FIFA disciplinary code: A player should serve “at least three matches or an appropriate period of time for assault, including elbowing, punching, kicking, biting, spitting or hitting an opponent or a person other than a match official”

Had a call from a senior football official and his view on this ruling by FIFA to ensure Ronaldo gets to play at the World Cup: “Unprecedented.”

Was a different precedent last year when somehow qualification rules emerged to ensure FIFA’s Club World Cup had a Lionel Messi team in it.

Familiar face for US football fans in amongst it all

We can still expect a few of these curious related party deals now until the new rules kick in.

Women’s team loophole now closed under SCR arrangement. Chelsea benefitted significantly in the past by selling women’s team to themselves.

The “football revenue” of this requires further detail from the PL. As it stands revenues that can be counted, perhaps fairly, include things like concerts and events. PL still to reveal finer details of inclusions and exclusions. Including in this summary: www.premierleague.com/en/news/4467...

Good chance a streamer gets rights in Spain and France too. That has gone to a second round of bidding that took place today.

Paramount owners currently bidding to buy TNT owner Warner Bros Discovery. FT reporting today that David Ellison, whose dad is really rich, approached Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states to help fund bid for Warner.

www.ft.com/content/9795...