...how is it that Leeds can fairly be docked 25 points for not cheating outside the game?
When other sides have been forced (or chosen to go) into administration they've been docked the 10 points. This was a punishment agreed by the leagues and members already.
I can even understand that other teams and maybe even the league themselves are aggrieved that Leeds took the 10 point deduction at the tail-end of the season so they didn't have to take it this season. However, that isn't against the rules, and who in their right mind would see their team 99.99% relegated and choose not to take the deduction then, instead waiting for the following season to take the hit? If the league and its members didn't like Leeds doing that then they shouldn't have voted in that change as was.
In addition, the 15 point punishment has been given for Leeds doing the right thing and the tax man doing the wrong thing. The tax man were willing to take Leeds to court - which would have seen no golden share for Leeds and would've no doubt been the end of the club. What HMRC wanted was for their £7.7m (or thereabouts) to be paid in full instead of the initial 13p in the £ rising to a possible 31p and **** the rest of the creditors. That would have been against the CVA and would have been breaking the rules. Leeds stuck to their guns and have been punished by the league for it.
Finally Leeds were only granted the league place on the grounds that they have no right to appeal outside football governing bodies. This is because any court appeal would be upheld because the entire thing stinks.
Disgusting.
Yes, people will revel in it through dislike for the club, but no-one with half a brain can say that how Leeds have been treated is fair.
When other sides have been forced (or chosen to go) into administration they've been docked the 10 points. This was a punishment agreed by the leagues and members already.
I can even understand that other teams and maybe even the league themselves are aggrieved that Leeds took the 10 point deduction at the tail-end of the season so they didn't have to take it this season. However, that isn't against the rules, and who in their right mind would see their team 99.99% relegated and choose not to take the deduction then, instead waiting for the following season to take the hit? If the league and its members didn't like Leeds doing that then they shouldn't have voted in that change as was.
In addition, the 15 point punishment has been given for Leeds doing the right thing and the tax man doing the wrong thing. The tax man were willing to take Leeds to court - which would have seen no golden share for Leeds and would've no doubt been the end of the club. What HMRC wanted was for their £7.7m (or thereabouts) to be paid in full instead of the initial 13p in the £ rising to a possible 31p and **** the rest of the creditors. That would have been against the CVA and would have been breaking the rules. Leeds stuck to their guns and have been punished by the league for it.
Finally Leeds were only granted the league place on the grounds that they have no right to appeal outside football governing bodies. This is because any court appeal would be upheld because the entire thing stinks.
Disgusting.
Yes, people will revel in it through dislike for the club, but no-one with half a brain can say that how Leeds have been treated is fair.
