In my opinion the betting stuff just simply wont exist, on the scale required, to have any major impact on what is going on. However today I've been reading the EFL rules and I believe there is hope for us (with a set of half decent lawyers):
All text extracts come from:
https://www.efl.com/-more/governance/efl-rules--regulations/section-3---the-league/
12.3.1 If any Club becomes subject to or suffers an Insolvency Event, that Club shall be deducted 12 points.
** No avoiding this, it happened **
12.3.2 If a Group Undertaking of a Club becomes subject to or suffers an Insolvency Event, then the Board shall have the power to impose upon the Club a deduction of 12 points scored or to be scored in the League Competition. In exercising this power the Board shall have regard to all the circumstances of the case and to:
(c) the reputation of The League and the need to promote the game of association football generally; and
(d) the relationship between the Club and the Group Undertaking.
** Two things here the league allowed the take over to happen and less than a month later we are involved in this crap (c). In addition to this the league can investigate the reasons our parent company decided to take us into administration and why it happened so soon after the buy out (d). **
This is where it gets interesting:
12.3.3 Subject to the provisions of Regulation 12.3.4 below, where the Club becomes subject to or suffers an Insolvency Event, or the Board impose a deduction in accordance with Regulation 12.3.2:
(b) during the Normal Playing Season but after 5.00pm on the fourth Thursday in March, Regulation 12.3.4 shall apply; and
(c) outside the Normal Playing Season, the points deduction shall apply in respect of the following Season such that the Club starts that Season on minus 12 points (including in the National League if appropriate).
‘Normal Playing Season’ means the period of the year commencing with the first League Match and, for each Club, ending immediately after the completion of the Club’s final fixture of the League Competition, excluding any Play-Off matches.
** The normal playing season language doesnt make any sense and should be easily legally challenged, "period of the year" when matches are played between two years should be troubling for them.
Normal is defined in the dictionary as "ordinary or usual; the same as would be expected:". Looks like plenty to go on there! **
All in all I feel we'll have to and should accept the 12 points, however from what I can see weve got a very good case that it shouldn't be this season, if we dont pickup the points we need to stay up!
All text extracts come from:
https://www.efl.com/-more/governance/efl-rules--regulations/section-3---the-league/
12.3.1 If any Club becomes subject to or suffers an Insolvency Event, that Club shall be deducted 12 points.
** No avoiding this, it happened **
12.3.2 If a Group Undertaking of a Club becomes subject to or suffers an Insolvency Event, then the Board shall have the power to impose upon the Club a deduction of 12 points scored or to be scored in the League Competition. In exercising this power the Board shall have regard to all the circumstances of the case and to:
(c) the reputation of The League and the need to promote the game of association football generally; and
(d) the relationship between the Club and the Group Undertaking.
** Two things here the league allowed the take over to happen and less than a month later we are involved in this crap (c). In addition to this the league can investigate the reasons our parent company decided to take us into administration and why it happened so soon after the buy out (d). **
This is where it gets interesting:
12.3.3 Subject to the provisions of Regulation 12.3.4 below, where the Club becomes subject to or suffers an Insolvency Event, or the Board impose a deduction in accordance with Regulation 12.3.2:
(b) during the Normal Playing Season but after 5.00pm on the fourth Thursday in March, Regulation 12.3.4 shall apply; and
(c) outside the Normal Playing Season, the points deduction shall apply in respect of the following Season such that the Club starts that Season on minus 12 points (including in the National League if appropriate).
‘Normal Playing Season’ means the period of the year commencing with the first League Match and, for each Club, ending immediately after the completion of the Club’s final fixture of the League Competition, excluding any Play-Off matches.
** The normal playing season language doesnt make any sense and should be easily legally challenged, "period of the year" when matches are played between two years should be troubling for them.
Normal is defined in the dictionary as "ordinary or usual; the same as would be expected:". Looks like plenty to go on there! **
All in all I feel we'll have to and should accept the 12 points, however from what I can see weve got a very good case that it shouldn't be this season, if we dont pickup the points we need to stay up!