Financial Fair Play

[camberwell fox]

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/mar/06/leicester-city-football-league-financial-fair-play?CMP=share_btn_tw

That's ****ing hilarious.

 

[drew]

It is and I'd be staggered if we were any different to any of the other clubs claiming to conform. It's a bollocks system and the clubs are treating it as such.

Precisely, smarter people than those that operate the Football League will always find a loophole.

 

[Blue Maniac]

Wow. Just ****ing wow.

 

[SwedeFox]

So in summary, the reason we're supposed to be fine is because we have sold the advertising rights in Thailand for ****ing loads of money to a man and his dog in a parking lot in Sheffield? This is why I fell in love with football

 

[Blue Maniac]

So in summary, the reason we're supposed to be fine is because we have sold the advertising rights in Thailand for ****ing loads of money to a man and his dog in a parking lot in Sheffield? This is why I fell in love with football

Jumpers for goalposts and all that.

 

[PFKAKTF FOX]

FFS this is the most cunning of cunning plans .....exactly how long has Baldrick been employed by LCFC?

Embarrassing

 

[Matt_B]

FFS this is the most cunning of cunning plans .....exactly how long has Baldrick been employed by LCFC?

Embarrassing

Do you know it's any different from the rest? I'm fairly sure Man City came under scrutiny for something very similar last season when they signed a new sponsorship deal.

 

[fox58]

Do you know it's any different from the rest? I'm fairly sure Man City came under scrutiny for something very similar last season when they signed a new sponsorship deal.

Didn't they get a fine and have their Champions league squad restricted as a result

 

[Blaarev]

Didn't they get a fine and have their Champions league squad restricted as a result

I guess we could live with that

 

[Hazzman]

Regardless of shady and dodgy it looks, it will no doubt get signed off by the Football League.

 

[Redditch Fox]

I think that Sven would be ideal to head up this innovative project.

 

[DesertFox]

I think that Sven would be ideal to head up this innovative project.

With Peter Ridsdale in an advisory role.

 

[The Old Fox]

It feels disloyal to my team, but they deserve to get the book thrown at them for this!

 

[Blaarev]

It feels disloyal to my team, but they deserve to get the book thrown at them for this!

Which book?

 

[OldGit]

Which book?

Noddy pretends to understand accounting

 

[Blue Maniac]

Which book?

Sales and purchase ledgers would be a start.

 

[Real Sharapova]

Which book?

And what for? Nothing I have read points to any wrongdoing. Innuendo yes, but that's not evidence, is it.

 

[Matt_B]

And what for? Nothing I have read points to any wrongdoing. Innuendo yes, but that's not evidence, is it.

Even if there is evidence, is any of it illegal? Or does it just break the nonsensical rules of ffp?

 

[The Old Fox]

Even if there is evidence, is any of it illegal? Or does it just break the nonsensical rules of ffp?

Heaven knows FFP is not perfect, but it is the best that we've got to rein in the 'money rules' attitude to football. If we lose FFP, I foresee a Premier League that cuts itself off from the lower leagues.

 

[Matt_B]

Heaven knows FFP is not perfect, but it is the best that we've got to rein in the 'money rules' attitude to football. If we lose FFP, I foresee a Premier League that cuts itself off from the lower leagues.

But it's all so ridiculous. Why 8m? It's arbitrary. Why are some things exempt and not others?