Palace potentially denied entry to Europa League?

The media will cover this intensely one the next 24 hours and no doubt this will include some sympathetic articles.
This will be in the absence of other football stories at present.

Thereafter the attention will turn to the new season, and the only people who care about the story will be Palace and the fans.
The story will be an afterthought for the media as they wax lyrical about Liverpool, Man City, Arsenal etc.and try and sell our players all over again.

UEFA will champion their record on fair play, equality and diversity and will reason that this story will die quickly.

It’s all absurd and with that in mind I want to focus on the new season and to use Glasner’s term for the club to ‘ be the best version of ourselves.’

I agree with the poster who mentioned about avoiding ‘negative energy’ around the club.
Onwards and upwards.
 
I can see the match against Forest being played behind closed doors; either that or a complete ban on all their non-playing staff and supporters. The prospect of Marinakis turning up will incite a riot!
 
We were never going to win the appeal and as for losing any money that is Trump economics. How can you lose what you don't have. Yes there was a potential to win 20m but only if we won Europa League which would be harder then winning FA cup.
I think we have a chance to win the Conference which would put use in Europa next season,so a opportunity for a least 2 seasons in europe can't be all bad
 
Wisbech Eagle said:
Nonsense. No shareholder can direct another to do anything with their shares. This wasn’t the fault of either the club or its Chairman.
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It looks like Saint Steve can do no wrong, despite being club chairman and in a good position to actually do something like encourage and advise other shareholders what was best for the club in case of conflicts of interest. But wait a minute, Textor had no influence at the club, and Steve Parish was in no position to tell John Textor what to do...
Steve was onto a loser when he started the appeal process, borne out by the UEFA decision and later by CAS. It it fair? As my divorce lawyer said to me once upon a time, fairness doesn't come into it, or words to that effect. Perhaps now we are to be entertained by legal action against John Textor which should reveal more details in this sorry saga should it go ahead. Everyone needs a villain, and John Textor fits the role perfectly!
This is not to put a dampener on the good that Steve Parish has done for the club, which is considerable, just that now is the time to move on. It's a relief that CAS's decision is final.
 
Common Sense Club said:
CAS - After considering the evidence, the Panel found that John Textor, founder of Eagle Football Holdings, had shares in CPFC and OL and was a Board member with decisive influence over both clubs at the time of UEFA's assessment date.

CAS May release their full report but the above seems to suggest 25% voting rights was irrelevant in relation to the 43% shareholding.
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That’s the reasoning. They have their own interpretation of what “decisive influence” involves.

It is though nonsense. Decisive means having the capacity to make decisions. Someone with a majority of the voting rights has that capacity. No one without it does.

CAS seemed to have merely determined whether the rules were followed. Not whether the rules made practical sense, let alone were fair or legal.

We will obviously now accept the decision and play in the Conference but I wonder whether the documentation we seem to possess means we have the opportunity to pursue legal actions for compensation for loss of revenue and disruption against either, or all, Textor, UEFA and Forest.
 
Wisbech Eagle said:
That’s the reasoning. They have their own interpretation of what “decisive influence” involves.

It is though nonsense. Decisive means having the capacity to make decisions. Someone with a majority of the voting rights has that capacity. No one without it does.

CAS seemed to have merely determined whether the rules were followed. Not whether the rules made practical sense, let alone were fair or legal.

We will obviously now accept the decision and play in the Conference but I wonder whether the documentation we seem to possess means we have the opportunity to pursue legal actions for compensation for loss of revenue and disruption against either, or all, Textor, UEFA and Forest.
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And no reference to natural justice.
 
park the bus said:
It looks like Saint Steve can do no wrong, despite being club chairman and in a good position to actually do something like encourage and advise other shareholders what was best for the club in case of conflicts of interest. But wait a minute, Textor had no influence at the club, and Steve Parish was in no position to tell John Textor what to do...
Steve was onto a loser when he started the appeal process, borne out by the UEFA decision and later by CAS. It it fair? As my divorce lawyer said to me once upon a time, fairness doesn't come into it, or words to that effect. Perhaps now we are to be entertained by legal action against John Textor which should reveal more details in this sorry saga should it go ahead. Everyone needs a villain, and John Textor fits the role perfectly!
This is not to put a dampener on the good that Steve Parish has done for the club, which is considerable, just that now is the time to move on. It's a relief that CAS's decision is final.
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Encouraging and advising isn’t the same as directing or controlling. We know the relationship between Parish and Textor had become strained so I doubt there was a lot of communication going on over this in February.

Board minutes, possibly even recordings, may exist. Who knows what might follow.
 
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