s case had been referred, league officials put forward what was described in the report as a “sanction policy”...

According to evidence supplied by its chief executive Richard Masters, the league proposed “a fixed starting point of a deduction of six points, with an increase from that starting point of one point for every £5million...

Crucially, they still reached the same conclusion as the league: a 10-point penalty for an overspend of £19.5million, with their adjudication summarised in the final two pages of the report. None of this is likely to have been lost on Everton’s lawyers...

The Athletic has since been told the aforementioned sanction framework was only meant to be used for Everton’s case. It is understood no such league-wide sanction policy is in the pipeline at the moment and that such a change would need to be communicated to clubs formally and via the handbook. Everton were unaware of the league’s recommendation both at the time of their referral and approaching the pre-trial review in early October."
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Grounds to sue right there
 

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