The Premier League has hit Aston Villa with £ 125,000 for multiple infringements of a rule that nobody thinks about.
Villa was punished for violating rules regarding abuse of the Multiball system, the Premier League announced on Friday.
“The Premier League is a sanction agreement concluded with Aston Villa FC after the club had accepted that it had violated the Multiball rules of the Premier League,” Read the statement from Friday.
“Clubs are required to assume a multiball system at every competition match and compliance with the relevant rules and guidance is of vital importance to maintain consistency and, crucial, to ensure that home clubs do not achieve a competitive advantage due to their abuse of the system.”
Grantham Town would not have a chance.
Villas Multiball Abuse Appointment
The sanction agreement Is public and states that the Premier League has established that the ‘ball assistants’ have acted intentionally and under instruction to influence ‘attempt to influence passages of playing’ in favor of Villa. The costs relate to five Premier League Home -fixtures in the 2024/25 season:
- Manchester United In October, after which Villa claimed that the club’s ball assistants were confused about what was needed to play in the Champions League
- AFC Bournemouth In October, after which Villa’s response was that they had spoken the ball assistants individually and had recirculated the rules
- Crystal Palace In November, after which Villa accepted that the process around the corners is inadequate, but celebrated a better multiball use with regard to Throw-Ins-Yay!
- Brentford In December, after which Villa did not provide any observations
- Tottenham Hotspur In May, Villas fifth infringement and the one who made the Premier League too angry to just throw fines in their direction
The agreed sanctions are the aforementioned fine of £ 125,000 and that Villa will be forbidden to operate the Multiball system in the first three home games of the new season against Newcastle United, Crystal Palace and Fulham, whatever that means.
In view of the fact that the explanation itself indicates that the multiball system has been brought in to maintain the current of competitions and to improve the fan experience, the second part of the sanction is quite bizarre.
What does it mean? Is there only one ball at the same time? Will the Premier League send a crack team of impartial Bal -Superassisters to operate Multiball on behalf of Villa? Coordinate on Saturday lunch to find out!
Villa has also agreed to ‘revise and change’ procedures to prevent further infringements. Rules are rules, you.
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