Everton were foolish but they did NOT cheat - their ten-point deduction is a terrible decision for football

Let’s make one thing clear from the beginning. As much as some might claim otherwise, Everton have not been found guilty of cheating.

This is an amazing ten point discount Not as a result of trying to defraud competitors.

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It’s not welchasing on transfer deals. It is not a default.

It comes down to overspending. This is because They were fools with their money.

That’s because they have Accumulating more debt than their income allows.

This is because soccer It is now run by independent bodies and accountants.

A sport where routine, not referees, now make the decisions. One by the back door Policy.

Naturally, Friday’s ruling was a terrible day for him Everton. But it’s much deeper than that.

It was a terrible day for the game as a whole.

One when the entire landscape changed irrevocably. One of the reasons why football is so much easier to hate than to love.

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Because anyone who thinks this is a one-time event, suggesting that it will bring others to their senses and pull everyone back into line, is living in another world.

This is just the beginning, believe me.

tea Swinging Opening the door to a world where Premier League clubs are already educating and ratting out rivals, Like Chelsea and Manchester City, for example.

It is a sport in which the ultimate winners will be those who can afford the best lawyers and fight the toughest and strongest defense.

Something this column warned about in the case of Everton, incidentally, when Denis Barrett-Baxendale, Grant Ingles and Graeme Sharpe were ruled out in June.

CEO Barrett Baxendale and CFO Ingles were the two people fighting the case. The only two at Goodison with inside knowledge and experience.

And when they left, there was no one with details of all the facts and figures – and the know-how – to pick up the baton.

Had they stayed, the outcome could have been the same.

“They didn’t cheat”

But at least they would have been in a better position to fight their corner — then and now, with the appeal.

There is no doubt that Everton are a poorly managed club. Farhad Mushiri He can rightfully be accused of this. No one can argue otherwise.

Meanings like Andrew Gomez, Alex Iwobi, Moise Kean . . . The list of big money flops is endless. But they didn’t cheat.

What they did was overspend, simple as that.

Well, either they don’t have mirrors in the Premier League or the competitors who initially complained are actively avoiding them.

But what this ruling means is that we now no longer know what we are watching or what the final table will be.

No one who goes to a game will be able to say with certainty what the result of that day actually means.

Winning 2-1? Where are we at the table now then? There just won’t be a definite answer.

“This is a whole new ball game.”

It might be the sixth, but then again, it might be the third. Or maybe you get to 15th place.

Football has been steadily moving away from the sport we all fell in love with as children.

Where it was all about goals, interventions, saves, and matches. Those days are long gone.

Yes, there have been points deductions in the Premier League before, but not in these circumstances.

Portsmouth They were suspended nine in 2010 for entering administration.

In the year 1997 MiddlesbroughThree were lost due to a match being postponed against Premier League orders amid the injury crisis.

But this is a whole new ball game. A decision made by independent committees that impose rules that no one fully understands.

Until the appeal is heard, there remains hope for Everton. However, this does not change the fact that accountants have taken over.

How long before it’s not just the best goal scorer but the best lawyer?

Something that all those competitors currently laughing behind their hands would do well to take into consideration.