imagine this and tell me if you think its fair:
Your English team, whoever they are, sign an English player, who's hasn't played for anyone at all for six months and is a free agent, and not under contract to any other club. His last club were Cardiff, who as you know are a Welsh club but have played in the English league for nearly 100 years...
So this player joins your club, plays 12 league matches and one cup match...and eventually he gets a booking.
The FA then decide to tell your club that they have just realized he is not actually elgible for selection because, since he last played for Cardiff, your club should have applied for "international clearance" for him, and he shouldn't have played till the FA grant it.
The FA then throw your team out of the cup competition and fine them £12,000. The League then decide to ALSO deduct 18 points from your team and fine them £5000...and there is no right of appeal either. Fair?
2007-02-18
03:30:25
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