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DMnumber4

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Leicester City; do you feel cheated?
« on February 23, 2018, 01:31:25 pm by DMnumber4 »
Leicester City have agreed to pay the Football League £3.1m to settle the league’s long-running claim that the club breached financial fair play rules when they made a £21m loss in their 2013-14 season. Leicester won promotion from the Championship that season after their owner, Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who owns Thailand’s duty-free company King Power, had invested more than £100m since his 2010 takeover, and subsequently they won their unlikely Premier League title in 2016.

More here: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/feb/21/leicester-settlement-football-league-ffp

Taking points from teams who were playing within the rules - financial doping at it's finest.



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DRNaith

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Re: Leicester City; do you feel cheated?
« Reply #1 on February 23, 2018, 01:40:11 pm by DRNaith »
It's not something that is going to be remembered when people talk about the freak season of 15/16

Filo

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Re: Leicester City; do you feel cheated?
« Reply #2 on February 23, 2018, 01:40:59 pm by Filo »
The three releagated clubs should split that as compensation

DN8ROVER

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Re: Leicester City; do you feel cheated?
« Reply #3 on February 23, 2018, 01:54:20 pm by DN8ROVER »
The only way to stop clubs breaking financial fair play rules is to relegate them.

NickDRFC

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Re: Leicester City; do you feel cheated?
« Reply #4 on February 23, 2018, 02:31:49 pm by NickDRFC »
The three releagated clubs should split that as compensation

You could equally argue a case that Derby County, finishing third, should be compensated, perhaps even more so given the amount of money they would have got from being in the PL and missed out on.

Filo

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Re: Leicester City; do you feel cheated?
« Reply #5 on February 23, 2018, 02:51:18 pm by Filo »
The three releagated clubs should split that as compensation

You could equally argue a case that Derby County, finishing third, should be compensated, perhaps even more so given the amount of money they would have got from being in the PL and missed out on.

Good point

the vicar

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Re: Leicester City; do you feel cheated?
« Reply #6 on February 23, 2018, 03:04:04 pm by the vicar »
Yes I do but it is water under the bridge now move on, not do us any good moping about it

stuey

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Re: Leicester City; do you feel cheated?
« Reply #7 on February 23, 2018, 06:45:56 pm by stuey »
No I don't. And if I did, I'd call myself a Sheff United fan. They still bang on about Tevez

DonnyBazR0ver

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Re: Leicester City; do you feel cheated?
« Reply #8 on February 23, 2018, 07:05:55 pm by DonnyBazR0ver »
I don't see it as a fit and proper punishment for  flouting the rules and giving themselves an unfair advantage. Is a retrospective punishment a deterrent? I think not.

PDX_Rover

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Re: Leicester City; do you feel cheated?
« Reply #9 on February 24, 2018, 04:06:43 pm by PDX_Rover »
No punishment at all, frankly.

Bristol Red Rover

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Re: Leicester City; do you feel cheated?
« Reply #10 on February 24, 2018, 04:10:53 pm by Bristol Red Rover »
A retrospective punishment should always involve a hefty fine - one to be distributed to grassroots and non league. Plus a points deduction at the very least, at the very minimum 10, and in some cases, like this one, a relegation for the following season - which has the extra bonus of ruining all joy for the current season  :evil:

hoolahoop

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Re: Leicester City; do you feel cheated?
« Reply #11 on February 24, 2018, 04:19:28 pm by hoolahoop »
It's not punishment at all. They need to look at club's accounts ongoing in a season .......Man Citeh massively flouted the rules a couple of seasons ago and got away with it.

albie

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Re: Leicester City; do you feel cheated?
« Reply #12 on March 02, 2018, 05:41:45 pm by albie »
Leicester have just posted record profits;
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43262780

So the "fine" is just small change to set against the gains made from cheating.

Football is a corrupt industry, concerned mainly with preserving the opportunities to game the system.

Sporting ethics, becoming a contradiction in terms these days!

drfchound

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Re: Leicester City; do you feel cheated?
« Reply #13 on March 02, 2018, 05:48:18 pm by drfchound »
Didn’t Bournmouth bends the financial rules to get themselves into the PL as well.
They too will have reaped the rewards.

RedJ

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Re: Leicester City; do you feel cheated?
« Reply #14 on March 02, 2018, 08:53:57 pm by RedJ »
But everyone f**king fawns over them as "the little club that could", conveniently ignoring that, and the fact that they were/are backed by Russians who are hardly short of cash.

Jim Dobbin

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Re: Leicester City; do you feel cheated?
« Reply #15 on March 03, 2018, 08:35:36 am by Jim Dobbin »
Sheff Wed just posted a loss of £20.8 million to add to a £9.8 million loss last season.

Jim Dobbin

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Re: Leicester City; do you feel cheated?
« Reply #16 on March 03, 2018, 08:49:06 am by Jim Dobbin »
Other Championship clubs in the region - Sheff Utd lost £5.6 million, their accounts will look healthier next year with increased crowds and Championship money. Barnsley made a profit of £13.2 million wiping out any previous debt carried over. Leeds have not filed their accounts yet but last year they lost £8.9 million, i think this years include the Woods money.
Its a tough league to consolidate in if thats Rovers goal, fast becoming the Premier League 2 with some of those figures.

 

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