Random Precision

The only solution for any club with ambition is here………… https://www.catribunal.org.uk

The also looked at Inter and AC Milan last year and were supposed to be buying them……here’s a tip, take what come out of the Italian media with a huge pinch of sat.

Now it’s been passed it makes it even more likely whoever the club is taking the PL to a Competition Arbitration Tribunal on the basis the rules are anti competitive and breach Competition Law.

Apparently Villa abstained at the PL meeting yesterday, the other was Crystal Palace.

It’s about Competition Law, governing bodies of football are not exempt.

Legal action or the threat was always likely. https://x.com/MarkKleinmanSky/status/1755903700093005929?s=20

I agree, infrastructure, academies and womens teams should remain outside of FFP. These new rules, if implemented will strangle the ambitions of many clubs other than the most wealthy, the existing order. Football is special some argue but now it’s a multi billion £ industry it isn’t as special as it thinks it is. It also isn’t exempt from Competition Law as it may well find out, governing bodies organise competitions and shouldn’t involve themselves in clubs commercially activities unless they can prove fraud or other criminal activities. https://www.blackstonechambers.com/podcasts/the-sports-law-podcast/the-sport-and-competition-law-podcast/ Lengthy but worth a listen.

New FFP/PSR rules if voted in will include infrastructure, academy and womens team spending. inews

Could FFP be on dodgy ground?

Well if you want to believe it’s PED’s nowt I can do to convince you otherwise.

Then the FA aren’t doing their job if that’s what you believe. https://www.thefa.com/football-rules-governance/anti-doping/the-drug-testing-process#:~:text=You will be asked to,testing regularly across the season.

But they aren’t…..SELA £25 million a year isn’t exorbitant…..and Adidas, German company £40 million a year, I guess if it upsets other fans at Newcastle maximising revenue streams then so be it.

https://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/26_07_2013_09_39_47_Fair-or-foul-Part-1-and-Part-2-word.pdf Interesting read

However any sponsorship has to be approved by the PL Fair Market Value Panel and any sponsorship even from PIF companies if believed to be above FMV wouldnt be approved. There are no rules that prevent sponsorship from PIF companies.

Yes……we got a fortune for ASM, think it was around £20 odd million, hardly a fortune. What the club has done is really ramp up the Commercial Dept which is beginning to pay dividends. Any sponsorship does and is approved by the FMV panel……although how they can assess what’s fair etc escapes me. I suspect if a legal challenge was made against FFP and FMV it could be ruled a restriction of trade, now if that ever happened the rest of the PL would have something to be worried about.