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EXCLUSIVE - Everton points deduction: Club fight back in rivals' plot to sue for over £200m
(www.telegraph.co.uk)
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What I don't understand is why Everton?
The points deduction for breaking the rules... fine, arguably excessive, but fine.
But then subsequent legal issues for what basically amounts to loss in earnings? Surely if Burnley and Leicester do have a case (which you can understand) it's the PL that's to blame?
Everton have now been punished. The PL's decision to delay any punishment in the 2021/22 season because of an investigation into new breaches may have meant that Burnley went down wrongly. Their slow investigation last season may have meant that Leicester went down wrongly. Both clubs can feel aggrieved...but surely if there's financial compensation to be had, its the PL that should foot the bill for their calamitous handling of the situation that affected one of those clubs.
Your neighbor comes into your house and steals your dinner on every Sunday.
You also hungry multiple times a year because local cops are too lazy to investigate. They even appoint security at your door but he falls asleep.
After a year the neighbor is finally convicted of crime. You expect the cops to pay back to you or the neighbor who kept stealing?
No. And that is a terrible analogy for this situation as has already been pointed out to you.
I mean it's not really the same thing. Teams that have been relegated have to prove Everton got some sort of advantage due to their overspend which won't be easy.
However it's easy to prove the time it took to apply the points deduction did relegate at least one club.
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