[Senator Clay Davis]

The theory I have read about Chelsea and Man City and why the punishments will be nothing other than a fine and maybe a transfer ban is that any real punishment, whether a huge points deduction or straight relegation, would impact TV deals outside of the UK and that the potential for lost revenue from that is why the PL won't go full bore on it. And that makes sense to me, we can act like NBC or Fubo or whoever is paying for the PL as a total package, but really they are paying to broadcast the top teams. Lose one of them and all of a sudden that deal loses value and future deals net less money. And, as we know, less money is not acceptable even if it improves the game.