The end of QPR - FFP

It was definitely north of £40 million.

We are arguing that the rule has since been changed as it didn't work, but we broke the rules as they were at the time (13/14 season)

We will likely appeal and word is that it will take another 2 years.

So no fine to pay yet but certainly worrying.

It seems very unfair to get fined under FFP rules that have since been changed because they where not fit. IT also wrangels me that the punishment for spending more than a % of your earnings gets you a monetary fine, just seems wrong. If these rules are to stop clubs going into liquidation it seems a fine is not the right way to go. Give them transfer bans or dock points, that makes way more sense.

As you say single its not "fair" at all its just keep the big guys big and the little guys little.

Aren't they responsible for vetting the owners if clubs?

Where will the £40m+ actually go?

Let's enjoy watching our club while its still here!!!

Yuk! Shame we cannot declare ourselves bankrupt and start up again as QPR (2018) plc. Trouble is we would be playing to get back into League Two.... Echo other comments in that FFP clearly does not work and is indiscriminately applied in favour of the big clubs! 

This is well worth a read. Honest assessment of the situation. Makes a very good point though about the clubs who get hurt by these rules being smaller clubs. The big clubs get bigger whilst we get hammered for trying to join the party.

Loft For Words Analysis

I'm torn on this one. We broke the rules so there is always likely to be a punishment. Other clubs who missed out in 2013/14 are probably thinking we got promotion by having an unfair advantage. I get the impression that we gambled on not getting relegated so that we were out of the League's jurisdiction.

Having said that, the FFP rules were clearly nonsense. They haven't helped keep clubs solvent because the "fit and proper" owner tests are a joke. And, as has been said above, they just protect the position of the big clubs whilst punishing the smaller ones. And several of the big clubs only got to be big by spending their owners' money in exactly the same way that we did.

That doesn’t sound too bad then..or am I missing something?