tidus_mi2SanguineSnowflake Royal So what? You never receive your penalty as long as you're not in the Play Offs and the points deduction can't put you into the relegation zone?
This is where I'm confused. I thought the punishment was a points deduction - Nameless is insinuating that the punishment is suspended until it can affect promotion or relegation. Didn't Birmingham get a points deduction a few seasons back? It put them in the relegation zone, but they pulled themselves back out and finished bottom half.
You're correct, the punishment is the point deduction, there's not waiting for it to actually affect promotion or relegation, that would be ridiculous.
Why do people not read the details rather than just make things up !
It’s a 12 point deduction.
It will be applied at the end of the season if Wigan are not already in the bottom 3.
If they are in the bottom 3 anyway then it is applied at the start of next season.
So if they finish 13 points ahead of the relegation places there is effectively no punishment.
What happened to other clubs, in other seasons really isn’t relevant as rules get changed and in some cases punishments are determined in a case by case basis by a tribunal. Birmingham were not penalised for going into a dim, they breached FFP rules IIRC.
Not saying it is logical, fair, consistent etc but it is as it is.
I would expect any other clubs going into admin this season would get the same penalty unless circumstances were different (previous breaches etc).