• WhalingSmithers00@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Wycombe and Middlesbrough tried this with Derby. It needs to be stamped out.

    The punishment is the points deduction. Clubs should not be suing each other because it becomes incredibly messy and up to so much speculation.

    For example Middlesbroughs claim that Derby cost them a play off play and therefore premier league money is so hard to prove because who knows if they would have won

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      1 year ago

      Wycombe had a fair point as Derby were served with a points deduction the following season, as opposed to deducted points applying to the season in which cheating occurred.

      This highlights that EFL acknowledged cheating took place but chose not to retrospectively punish Derby. Instead, they essentially relegated them the following year.

      • WhalingSmithers00@alien.topB
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        1 year ago

        FFP is averaged over 3 seasons. Derby had amortised their transfer payments differently weighting them more towards the end of the players contract. If anything their cheating took place years before