Sheffield Utd: McCabe a man of Honour?
The very words that McCabe used whilst speaking to the Media before the FA arbitration decision was ” Its not about the money, its all about justice ” words that would be spoken by a man of great honour.
The FA arbitration panel found the case in favour of Sheff U, and the decision was made on the grounds that Tevez was responsible for at least 3 points in the final 3 games played in the season 06/07.
Obviously McCabe will be happy that the decision was found in his clubs favour, but he must have wanted the decision to be based on fact and not on something that our very own prediction panel could have mustered up.
The CAS rules state that an arbitration hearing has to be agreed to by both parties for a hearing to take place, so West Ham will challenge McCabe to 1 more arbitration panel by the CAS and by doing this, McCabe will prove to his clubs fans and media he is a man of honour, If West Ham lose then we should pay the £30m deficit lost by Sheff U, but if they lose then McCabe should call it a day and keep to his words “Its not about the Money, Its all about Justice”.
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September 27th, 2008 at 11:26 AM
Great post and at last a reasonable and sensible opinion from a WHU fan!I completely agree that McCabe should go along with West Hams request to take it to CAS, by not doing so he will turn a situation that he could come out of very well by standing up for his club and doing what he feels is correct moraly into a situation where he will become a hate figue around football (not just with WHU and Wednesday fans!!) for going against the very he reason he started the whole affair in the first place.I still think we the CAS will uphold the findings of this week and West Ham will still have pay, but I think the right way to go about it is the two clubs agree something out of court, stop dragging both clubs through the mud, join forces and go after the Premier League as it was them that were at fault in the first place for not dealing with the issue properly when they had the opportunity.I have always enjoyed going to West Ham as an away supporter and found the fans very friendly and welcoming but if this isnt sorted out ammicably all there will be whenever the clubs meet in future will be trouble and hatred!
September 27th, 2008 at 12:45 PM
Good post and excellent response from Woodseats Blade. I thing I would like to know. According to various reports, West Ham were obliged to go to arbitration, in essence they had no choice. Yet by going to arbitration they waived all rights to appeal. This doesn’t seem right (not that ‘right’ seems to apply to any of this). It does seem that Sheffield Utd can go from panel to court to arbitration until they get the result they want, but West Ham have to abide by the first (of several) decisions to go against them. Is this the case?
September 28th, 2008 at 10:39 AM
The issue here was that FA rules do not allow for such appeals to go to CAS. Under the rules, whilst SUFC had the right to go to the panel, both clubs had to agree to the findings. Even if McCabe agrees to the appeal, the FA would have to change their rules to allow it. WH knew this when they entered into the arbitration process, but you can’t blame them for trying to find a way out. It’s no different to what SUFC have been doing.Neither side will come out of this looking good though, no matter what the result.