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The Times/Tom Dart
Why deductions are pointless exercise
Points deductions are a dysfunctional method of punishment, according to new research. A paper shown to The Times suggests that taking away points has no impact on the vast majority of clubs sanctioned, but can contribute to the downward spiral of struggling teams by penalising them for becoming insolvent, which reduces their prospects of a return to financial stability.
Dr John Beech, head of sport and tourism applied research at Coventry University, analysed 353 cases of points deductions against 208 clubs, going back to the first recorded instance, when Wrexham were docked two points in 1890. He found that in 84.4 per cent of cases, clubs’ league status was unaffected by their punishment, while only once did deductions cost a League side promotion — Leeds United last season.
English football’s authorities at all levels are increasingly using “sporting sanctions” as a weapon. There have been 140 instances this decade, compared with 108 in the 1990s and 62 in the 1980s. Since 2003, Football League clubs have faced an automatic ten-point deduction for becoming insolvent.
“In the case of the deduction of ten or more points for entering an ‘insolvency event’, the evidence tends to suggest that not only does points deduction fail to deter, but also that it actually helps to cause reoffending by sending clubs into the potentially downward financial spiral triggered by relegation,” Beech said.
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“If a club has been in administration, there is often a change in ownership and the new, innocent owners are punished for the sins of the guilty but unpunished previous owner. While the principle of deducting points underpins the natural justice of trying to compensate what is seen to be a club gaining an unfair advantage, it too often fails to achieve this.”
Three clubs have twice been penalised with deductions of ten points or more — Rotherham United, Leeds and Bournemouth — and Luton Town three times in the space of two seasons. The Football League took the decision to penalise financially mismanaged clubs in 2003 after Leicester City exited administration despite agreeing to pay the Inland Revenue only a fraction of what it was owed.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article5762273.ece
Ask Luton 
The Times/Tom Dart
Why deductions are pointless exercise
Points deductions are a dysfunctional method of punishment, according to new research. A paper shown to The Times suggests that taking away points has no impact on the vast majority of clubs sanctioned, but can contribute to the downward spiral of struggling teams by penalising them for becoming insolvent, which reduces their prospects of a return to financial stability.
Dr John Beech, head of sport and tourism applied research at Coventry University, analysed 353 cases of points deductions against 208 clubs, going back to the first recorded instance, when Wrexham were docked two points in 1890. He found that in 84.4 per cent of cases, clubs’ league status was unaffected by their punishment, while only once did deductions cost a League side promotion — Leeds United last season.
English football’s authorities at all levels are increasingly using “sporting sanctions” as a weapon. There have been 140 instances this decade, compared with 108 in the 1990s and 62 in the 1980s. Since 2003, Football League clubs have faced an automatic ten-point deduction for becoming insolvent.
“In the case of the deduction of ten or more points for entering an ‘insolvency event’, the evidence tends to suggest that not only does points deduction fail to deter, but also that it actually helps to cause reoffending by sending clubs into the potentially downward financial spiral triggered by relegation,” Beech said.
Related Links
Luton fans claim foul over 30-point penalty
Luton woes continue
“If a club has been in administration, there is often a change in ownership and the new, innocent owners are punished for the sins of the guilty but unpunished previous owner. While the principle of deducting points underpins the natural justice of trying to compensate what is seen to be a club gaining an unfair advantage, it too often fails to achieve this.”
Three clubs have twice been penalised with deductions of ten points or more — Rotherham United, Leeds and Bournemouth — and Luton Town three times in the space of two seasons. The Football League took the decision to penalise financially mismanaged clubs in 2003 after Leicester City exited administration despite agreeing to pay the Inland Revenue only a fraction of what it was owed.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/football_league/article5762273.ece