Exactly this. It's the PL that discounted mitigating factors excusing the breach, not Everton admitting guilt.
Hearing we are only getting 1 point back now due to the threat of violence.
If Masters doesn't wish to disclose the minutes, wouldn't it be in his best interest to give us what we want, to save reputational damage? I fully expect there to be some comments in there acknowledging the unjust sanctions, wanting to make an example of us, simple dislike for us or some form of fear mongering tactic talk, suggesting very little justifiable comments on the how the came to the conclusion. I expect very little mathematics or case studies went into the discussion, hence why they don't want to release the minutes.
A bluff, more violence now
For Everton. They gotta be Everton goals only.
Football is littered with clubs paying players and agents off the books that’s a basic fact . Even recently HMRc have investigated and issued significant financial penalties against the majority of PL clubs
HMRC more than doubles unpaid tax recovered from football clubs
HMRC more than doubled the amount of unpaid tax that it recovered from UK football clubs in the past year as part of a crackdown on the sport.www.cityam.com
Recently Brighton were fined by the FA for understating payments to agents
Chelsea will possibly, I say possibly because I am not sure what evidence either the FA and or the PL have actually seen other than the issues discovered following Clearlake’s DD but from what I have read much is circumstantial and on the face of it points a finger but will that be considered to be on the balance of probability?
My guess would be that a points deduction is likely but expulsion is highly unlikely but even then the fact that Chelsea self reported will be a significant mitigating factor
Then you can talk about Cities alleged misdemeanour which is a whole different kettle of fish
It's only mitigation for Richard Masters apparently. The war (and COVID) has made his job more difficult.
