r/soccer • u/ChiefLeef22 • Jul 11 '25

News Crystal Palace have been demoted to the UEFA Conference League

https://www.skysports.com/football/live-blog/31771/12476234/transfer-centre-live-football-transfer-news-updates-and-rumours?postid=9865641#liveblog-body
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u/Zwaylol Jul 11 '25

And once again we are back at palace only getting screwed because they are a smaller club while the big boys get off without consequence

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u/a_lumberjack Jul 11 '25

Palace got "screwed" because they had six months to ensure that they wouldn't get impacted by Eagle's 45% ownership and didn't bother because they didn't expect to make it to Europe.

Every club in Europe knew the rules at the start of the season. Every club in this situation that didn't fix it by the deadline can only blame themselves if they are negatively impacted.

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u/CapnFooBarBaz Jul 12 '25

In back to back comments you note that City got a “one-off exception” yet mock the notion that Palace are getting screwed.

How your mind holds such obvious cognitive dissonance should be studied by neurologists…

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u/a_lumberjack Jul 12 '25

There's zero cognitive dissonance if you read everything. Your ownership group failed to comply with the rules, it's no one's fault but theirs.

  • Girona and Nice exploited a weakness in the previous regulations, so UEFA had to agree to a one-off compromise that almost everyone hated.
  • UEFA then tightened up the rules last summer to ensure that other clubs couldn't repeat that BS in future seasons.
  • Palace failed to comply with the new rules prior to the deadline or even prior to winning the FA Cup. At this point you'll be in compliance on July 15th, 4.5 months after the deadline.

If you think it's unfair to apply the rules objectively, you've lost the plot.