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the Panel acknowledged it did not deliberately attempt to breach the salary cap
I'd rather hope that intent (which is otherwise impossible to prove, short of smoking gun emails) should be taken out of the equation.
Except that it waddles, has a bill & feathers, lives in ponds and goes quack.
NotThamesWater-
Completely agree it just seems that the fact they've stated it (when they shouldn't have) means that it can't really be taken out of the equation. Isn't law based upon intent or intent by proxy due to irresponsibility if that makes sense (I don't know much/anything about these things but hope you 'catch my drift')
Pasty_Spumante
Forgetting everything else, surely 'The panels' finding that “the Panel acknowledged it did not deliberately attempt to breach the salary cap” mean that an appeal will be successful to a large degree. Personally I would opine that's nonsense and these players are being 'bunged' outside their salaries through dummy corporations but surely we can't have it both ways - support part of the panel's findings but overlook other bits?