Pure, selfish greed cannot prevail

Can the 6 simply forget the idea, do an about turn, and without repercussion? I don't think so.

They're not gonna be charged with crimes, have points deducted for a decade or be demoted to League 2. There will assuredly be repercussions, but assuming the SL doesn't succeed, the lawyers will work out some sort of settlement for the 6 to return to a semblance of good standing in the Prem. Much as we'd all enjoy seeing the RS and Man Utd humiliated, they won't be playing league games at Stevenage and Harrogate.

I was angry when I wrote it (and still am) but they cannot just be excused without punishment should this self serving attack on our heritage fail.

Perhaps being American you are more used to the idea of businessmen running things, of closed shops and no relegation. This to us is an anathema. (I am in no way criticising you, just an observation).

Again, the club executives who work with each other in the Prem are not, repeat not, the owners of their clubs.

And their anger over the SL is at the owners, not their counterparts at the non-ownership level of the 6.

I did not say "excused without punishment"... I said the level of punishments you suggest in your article are not gonna happen.

If they all back down,as it is now looking likely to happen, I think now that the 14 will be forewarned and fore armed, that these clubs are total Mercenaries.
If any of these clubs had have /will carry on with the ESL, it has got to follow, that any club that does so, is no longer a member of the Premier League. So if they want to go, it isn't a punishment, it's a consequence of them leaving.

And the chief executives you are excusing all knew this was happening and said nothing. I can't excuse that betrayal. They are not, repeat not, friends of our game.

I don't think the levels of punishment I stated will happen either- but I hope we crucify them all.

My argument is not with you. It is with those Judas' that came so close to killing what I have grown up with and love.

There has to be a root and branch review of how clubs are run and about agreements being legally (as well as morally) binding.

Those 6 clubs will have to change their hierarchies as those same faces that have sat in PL meetings and bare faced lied to their colleagues at the 14 other clubs just can never be trusted again.

Punishments have to be stringent.

I don't believe FIFA and EUEFA made the bully back down. The fans did that.

I see a massive fine for all clubs involved, but only one which is acceptable to them. Even a ten million fine for each of them would be would the equivalent of the loss of, say, a Tom Davies..
Ten million would sting, but it would be a mere flesh wound.

An opportunity for the existing governing bodies to swell the coffers and maybe an opportunity for smart lawyers to tie these greedy fuckers into a deal that will continue to make them only slightly less wealthy than a SL would have done

I'm expecting the the most savage punishment since Tony and Carmela Soprano stopped Meadow's allowance

The bigger risk now for these rich owners is that the UK government will proceed regardless with legislation to change to governance of football (e.g. through implementing the 50 + 1 rule) and/or the appointment of an independent regulator with beefy statutory powers.

But then, that would require Boris to show consistency which is unlikely.