Gol City in the Premier League
Manchester 1-Premier League 0. A few weeks ago in England it was reported that Manchester City had achieved their first win, “potentially important in their legal battle with the Premier League” because At a meeting to amend the APT rules, a vote to change the rules was withdrawn at the last minute.. Now it’s official. This is what he announced Times: “Breaking news: Manchester City win after Premier League sponsorship rules are declared illegal.”
English media note that “The court has ruled that the Premier League was wrong to reject the massive sponsorship deal that Manchester City signed with Etihad Airways late last year.”. The suspension of another agreement with an Abu Dhabi bank was also considered procedurally unfair,” and the Mancunian team themselves issued a statement: “Following the publication of the Rules today, “Manchester City thanks the distinguished members of the Arbitral Tribunal for their work and considerations and welcomes their findings.”.
- The club satisfied its demand. Related Party Transactions (APT) rules have been found to be unlawful and Premier League decisions on two specific Manchester City sponsorship deals have been overturned.
- The Court found that both the original and the current (as amended) APT rules breached UK competition law and procedural fairness requirements.
- The Premier League has abused its dominant position.
- The Court found that the rules were structurally unfair and that the Premier League was particularly unfair in the way it applied the rules to the Club in practice.
- The rules were found to be discriminatory in their operation because they deliberately excluded shareholder loans.
- The Tribunal overturned the Premier League’s specific decisions to reassess the fair market value of two transactions entered into by the Club.
- The court ruled that the Premier League made its decisions in a procedurally unfair manner.
- The court also ruled that there was an unreasonable delay in the Premier League’s assessment of the fair market value of the Club’s two sponsorship deals, resulting in the Premier League being in breach of its own rules.
In short, Manchester City sued the English league for “damages” due to the democratic voting system (14 votes out of 20). accused her of “discriminating against the owners of the Persian Gulf” and, above all, to try to put an end to the Related Party Transactions rules, known as APT, which the Etihad Stadium team believe are illegal, and said that the court agreed with them.
This case is not strictly directly related to the investigation and prosecution of the Premier League. after which Manchester City were charged with more than 100 financial irregularities, but this could help the team sky blue reduce them and thereby see a possible easing of sanctions, which a priori will become known at the beginning of 2025. Many of the allegations relate to Manchester City’s sponsorship deals..
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