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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9478716" data-attributes="member: 7023840">Yes!* But (bear with me, IIRC you're not big into professional sports) the &quot;financial rules&quot; are more like ... serious cheating.To give you an idea-A league says you can only use $100m to pay all your players and coaches.11 teams follow the rule exactly.1 teams spends $1 BILLION dollars to acquire all the best players from around the world, and then says, &quot;What? We only spent $100m, just like the rest of you. Now, stop complaining while we celebrate our victory!&quot;That's what it's about. The financial rules are about balance- so it's not just &quot;financial misdeeds,&quot; it's about game integrity.Make more sense?*I am assuming. I don't know enough to tell you if there are separate crimes that could be charged. In the US, there were criminal investigations related to a similar issue that popped up, but that's not the UK.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 9478716, member: 7023840"] Yes!* But (bear with me, IIRC you're not big into professional sports) the "financial rules" are more like ... [I]serious [/I]cheating. To give you an idea- A league says you can only use $100m to pay all your players and coaches. 11 teams follow the rule exactly. 1 teams spends $1 BILLION dollars to acquire all the best players from around the world, and then says, "What? We only spent $100m, just like the rest of you. Now, stop complaining while we celebrate our victory!" That's what it's about. The financial rules are about balance- so it's not just "financial misdeeds," it's about game integrity. Make more sense? *I am assuming. I don't know enough to tell you if there are separate crimes that could be charged. In the US, there were criminal investigations related to a similar issue that popped up, but that's not the UK. [/QUOTE]

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