The Premier League should halt all ongoing hearings for violations of the Profit & Sustainability Rules (PSR), according to the Everton Fan Advisory Board (FAB), since there aren’t any clear, standardized, or transparent rules for punishment.
Additionally, they are requesting that Parliament guarantee the new independent regulator complete control and authority over sustainability and profit regulations.
Ahead to the team’s second commission hearing, the FAB provided Everton and the Premier League with a Fan Impact Statement outlining the effects that an additional possible charge may have on fans, the community, employees, and the larger football family. It draws attention to the Premier League’s alleged inability to create and adopt uniform punishment standards, as well as its inconsistent and contradictory practice of submitting some teams to a commission while excluding others.
Nottingham Forest surpassed its permitted losses by £34.5 million, and as a result, their PSR case ended on Monday with a four-point deduction. In November, Everton received a 10-point reduction initially after an independent committee determined that the club had overrun its losses by £19.5 million. Despite their appeal against the ruling, which resulted in the punishment being lowered to six points, they were still given two more points than the East Midlanders.
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The FAB also questions the procedure of imposing a potential second sentence that would apply to a period of time that Everton and its supporters have already been penalized for. “It looks like the Premier League is literally making this up as they go along,” stated Dave Kelly, the FAB’s chair. We have always been clear that our club has a case to answer, but we now find ourselves in the peculiar situation where some clubs—but not all—have been brought before a commission without a clear understanding of the rules pertaining to sanctions, and the commissioners themselves lack clear guidelines by which to operate. Three hearings have now taken place, supervised by three distinct commissions, using three distinct methodologies, and coming to three distinct conclusions.
“The Premier League also said last week that it plans to explore about changing the PSR rules as early as this summer. The common refrain nowadays is that without supporters, football has no meaning. But how can football fans feel confident about this disorganized approach to control, particularly when even the Premier League acknowledges that some of its own measures are inadequate?
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