The rule (see here: http://www.football-league.premiumtv.co.uk/staticFiles/78/3/0,,10794~888,00.pdf - Resolution 11) is that if there are less than 72 teams in the league, a new member can join in the third division.
This leads me to the following conclusions: 1) The official result is that OldCo had to leave the league. 2) One club from L2 would have to be promoted to L1, or one of the relegated teams from L1 not dropped to L2. 3) There's nothing that says if OldCo left the league, NewCo would be guaranteed the subsequent space in L2. 4) The League offered them the spot anyway, or taking a 15-point penalty and staying in L1. 5) Because of 2 & 3, which could promote another team up a division (I'm sure a conference side could argue they would be more deserving of the open slot - and NewCo should sod off to the West Yorks Sunday League) and the League not really wanting to lose the best-supported team it has, it has kept shtum over this fairly obvious answer so that no other team would twig until it was too late for anything to be done because Leeds had spent a season back already. 6) Bates hasn't mentioned it because it puts a large hole in the "we had to accept 15 points or die" argument. On the precedent front, I think the League basically said that they will assess each club, and depending on how much of a point penalty they can survive, the way they went into/out of admin, how well liked their chairman is and if they didn't take their 10-point penalty like a man (not that it just didn't make a difference, because that would be bad for Luton) choose a number between 0 and 20. - Si > > >Based on this >in respect of the League Share (which entitles it to membership of the >League) in the name of Leeds OldCo requiring it to transfer the League >Share at par value to the Secretary of the League. Leeds NewCo wished to >succeed Leeds OldCo as owner of Leeds United FC, by becoming a Member >Club and securing a transfer of the League share to enable them to do >so. By Regulation 11, a new Member Club is required to leave League 1 >(L1) and start the following season in League 2 (L2). Leeds NewCo wished >the League to exercise its discretion so that it could succeed as new >owners with the Club playing in L1 from the start of the 2007-8 season. > >So does the arbitration say the following? >Leeds were told that they either take the 15 point penalty or as stated in the >FL rules, they would have to go to League 2. >Leeds agreed. Isn't that end of story? Why has this rule not been mentioned >before? >Does this mean that for clubs exiting admin without a CVA they face the same >rule, go to League 2 do not pas go or take a 15pt deduction? >If, as stated this was not a penalty nor was it precedent setting how on earth >are they going to determine the cases of Rotherham, luton et al? Surely they >should receive the same options? If so why not? >Serious answers on the back of an e-mail only please > _______________________________________________ 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 DELETE THE FOOTERS WHEN REPLYING YOU LAZY SODS!!!!
