GovanAllan 0 Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Are you now complaining that the sanctions weren't as harsh as they should have been? If they had relegated us down a division and kicked us out the cup so be it, that punishment is on the books. But instead they choose to come up with an embargo out of nowhere and keep us in the league out their own self interest. That was the point I was making. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,320 Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 And they could have made that a 36 months embargo with no-one stopping them either. Grabbed from thin air. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 0 Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 And they could have made that a 36 months embargo with no-one stopping them either. Grabbed from thin air. You're correct. They could have. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,320 Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 ... or barred the club from using and selling blue shirts, for that matter. As has been said, if we have done something wrong there should be punishment. Not least for the responsible people. But this punishment should be transparent and in the rules. What stops another SFA congregation to whip up a far weaker penalty for a similar offence to ours, or one far more grievious? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 0 Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 ... or barred the club from using and selling blue shirts, for that matter. As has been said, if we have done something wrong there should be punishment. Not least for the responsible people. But this punishment should be transparent and in the rules. What stops another SFA congregation to whip up a far weaker penalty for a similar offence to ours, or one far more grievious? The member clubs voting against the JP having unlimited powers. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
der Berliner 3,320 Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 The member clubs voting against the JP having unlimited powers. Is that a statement about facts already known, or you telling us that we should accept that? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 0 Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 Is that a statement about facts already known, or you telling us that we should accept that? That's a statement explaining what would need to be done to stop the JP from deciding what sanctions to award to teams. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
forlanssister 3,062 Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 I think this is a quick action to get judicial opinion on whether the club have a case - possibly to indicate if a trip to the CAS is worth it. For that reason I doubt there would be any UEFA/FIFA censure as it stands. According to Gregory Ioannidis (the sports lawyer guy) the SFAs' Articles don't permit an appeal to CAS because they claim the findings of the Appellate Tribunal are final and binding. It appears once more we find ourselves in uncharted waters. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbr 1,247 Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 You couldn't make this up , UEFA under their new financial fair play rules , on advice from legal representation , have dropped the very same sanction ( transfer embargo,s ) from their list of punishments as they are illegal and against EU law on trade . The Telegraph had an article last week on this . 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted May 27, 2012 Share Posted May 27, 2012 You couldn't make this up , UEFA under their new financial fair play rules , on advice from legal representation , have dropped the very same sanction ( transfer embargo,s ) from their list of punishments as they are illegal and against EU law on trade . Maybe we've got a slim chance of getting somewhere if our lawyer uses that argument as part of our case? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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