----- Original Message ----- >but there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON AT ALL for the FL to be STILL >WITHHOLDING the golden share
On what basis is this true ? If you are such a stickler for the letter of the law and the rules, that you can claim that everything is OK because Bates hasn't strictly speaking broken any (not my words), then you cannot suddenly ignore your own arguments when it comes to this rule. The club cannot provide the CVA which is required in order to regain the golden share. By your own way of playing the game then the game is over and the club is dead and buried. What you state is in fact the oppposite of what is true. In fact there is no reason FOR the FL to give Leeds the GS. There is an unusual circumstances clause which has never been applied before, but of which the FL were very obviously mindful, but if it had been applied then the conditional elements of bids would probably mean that Bates would have lost the bids. If the use of this clause for the first time has been blocked then who do you think will have blocked it ? The application of the rules as they have always been applied previously, means that Bates did not lose the bids but it also means that he cannot meet the usual criteria for the GS. The right of the club to play football may have been sacrificed by our saviour so that he did not lose the bidding war. Such a tactic does not appear to me to be at odds with what has been said over the last few weeks. None of this is known for certain but more will be known if and when the bid details are released. If it turns out that another bid was higher than Bates' but depended upon the unusual circumstances rule being used then conclusions may be drawn. If the FL couldn't use it then, why should they use it now ? _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist Join The Leeds United Supporters Trust at www.lufctrust.org
