The part of this related to us I am fascinated about is what mitigation relegation has, if any, on our punishment. Given the points penalty would have been applied for the current season if we had stayed up, surely relegation and £110m in lost TV revenue (plus the rest of the lost income) has some sort of bearing on things? Or is it a case that the PL gives us a deduction of x points and that would remain in force, even if we did not get promoted again for another five or ten years? Or would a delayed promotion mean that the EFL penalty would keep the PL happy?
This is the issue when the rules are being made up as you go along.