CaptainAmerica18 846 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 On the breaking news bit on the BBC website Swiss FA bowing down to FIFA after they said they would take action if the Swiss FA done nothing about it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainAmerica18 846 Posted December 30, 2011 Author Share Posted December 30, 2011 GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss Football Association moved to avoid suspension from world football Friday by handing FC Sion a 36-point penalty in a long-running dispute over the club's fielding of ineligible players.The Swiss FA said its decision to penalize Sion three points for every league game in which ineligible players played was a response to FIFA's threat to suspend all Swiss clubs, including FC Basel and the national side, from taking part in international matches.Basel is due to meet Bayern Munich in the Champions League round of 16 on Feb. 22, a rare foray into the upper echelons of international football for a club from Switzerland.FIFA had given the Swiss Football Association until Jan. 14, 2012, to discipline Sion or face suspension over the saga that began in 2009, when world football's governing body imposed a one-year transfer ban on the club for illegally signing goalkeeper Essam El-Hadary.Sion, which ignored the transfer embargo and signed six players in the offseason, has doggedly contested FIFA's ruling in the courts despite facing increasingly harsh penalties from football authorities."The Swiss Football Association has today demanded from FIFA confirmation that the suspension will not now come into effect," the league said in a statement. "FIFA's answer is still being awaited."FIFA said in a statement that it took note of the Swiss league's action and would consider it at an Emergency Committee meeting in early January.The penalty for Sion falls short of FIFA's demand to also forfeit most of the club's results this season, as this would automatically have resulted in opposing sides gaining the points deducted from Sion, the league said.The Swiss Football Association said Sion now stands last in the league table, with minus five points, but can continue to play in the country's cup competition. The points deduction may be challenged at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.Read more: http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2011/dec/30/swiss-league-punishes-fc-sion-to-avoid-fifa-02/#ixzz1i1fAhTY1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNuts 552 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 means man u will be stuck in europa Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 11,453 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Alternative was all their teams getting thrown out of Europe. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmiston Drive 3,846 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Liewell will be using his INVITED position with the SFA to approach UEFA and ask that the points be given to his scum mob. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,630 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Ridiculous penalty, IMO.Saying that, we all know why they did it - and it had nothing to do with thinking it was the right punishment. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adam2102 631 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 sion are starting criminal proceedings against FIFA - hope FIFA get shafted.as far as i understand whats happened: Sion asked a FIFA representative if it was ok to play the players. The representative (mistakenly) said yes. Then on realisation (after the tims were knocked out) Sion were told they have broken the rules - despite being told they were ok. Id fight it til the cows come home. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek1872 548 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 The swiss fa had no choice. The couldnt risk being banned from all competitions. I think 12 points would have been enough. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,630 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Even in terms of a point deduction, 36 points is bizarre. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeReadyStu 70 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Even in terms of a point deduction, 36 points is bizarre.Funny thing is they only had 31 points all season Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creampuff 22,630 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Funny thing is they only had 31 points all season Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimfanciesthedude 25,246 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 how can FIFA get involved, its a UEFA matter surely Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
derek1872 548 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 how can FIFA get involved, its a UEFA matter surelyFIFA are the world governing body when it comes to player registrations. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlippinEck 3,787 Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 They were gonna dump their refs and sponsor money too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spectre 1,663 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 I think it's a shame Sion were actually in the wrong in this case (they were banned from signing players and went ahead anyway) because I would have loved UEFA to get shafted and unable to hide behind their frankly disgusting rule that punishes the teams of a country who have the audacity to legally challenge a decision of UEFA in court, unable to hide behind this rule as UEFA wouldn't be able to simply ignore the rulings as it would be Swiss courts who could enforce the rulings against swiss based UEFA. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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