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  • TL;DR: Everton might face another points deduction due to a new breach of Premier League financial rules. The original deduction was related to overspending on loans for their stadium. Despite protests from fans and accusations of regulatory malpractice, the Premier League insists the process was fair and based on agreed-upon principles.

    • Everton faces the possibility of another points deduction for breaching financial rules.
    • The original deduction was linked to overspending on loans for their new stadium.
    • Everton is submitting accounts for the 2022-23 season earlier due to new regulations expediting straightforward breaches.
    • Concerns arise that Everton might be close to breaching financial rules again with the same calculation system.
    • Fans protested the original ruling, and accusations of regulatory malpractice were made by Everton’s season-ticket holder, Manchester’s mayor.
    • The Premier League, through Chairwoman Alison Brittain, refutes claims of malpractice, stating that clubs, including Everton, agreed in 2020 not to have a fixed tariff for sanctions.
    • The Premier League proposed a sanction, but the independent commission dismissed it, highlighting the discretionary nature of sanctions.
    • Brittain rejects the accusation that the Premier League is using Everton’s case to prove self-regulation before an independent football regulator arrives.



  • Police in Newport Beach, California, are attempting to determine whether Oklahoma City Thunder guard Josh Giddey committed a crime in their jurisdiction regarding allegations that he had an improper relationship with an underage girl, Sgt. Steve Oberon said Wednesday morning

    “We have information and we’re looking into it,” Oberon said. “We’re investigating whether or not a crime occurred.”

    • An NBA spokesman said on Friday that the league office is also looking into the allegations.














    • The FA is investigating serious breaches of agent rules in the transfer of Jermain Defoe involving Tottenham Hotspur, Portsmouth, and unlicensed agents.
    • The private hearing in 2008 revealed that Defoe, Tottenham’s chairman Daniel Levy, and Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp dealt with an unlicensed agent, Mitchell Thomas.
    • Despite breaches, no disciplinary action was initially taken, in contrast to other cases where clubs faced point deductions for breaking agent regulations.
    • Mitchell Thomas, an unlicensed agent, played a central role in the transfer, and Daniel Levy enlisted licensed agent Stuart Peters, though a formal representation contract was not evident.
    • The FA regulations prohibited the use of unlicensed players’ agents and required a written representation contract between agents and players or clubs.
    • Failure to comply with these regulations could result in severe sanctions, including transfer bans, points deduction, or relegation for clubs, and warnings, fines, or bans for agents and players.
    • A panel, including Cherie Booth, found in 2010 that Thomas was involved in Defoe’s move, leading to compensation to Defoe’s former agent, Sky Andrew.
    • Despite these findings, no disciplinary action was initially taken, but the FA is now reopening the case, aiming to obtain the panel’s verdict and any additional evidence.
    • The FA plans to review the arbitration panel award and may interview former staff to understand events in 2010.
    • David Lampitt, head of financial regulation at the time, left in 2010 and is now the chief executive of a tennis data organization.