Andy Burnham accuses Premier League of ‘regulatory malpractice’ over Everton point deduction
The IndependentSign up to Miguel Delaney’s Reading the Game newsletter sent straight to your inbox for free Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter Sign up to Miguel’s Delaney’s free weekly newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The former Cabinet minister and Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham, has accused the Premier League of an “abuse of process” and “regulatory malpractice” for deducting Everton 10 points. Burnham, a season-ticket holder at Goodison Park, has written an open letter to the Premier League chairwoman Alisson Brittain in which he said there had not been a fair process. “The fact that the Premier League sought to introduce a new sanctions policy in the middle of this process amounts, in my view, to an abuse of process,” he wrote. open image in gallery Everton were handed a 10-point deduction for breaching the financial fair play regulations “It could be argued that the Premier League handing a new penalty regime to the commission in this way is akin to the Government handing new sentencing guidelines to a judge in the middle of a trial.
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