Club announcement - Fabio Paratici

[mawspurs]

Following media reports today regarding the FIFA Disciplinary Committee decision to extend worldwide the sanction imposed by the FIGC Federal Court of Appeals on Fabio Paratici on 20 January 2023, the Club made urgent enquiries to FIFA.

FIFA has late this afternoon responded to us in writing notifying us today, Wednesday 29 March 2023, that a decision has been made by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to extend the FIGC sanction worldwide.

We should like to make clear that when Fabio conducted the interview on Club channels yesterday neither he nor the Club had any indication of this decision being made by FIFA, based on the fact the FIGC sanction was taken on 20 January 2023 and remains subject to an Appeal on 19 April 2023.

Source: Official Site

 

[Jules77]

Yeah.
Right.
Totally blindsided.

 

[thebenjamin]

Is this really an announcement?

 

[Spurs 1961]

Wow Spurs had no idea FB was going to be banned.

Oh dear what a shambles the club is. Everyone else in the world knew but our board

 

[Nice One Cyril]

This 'announcement' from the club just underlines the fact, that nobody in charge of our club, has the faintest idea of what goes on in the world of football. We have become a laughing stock in the eyes of the football world.

 

[Johnny J]

That is a pretty poor statement. Even if we weren't given advance notice, it makes us look clueless. Everyone knew he was likely to be banned worldwide.

 

[Neon_Knight_]

That is a pretty poor statement. Even if we weren't given advance notice, it makes us look clueless. Everyone knew he was likely to be banned worldwide.

Would it be absurd to anticipate that no worldwide ban would be implemented in advance of the scheduled appeal?

It does seem a bit odd for FIFA to spend 2.5 months (after the FIGC ban) deliberating on whether a global ban is required, then enact that ban only 3 weeks before a scheduled appeal. If it's so urgent or the evidence is so robust, the global ban should have been in place before now, so clearly that's not the case....but they decided they can't wait another 3 weeks for the appeal to take place.

 

[mdharris]

We’re a joke.

 

[jolsnogross]

People could have some sympathy for the club to not get a notice period that a senior employee is being banned from conducting his job. But not many people, including Spurs fans, give a fuck about our hierarchy now. Most are tired of them, their shitty communications, and their abject job performance. So it's a shrug or a little laugh at yet another nonsense to contend with at the club.

 

[onthetwo]

Is this really an announcement?

Is it if youre a Spurs fan! Thats how special we are...we get updates on legal situations as well as team news!
Cracking!

 

[Johnny J]

Would it be absurd to anticipate that no worldwide ban would be implemented in advance of the scheduled appeal?

They aren't compelled to wait for an appeal, and we should have known that.

 

[Japhet]

Was expecting a different announcement. If I was employing a tea lady who wasn't allowed to make tea anymore I'd have a pretty easy decision to make.

 

[BENNO]

Would it be absurd to anticipate that no worldwide ban would be implemented in advance of the scheduled appeal?

It does seem a bit odd for FIFA to spend 2.5 months (after the FIGC ban) deliberating on whether a global ban is required, then enact that ban only 3 weeks before a scheduled appeal. If it's so urgent or the evidence is to robust, the global ban should have been in place before now, so clearly that's not the case....but they decided they can't wait another 3 weeks for the appeal to take place.

Congratulations on being the only sensible person replying to this thread so far. All this 'we should have sacked him....' nonsense being spouted by everyone without any thought of the legality of doing so (and the lawsuit that would follow should he win his appeal).

 

[soup]

Was expecting a different announcement. If I was employing a tea lady who wasn't allowed to make tea anymore I'd have a pretty easy decision to make.

Coffee?

 

[Johnny J]

Congratulations on being the only sensible person replying to this thread so far. All this 'we should have sacked him....' nonsense being spouted by everyone without any thought of the legality of doing so (and the lawsuit that would follow should he win his appeal).

Some of us understand the employment law position very well, and a successful appeal would not inevitably mean a claim, nor necessarily a successful one.

 

[BENNO]

Some of us understand the employment law position very well, and a successful appeal would not inevitably mean a claim, nor necessarily a successful one.

Hi Johnny,

As i actually don't have any particular understanding of employment law, can i ask you how you view the situation ? Whatever we think of Levy he is not a stupid man and if , as some believe, his only goal is to make himself & ENIC money then the current scandal around Paratici would be detrimental to that process. So why , in your opinion, has Paratici been left to carry on his duties and not been sacked ? I assumed, possibly incorrectly by what you are saying, it was because (up until the outcome of the appeal) he CAN carry out his job specifics so we had no grounds to fire him on.

 

[Johnny J]

Hi Johnny,

As i actually don't have any particular understanding of employment law, can i ask you how you view the situation ? Whatever we think of Levy he is not a stupid man and if , as some believe, his only goal is to make himself & ENIC money then the current scandal around Paratici would be detrimental to that process. So why , in your opinion, has Paratici been left to carry on his duties and not been sacked ? I assumed, possibly incorrectly by what you are saying, it was because (up until the outcome of the appeal) he CAN carry out his job specifics so we had no grounds to fire him on.

Can't comment on his particular situation, as that will depend on his terms, role spec, what he's told the club and various other factors.

But speaking generally if someone is unable to carry out a significant element of their role, that will unavoidably put their position in question. And if they're unable to carry out those responsibilities because of, let's call it, legal troubles, that adds another layer of complexity.

Such a situation isn't about just the role. It's also about the reputation of the employer and the impact on that of the alleged behaviour. This is a big issue if the alleged behaviour is closely linked to key duties of the role.

An employer in general has to make its own decision about the employment aspects based on the available evidence, and after having done its own enquiries.

So, and again speaking generally, it's not so simple as "sack the person", but nor is it so simple as "don't sack the person".

Ultimately all employers will make a commercial decision and that decision will inevitably come with some level of risk. The question is: what does the employer want to achieve, and how much risk is it prepared to tolerate to achieve that objective?

Employment law is one factor, but it's not the only one.

Hope that helps.

 

[TonyK]

Fingers crossed the next announcement on the OS will be headed:

Club Announcement - Daniel Levy

We are now a complete shambles both on and off the pitch. Even the ladies team do not have a coach at the minute.

Time to run these ENIC parasites out of our club!

 

[thebenjamin]

Congratulations on being the only sensible person replying to this thread so far. All this 'we should have sacked him....' nonsense being spouted by everyone without any thought of the legality of doing so (and the lawsuit that would follow should he win his appeal).

he should've been suspended pending his appeal as soon as it happened. Not like he can actually do anything anyway. At least the club would've looked like it had taken charge of the situation.

 

[Metalhead]

Following media reports today regarding the FIFA Disciplinary Committee decision to extend worldwide the sanction imposed by the FIGC Federal Court of Appeals on Fabio Paratici on 20 January 2023, the Club made urgent enquiries to FIFA.

FIFA has late this afternoon responded to us in writing notifying us today, Wednesday 29 March 2023, that a decision has been made by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to extend the FIGC sanction worldwide.

We should like to make clear that when Fabio conducted the interview on Club channels yesterday neither he nor the Club had any indication of this decision being made by FIFA, based on the fact the FIGC sanction was taken on 20 January 2023 and remains subject to an Appeal on 19 April 2023.

Source: Official Site

Sort of unintentionally funny.