This whole process has been a disaster for the PL, I think the reaction inside football and outside has been almost universally negative.... and it has the potential to get a lot worse.
I feel the headlines the PL expected was about strong management making sure the game was properly run but instead it has been about a penal points deduction totally out of sync with anything seen before.
About a CEO (Masters) who has not handled the publicity side of this well at all.
About Everton being punished but City and other transgressors sailing on with no obvious date in sight for their hearings.
Finally, the debate has also moved on to look at the restrictive nature of profit and sustainability.
AND all of this is just the very beginning of a debate that has to be had.
Finally, I think the nightmare scenario is that all of this is going to be dragged up the steps of the law courts with lots of dirty linen washed in public.
Something that is even more strange is that a lot of these discussions disappear if Everton win their appeal and that isn't right either because the PL at the moment is a dysfunctional organisation that is not well run.
I feel the headlines the PL expected was about strong management making sure the game was properly run but instead it has been about a penal points deduction totally out of sync with anything seen before.
About a CEO (Masters) who has not handled the publicity side of this well at all.
About Everton being punished but City and other transgressors sailing on with no obvious date in sight for their hearings.
Finally, the debate has also moved on to look at the restrictive nature of profit and sustainability.
AND all of this is just the very beginning of a debate that has to be had.
Finally, I think the nightmare scenario is that all of this is going to be dragged up the steps of the law courts with lots of dirty linen washed in public.
Something that is even more strange is that a lot of these discussions disappear if Everton win their appeal and that isn't right either because the PL at the moment is a dysfunctional organisation that is not well run.
Points back, beat Palace, 13 point swing and bevs on a Monday.
