John_Silletts_Nose
Well-Known Member
If CCFC survive relegation by less than 5 points could this open the possibility of a relegated club suing the football league for not enforcing a 15 point deduction on CCFC for liquidation as per their stated 15 point statutory penalty and relegating CCFC instead.
In august the football league statement was:
"CCFC Ltd [the company that entered administration] will be put into liquidation after ACL failed to accept the Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) put forward by the administrator.
"Rather than the statutory 15-point penalty, the club will now receive a 10-point deduction going into the new season while the awarding of the membership of the Football League provides certainty for the future."
I suspect that should any relegated club sue the Football League and have the money to pursue the action then this would trigger law suits from Otium as well.
We all known that the Football League run scared from litigation and the rules are discretionary but should a relegated club take action it could be interesting and expose the Football league to negative publicity.
In august the football league statement was:
"CCFC Ltd [the company that entered administration] will be put into liquidation after ACL failed to accept the Company Voluntary Arrangement (CVA) put forward by the administrator.
"Rather than the statutory 15-point penalty, the club will now receive a 10-point deduction going into the new season while the awarding of the membership of the Football League provides certainty for the future."
I suspect that should any relegated club sue the Football League and have the money to pursue the action then this would trigger law suits from Otium as well.
We all known that the Football League run scared from litigation and the rules are discretionary but should a relegated club take action it could be interesting and expose the Football league to negative publicity.