What To Do With FFP Fine

[Duncan Disordely]

Definitely NOT this.. http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/manchester-citys-ffp-fine-shared-7746216

Manchester City's FFP fine to be shared out among Champions League rivals

Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal could benefit from the £50m fine City paid for breaching UEFA's rules

Manchester City's huge fine for breaching UEFA's financial fair play rules is to be shared out around the other clubs in the Champions League.

City were fined £50million for the FFP breaches but will only have to pay around £20million if they comply with the break-even rules in future seasons.

The first tranche of payments from City, Paris St Germain and Zenit St Petersburg will total £20million and will be split among the Champions League and Europa League clubs who did comply with the rules last season.

A similar sum will be distributed to clubs who comply with the FFP rules in this season's European competitions.

European Clubs' Association chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said UEFA had agreed the fines should go to the other clubs.

He told a news conference in Geneva: "It was an agreement between UEFA and the clubs that it was money belonging to the clubs."

The clubs will have a chance to argue any changes to FFP rules at a meeting with UEFA on October 13.

UEFA president Michel Platini said in his speech to the ECA: "The framework for financial fair play must be dynamic, it must evolve constantly, which is why I have convened an important round table on the subject with your representatives at UEFA headquarters on 13 October.

"We will see whether any imperfections can be ironed out and whether there is room to further improve the system."

So the Champions league clubs look after themselves and the rich get richer.

Surely they could use that money for much better means than that. Investment in grass roots football across Europe for a start.

 

[bignev23]

Bit mad that like init, suppose its rewarding the teams which actually comply with the rules.

 

[Duncan Disordely]

Seems to me like they're helping themselves avoid FFP sanctions by taking the money themselves, and that then give them a (further) competitive advantage (££££) in their domestic leagues. For not spending money they didn't have.

 

[Durham Toffee]

Meanwhile lower league clubs are continually shafted by this ruling...

 

[Bruce Wayne]

To be fair, it says that it will be split between CL and Europa clubs. No idea how many clubs that means, but I don't suppose it will mean an awful lot for each club.

 

[Deleted member 28206]

LOL

 

[Huyton Layne]

Wouldn't QPRs fine go to charity? Seems bad to just give it to other clubs

 

[TheBlueGibbon]

A fund for the grassroots game would be better tbh.

 

[Durham Toffee]

A fund for the grassroots game would be better tbh.

Don't think logically.

This is an industry, don't you know?

 

[BlueLlama]

Does anyone really think this has "levelled the playing field" then?

 

[L4Everton]

National stadium in Birmingham?
Former players trust?
Centre of excellence in the north of England?
Digging clubs out of the financial mess that ITV digital left them with?

 

[Jamo Martinez]

They should give it to me.

I wouldn't break any rules.

Though I might break some laws.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Hookers and cocaine

 

[TheBlueGibbon]

Hookers and cocaine

TBH I wouldn't have been suprised if they had thrown a bunga-bunga party.

 

[SerenityNigh]

TBH I wouldn't have been suprised if they had thrown a bunga-bunga party.

There's clear precedent for this, surprised it isn't in UEFA's rules already