Reports say the Premier League found Man City guilty of 114 of 115 financial charges for conduct spanning about a decade. Sanctions remain unannounced; the case is not over. The author argues penalties should deter other clubs and preserve competitive fairness.
The author expects City to appeal any sanctions. Liverpool supporters are asking whether titles could be vacated, awarded retroactively to runners-up, or whether City could be relegated; the author says second place should not automatically confer a title because the matches were played.
