10-02-2010, 07:36 PM
I wonder if the Premier League, the FA and Sky have some kind of responsibility to help Portsmouth in some way to ensure that all fixtures are fulfilled this season? I just think that as these companies created the huge cash making machine that is the Premier League, thereby forcing clubs to spend BIG just to compete and stay in this top flight, that they have some kind of duty of care?
Also, I get why the points would be taken from anyone who drew or won against them in the League, but what happens to the League Cup and the FA Cup? Do Carlisle, Hereford and Stoke have some claim to compensation for Pompey being forced out of business, as they knocked each of them out of the League Cup? What about Sunderland and Coventry City who were dumped out of the FA Cup? What about Southampton in the next round? What right would they have to get a bye into the next round?
It's a right mess!
Also, I get why the points would be taken from anyone who drew or won against them in the League, but what happens to the League Cup and the FA Cup? Do Carlisle, Hereford and Stoke have some claim to compensation for Pompey being forced out of business, as they knocked each of them out of the League Cup? What about Sunderland and Coventry City who were dumped out of the FA Cup? What about Southampton in the next round? What right would they have to get a bye into the next round?
It's a right mess!