Let's take two hypothetical situations.
1 - a PL team breaches spending rules and stays in the division whilst a team that stays within the spending rules gets relegated.
2 - a Championship team breaks spending rules to get promotion, whilst teams that don't break the rules don't get promoted.
By delaying punishment till a future season, even a points deduction means the clubs in question has gained a financial advantage by getting PL money for a season they shouldn't have, and the other clubs have a financial loss through no fault of their own. They can even use that money to better the squad and stop themselves from being relegated.
In other words they got what they wanted in the short term.
I know that it's difficult for large corps to do their financials in a timely manner, but i'd much rather see a season by season limit on losses followed by punishment for that season rather than the 3 year rolling average. i also think a point per million is a simple way of doing things. right now there are appeals and a load of back and forth and some clubs getting special dispensation, a punishment reduction if you cooperate etc, so it looks like the rules are not being applied equally etc.
1 - a PL team breaches spending rules and stays in the division whilst a team that stays within the spending rules gets relegated.
2 - a Championship team breaks spending rules to get promotion, whilst teams that don't break the rules don't get promoted.
By delaying punishment till a future season, even a points deduction means the clubs in question has gained a financial advantage by getting PL money for a season they shouldn't have, and the other clubs have a financial loss through no fault of their own. They can even use that money to better the squad and stop themselves from being relegated.
In other words they got what they wanted in the short term.
I know that it's difficult for large corps to do their financials in a timely manner, but i'd much rather see a season by season limit on losses followed by punishment for that season rather than the 3 year rolling average. i also think a point per million is a simple way of doing things. right now there are appeals and a load of back and forth and some clubs getting special dispensation, a punishment reduction if you cooperate etc, so it looks like the rules are not being applied equally etc.