Friday, July 06, 2007
Blades go to High Court
Oh, FFS.
"We are going to the High Court to appeal, and that date is 13 July," confirmed Blades chairman Kevin McCabe. "I still believe Sheffield United have a legal case that can now be taken from what I loosely term the sporting courts to the commercial courts. Where that will take us I really don't know."
They are not seeking reinstatement to the EPL, but instead around 50 million squid in damages!
1) Did West Ham do something wrong? - we already know that the answer is yes.
2) Did they do it willingly? - yes.
3) Did West Ham benefit from doing this? - probably. You could argue that if the deal hadn't been made as it was then Tevez would not have signed, and you could further argue that if we hadn't had Tevez then we might have been relegated instead of Sheffield United. This is obvious but I think would need to be proved in court.
4) Did Sheffield suffer? if West Ham benefited, then yes, most likely.
5) If the above is all true, then the other club would have legal rights to seek damages from either/both West Ham or the EPL since West Ham have not honoured a contract (i.e. the contract they signed to "do the right thing" by the other clubs in the league).
I'm no legal eagle but I do think Sheffield have a civil case here. It's quite a different set of rules between fines/docking points and a civil litigation case so I'm concerned about it. The basis for EPL vs West Ham is contractual, but the basis for SUFC vs WHUFC is legal, which is different (and "higher").
"We are going to the High Court to appeal, and that date is 13 July," confirmed Blades chairman Kevin McCabe. "I still believe Sheffield United have a legal case that can now be taken from what I loosely term the sporting courts to the commercial courts. Where that will take us I really don't know."
They are not seeking reinstatement to the EPL, but instead around 50 million squid in damages!
1) Did West Ham do something wrong? - we already know that the answer is yes.
2) Did they do it willingly? - yes.
3) Did West Ham benefit from doing this? - probably. You could argue that if the deal hadn't been made as it was then Tevez would not have signed, and you could further argue that if we hadn't had Tevez then we might have been relegated instead of Sheffield United. This is obvious but I think would need to be proved in court.
4) Did Sheffield suffer? if West Ham benefited, then yes, most likely.
5) If the above is all true, then the other club would have legal rights to seek damages from either/both West Ham or the EPL since West Ham have not honoured a contract (i.e. the contract they signed to "do the right thing" by the other clubs in the league).
I'm no legal eagle but I do think Sheffield have a civil case here. It's quite a different set of rules between fines/docking points and a civil litigation case so I'm concerned about it. The basis for EPL vs West Ham is contractual, but the basis for SUFC vs WHUFC is legal, which is different (and "higher").
Posted by whubris at 9:25 am
said...
No offence hammers, but if Bellamy couldn’t get his shite together for a “dream move to Liverpool” then he’s probably going to be a right royal pain in the erse for you lot.
Footballistically it is a good move though, so hopefully the goals will outweigh the bad and maybe some fellow welshmens will keep him happy.
As for Sheffield United, they’re just making themselves into the most reviled team in England. On the pitch they were shite, their manager is a cunt and they rightly got relegated. This legal opportunism wins them no friends.
said...
eggert has a t-shirt
http://www.tshirts365.com/sportshop/productpage/1,17576,7582_10059_1654842,00.html?productid=275862&aff=67
beggers said...
SU have got to be 'avin a bubble! They had a crack, fair enough, but now this is just embarrassing. Mind you, I guess when there's 50 mill at stake you do what you can? Still, they look like wankers.
beggers said...
Think Beexie's right, this would be between SU and the PL. Nothing to do with WH, surely?
said...
I'm more worried that the Premier League have said they'll monitor where the money goes from the Tevez Transfer if he goes to Man U to make sure it is West Ham receiving the dosh.
norven munky said...
the PL have said that a chunk of the funds should come to West Ham but I think their interest is in not having a mockery made of the rules/proving SU's point, rather than taking action against us for not having terminated the 3rd party agreement.
The PL know we have done whatever was humanly possible to terminate the contract.
It remains a matter of contract law as to whether we had the right to terminate the 3rd party contract without consent of the other party, however it is looking increasingly likely that we will settle for a chunk of cash to not assert our rights and end up in court.
Lots of info
here tho it is still just paper talk.
beggers said...
Daves hit the nail on the head.
Been onto the SU web pages and they're salivating with the prospect of monies being transfered to KIA and not us. 'You're fuck'n nicked sunshine!' However, Eggy strikes me as being no mug so I guess you've gotta have faith in the man.
IF, and I'm still not convinced it's not all bullshit, a deal is made for Carlos all eyes will be on who gets the cash that's for sure?
Fuck me there's never a dull moment being addicted to WH is there?
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said...No offence hammers, but if Bellamy couldn’t get his shite together for a “dream move to Liverpool” then he’s probably going to be a right royal pain in the erse for you lot.
Footballistically it is a good move though, so hopefully the goals will outweigh the bad and maybe some fellow welshmens will keep him happy.
As for Sheffield United, they’re just making themselves into the most reviled team in England. On the pitch they were shite, their manager is a cunt and they rightly got relegated. This legal opportunism wins them no friends.
said...eggert has a t-shirt
http://www.tshirts365.com/sportshop/productpage/1,17576,7582_10059_1654842,00.html?productid=275862&aff=67
beggers said...SU have got to be 'avin a bubble! They had a crack, fair enough, but now this is just embarrassing. Mind you, I guess when there's 50 mill at stake you do what you can? Still, they look like wankers.
beggers said...Think Beexie's right, this would be between SU and the PL. Nothing to do with WH, surely?
said...I'm more worried that the Premier League have said they'll monitor where the money goes from the Tevez Transfer if he goes to Man U to make sure it is West Ham receiving the dosh.
norven munky said...the PL have said that a chunk of the funds should come to West Ham but I think their interest is in not having a mockery made of the rules/proving SU's point, rather than taking action against us for not having terminated the 3rd party agreement.
The PL know we have done whatever was humanly possible to terminate the contract.
It remains a matter of contract law as to whether we had the right to terminate the 3rd party contract without consent of the other party, however it is looking increasingly likely that we will settle for a chunk of cash to not assert our rights and end up in court.
Lots of info
here tho it is still just paper talk.
beggers said...Daves hit the nail on the head.
Been onto the SU web pages and they're salivating with the prospect of monies being transfered to KIA and not us. 'You're fuck'n nicked sunshine!' However, Eggy strikes me as being no mug so I guess you've gotta have faith in the man.
IF, and I'm still not convinced it's not all bullshit, a deal is made for Carlos all eyes will be on who gets the cash that's for sure?
Fuck me there's never a dull moment being addicted to WH is there?
