The Blackpool one is exactly the point, they investigated before they confirmed the penalty and decided it shouldn't apply. Derby and Sheffield Wednesday were both in trouble for breaking FFP, but both weren't docked points before they had an investigation / hearing. Derby got nothing and Sheff Wed got theirs delayed to the following season. Sheffield were in the same boat as us and could've impacted relegation but they still got the benefit of an investigation before the EFL decided to dock points.
The EFL confirmed the penalty immediately without giving us the same benefit other clubs boxed themselves in as they couldn't reverse it. If they had of announced they will look into it before applying the penalty i think we'd have had a fair crack of the whip but the appeal became a ass covering exercise for the EFL.
All 3 scenarios were completely different to the one Latics found themselves in last July hence why all 3 were treated differently to Latics so they're not comparable.
Blackpool is the closest scenario but even that differs significantly as I said they were put into it by a judge to allow the fella taking the Oyston's to court to buy the club coz of all the iffy things they'd been up to. Because of that they didn't suffer an administrative event so the rule didn't apply &, from what I can gather, that was known about beforehand
The facts for Latics that we were willingly put in to administration by our owner - whether he was up to anything dodgy, whether it was a plan dreamt up months before to get shut of us, whether it was a dodgy bet or whatever, it was done willingly by our owner. In those circumstances the EFL rules, which Latics have signed up, to state that it was an automatic 12 point deduction & what the EFL did to us is exactly what they've done with every other club who have been in the same situation
It's not about what they've done to clubs who've been accused of breaking FFP rules (for which there is no set penalty anyway unlike administration so they are unable to hand down an immediate punishment even if the club admits it), & it's not about what they've done to clubs like Bolton who've failed to fulfil fixtures (again for which there is no set punishment so again for which they are unable to hand down an immediate points deduction)
As I said, from our point of view the timing of the announcement stank but for all the other clubs around us the announcement of the points deduction needed to be made when it was
Comparing the situations of Latics to that of Sheff Wed & derby's FFP issues is like comparing chalk & cheese
And the appeal was carried out by an independent body so wasn't about ass covering for the EFL - the same independent body has reversed many EFL decisions where it has acted incorrectly. Unfortunately for us it (the EFL) didn't act incorrectly when it came to our points deduction