{"id":156302,"date":"2024-02-27T11:54:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T11:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/27\/toffees-punishment-reduced\/"},"modified":"2024-02-27T11:54:05","modified_gmt":"2024-02-27T11:54:05","slug":"toffees-punishment-reduced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/27\/toffees-punishment-reduced\/","title":{"rendered":"Toffees Punishment Reduced &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Everton\u2019s (Toffees) punishment for breaching Premier League financial rules has been reduced from 10 points to six after an appeal.<\/p>\n<p>The club were immediately docked 10 points in November for breaching profit and sustainability rules (PSR) in the three-year period to 2021-22.<\/p>\n<p>The punishment \u2013 the biggest in Premier League history \u2013 took Everton from 14th to 19th in the table.<\/p>\n<p>The reduction in the ban lifts them from 17th to 15th.<\/p>\n<p>Everton, who admitted to the breach, said they are \u201csatisfied\u201d with the reduction.<\/p>\n<p>A Premier League statement read: \u201cEverton FC appealed the sanction imposed against it on nine grounds, each of which related to the sanction rather than the fact of the breach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A three-person appeal board concluded that the independent commission which imposed the 10-point ban \u201cmade legal errors\u201d on two grounds.<\/p>\n<p>It said the commission was \u201cwrong\u201d to punish Everton for being \u201cless than frank\u201d over what it told the Premier League about its new stadium debt.<\/p>\n<p>The appeal board also said the commission was \u201cwrong not to take into account available benchmarks\u201d and that a six-point sanction was \u201cbroadly in line\u201d with English Football League guidelines.<\/p>\n<p>Everton are facing another possible points deduction after being charged with breaching rules for a second time in January, for the three seasons up until 2022-23.<\/p>\n<p>That case could not be heard until their appeal against the 10-point deduction was completed.<\/p>\n<p>Everton say they remain \u201cfully committed to co-operating\u201d with the Premier League over the second charge.<\/p>\n<p>English top-flight clubs are permitted to lose a maximum of \u00a3105m in a three-year spell, or \u00a335m per season.<\/p>\n<p>Everton, who have not won in the league win since December 16, are now five points clear of the relegation zone with 12 games remaining.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Everton\u2019s (Toffees) punishment for breaching Premier League financial rules has been reduced from 10 points to six after an appeal. 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