Canucks4Ever
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It will be interesting to see how VMSL handles this...
The league rules and regulations are ill worded and poorly formed. I'm not sure how they would be able to say that Burnaby played an ineligible player so they are not getting promoted, BUT they can otherwise remain unpunished. EITHER they cheated all season and then ALL their points should be removed (as the VMSL rules outline they will have committed a "Third Offense"-presumably they have committed twenty two "offenses"- and will be expelled from the league) and therefore Burnaby Metro should be relegated/expelled OR the league finds a way hide behind some sort of statue of limitations and claim that since no teams filed a protest within the specified time limits the results stand as is.
I'm banking on option two.
There is precedent though, we've seen it in college especially where teams are retroactively deducted points and had results voided for using ineligible players. Will the VMSL make that sort of sweeping example? I doubt it. As @dezza so eloquently pointed out, the league has consistently displayed a "head in the sand" mentality on these sorts of things. I can already hear Azzi saying "well the Burnaby management didn't know anything about this, the player lied to them. And the player never played any of the FVSL games anyway he just signed there in pre-season. And I know the guys at Burnaby Metro, they're good guys, they weren't trying to cheat. And...and...and..."
The league rules and regulations are ill worded and poorly formed. I'm not sure how they would be able to say that Burnaby played an ineligible player so they are not getting promoted, BUT they can otherwise remain unpunished. EITHER they cheated all season and then ALL their points should be removed (as the VMSL rules outline they will have committed a "Third Offense"-presumably they have committed twenty two "offenses"- and will be expelled from the league) and therefore Burnaby Metro should be relegated/expelled OR the league finds a way hide behind some sort of statue of limitations and claim that since no teams filed a protest within the specified time limits the results stand as is.
I'm banking on option two.
There is precedent though, we've seen it in college especially where teams are retroactively deducted points and had results voided for using ineligible players. Will the VMSL make that sort of sweeping example? I doubt it. As @dezza so eloquently pointed out, the league has consistently displayed a "head in the sand" mentality on these sorts of things. I can already hear Azzi saying "well the Burnaby management didn't know anything about this, the player lied to them. And the player never played any of the FVSL games anyway he just signed there in pre-season. And I know the guys at Burnaby Metro, they're good guys, they weren't trying to cheat. And...and...and..."