BBC SPORT | Football | Premier League | Blades lose appeal on relegation
I don’t get this. Normally, I don’t follow football that much. But it seems pretty clear cut. West Ham broke the rules in signing Carlos Tevez and Javier Mascherano. They admit it, the premiership organisation admits it, everyone knows it.
Sheffield United launched an appeal after they went down on the last day of the season and West Ham stayed up. West Ham had earlier been fined £5.5m for their handling of the duo’s deals.
So they get fined, fine. But they don’t get points deducted from them. Points they undoubtedly won because they had those players on their team. There’s no clearer example of turning a blind eye to the rules.
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