Sheffield Wednesday points deduction reduced

[ninian opinian]

To 6.

[surge]

The BBC article gives the following statement:

"The independent panel has today rejected the club's appeal related to matters surrounding the stadium sale and on consideration of the sanction; they did not agree with the club's assertion that a points deduction should not have been imposed," an EFL statement stated.

"However, they did opt to reduce the sporting punishment from 12 points to six, which will be effective immediately."

Maybe there is more but none of that explains why it's been cut.

[life on mars]

Crazy someone is either guilty or not

[the other bob wilson]

The worst thing about this is that Wigan are currently bottom of League One after. an imposed relegation for a crime which, to my mind, wasn't as bad as Sheffield Wednesday or Derby's.

[Hot Shot Hamish.]

Apologies if I've got the wrong end of the stick but are the League still going after Bournemouth? I seem to remember that they broke the financial fair play rules the season they went up, but sanctions could not be imposed until they returned to the Championship.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Apologies if I've got the wrong end of the stick but are the League still going after Bournemouth? I seem to remember that they broke the financial fair play rules the season they went up, but sanctions could not be imposed until they returned to the Championship.

They paid 4.75m to settle it. 4.75m!

[Rjk]

The worst thing about this is that Wigan are currently bottom of League One after. an imposed relegation for a crime which, to my mind, wasn't as bad as Sheffield Wednesday or Derby's.

Yes, incredibly harsh on Wigan, I wonder if they're considering legal action

[The Lone Gunman]

The worst thing about this is that Wigan are currently bottom of League One after. an imposed relegation for a crime which, to my mind, wasn't as bad as Sheffield Wednesday or Derby's.

Problem is that, under the EFL rules which were voted for by the clubs themselves, Wigan's 'crime' resulted in an automatic points deduction with no inquiry needed. Therefore, there was no room for a genuine appeal.

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Problem is that, under the EFL rules which were voted for by the clubs themselves, Wigan's 'crime' resulted in an automatic points deduction with no inquiry needed. Therefore, there was no room for a genuine appeal.

However the owner asked the EFL how to put the club into admin before he bought them, and still managed to pass the fit and proper persons test