FFP Update and stuff

[Misfit]

UEFA publishes their 8 punishments for breaching FFP rules 4 April 2012

At the UEFA conference in Istanbul, UEFA ratified three more disciplinary measures for clubs that breach FFP rules. As I outlined in my article on 7 Feb, five measures had previously been agreed at the Nyon Conference in January. The full menu of punishments now reads:

• Reprimand / Warning
• Fine
• Deduction of Points
• Withholding of Revenue from UEFA competition
• Prohibition to register new players for UEFA competitions;
• A restriction on the number of players that a club may register for UEFA competitions
• Disqualification from a competition in progress
• Exclusion from future competitions

Although the European Commission recently announced their approval of the Financial Fair Play regulations, there is a requirement for the rules and punishments to be applied in a fair and consistent manner. Deciding which clubs receive which punishments and determining the severity of the punishment for all transgressions is likely to prove extremely problematic for Platini. The FFP rules contain a huge number of potential transgressions, raging from overspend, to failure to have an under-10 youth team. Even the financial requirements are wide-ranging and UEFA will be challenged when comparing rule-breaking such as overspend, failure of an owner to inject equity and failure to be up-to date with taxes. And once the relative seriousness of the crimes are evaluated, there will be issues be determined within each crime. For example, should a club overspending by £1m be punished the same as one overspending by £50m? Exclusion isn't a an easily scalable punishment. And if the problem isn't difficult enough, UEFA has advised that it is keen to phase-in FFP over the next few years (presumably increasing the severity of the punishments). When considering this potential minefild, UEFA needs to be mindful that it faces a potential legal challenge if the punishments are not applied fairly and consistently.

Platini has achieved a great deal and surprised many by getting the FFP rules this far - perhaps the hard part is only just beginning.

http://www.financialfairplay.co.uk/

Not at all convinced. Legal challenges galore if they screw over a smaller club but let off one of the European Elite.

Think they'll hand out some fines and stuff and that's about it. Being fair and everything in those fines.

 

[talkshowhost86]

I really don't see this being implemented properly at all. I foresee plenty of 'warnings' and not alot else.

 

[Misfit]

Yep, the worst they probably do is dip into the second bullet point for thuper-therial warnings. We're talking triple-secret double probation.

 

[Lappi]

I'm getting the impression that the intention was not primarily to punish clubs for overspending, but to attempt to curb wage and and transfer fee inflation.

 

[Wellspurs]

Cant see the point of fining a club where money is no object?

 

[kcmei]

It would be just they had to pay double!!

 

[beats1]

Well Malaga looks like they havent paid their debts and are being kicked out of next years CL, I guess this means Isco is going to manchester

 

[Misfit]

Yes. Mildly encouraging really isn't it. The devil will be when clubs don't fall foul of the obvious as in this case but certain debt targets are missed etc. Still I was very sceptical anything would happen. I still won't hold my breath but didn't expect this so I must keep an open mind.

 

[EnfieldYiddo]

As mentioned before what are fines?

Like when you see a footballer being fined 5k... That's like fining me a few quid... Utterly pointless. It's pennies to them.

It should be no bullshit, straight to point deduction - Only way these clubs will listen - Of course I'm dreaming never happen.

 

[nightgoat]

Didn't Malaga's sugar daddy bugger off and leave them in the shit, though? Which seems to send out a slightly different message; as long as your morally bankrupt oligarch/sheikh sticks around pissing money all over the place, you're all fine and dandy.

 

[beats1]

Didn't Malaga's sugar daddy bugger off and leave them in the shit, though? Which seems to send out a slightly different message; as long as your morally bankrupt oligarch/sheikh sticks around pissing money all over the place, you're all fine and dandy.

Nope he is still there but he never brought the club for a play thing, he brought it to own and change the malaga beach resort