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Seven

In bocca al lupo, Fabio.
Jun 25, 2003
39,313
I doubt it works like that in Italy. But assuming it did, you’d have to have the courts eventually rule in your favor and then decide to go against the FIGC. can’t see that happening. Probably why not much happened after it turned out that calciopoli was a nothing burger.
With Calciopoli the issue was the amount of damage. You could probably claim it cost Juve at least half a billion euro in revenue. But do you want to bankrupt your own league? Not to mention that, by the time we found out there was no evidence with regard to Calciopoli, Juventus were already beating everyone left and right. We were beating Inter so hard they couldn't sit straight for years. I guess we sort of lost motivation to sue. Because, you know, we were beating Inter so hard and we were sort of focused on continuing beating Inter. Because they can never be beaten enough.

Fuck Inter.
 

s4tch

Senior Member
Mar 23, 2015
33,524
I dont agree with this at all. We didnt break any law here and I dont care how someone felt at some point. You cant pass the verdict based on feelings. You shouldnt anticipate that some of your actions which is perfectly legal now, might not be in the future and that by doing it right now you might be exposing yourself for prosecution going forward 5-10 years. Wtf!? It would be impossible to do anything then, in any business.
it's italy, they should have known better considering the circumstances. if the whole system is after you, there are some hints. and especially after calciopoli, you should be alert.

look, at my previous job we had some governmental money to spend, so we knew that the press and a few political parties will be watching us. a few colleagues thought that they might be wiretapped, we searched everything in the building, and we found some bugs. we did nothing illegal, but we stopped using the phones and the office building for sensitive conversations. and we mostly were young, inexperienced, naive people.

agnelli has been reminded thousand times in the last 20 years that juventus is a target. those wiretaps were recorded through locally planted devices, like mics in cars and offices. club's been paying tens of millions on a yearly basis for useless agents, but apparently not enough on security. let's hope the next proper president (not this puppet) is a bit more paranoid than aa was.

and yes, we should have never started those swap deals. it's a terrible business practice, that's undefendable, even if it's not illegal by the accounting standards. you can use amortization to ease financing as it's a non cash expense, that's corporate finances 101, but you can't get away with hundreds of millions of amortization on the long run. not only covid screwed with our finances.
 

Enron

Tickle Me
Moderator
Oct 11, 2005
75,658
With Calciopoli the issue was the amount of damage. You could probably claim it cost Juve at least half a billion euro in revenue. But do you want to bankrupt your own league? Not to mention that, by the time we found out there was no evidence with regard to Calciopoli, Juventus were already beating everyone left and right. We were beating Inter so hard they couldn't sit straight for years. I guess we sort of lost motivation to sue. Because, you know, we were beating Inter so hard and we were sort of focused on continuing beating Inter. Because they can never be beaten enough.

Fuck Inter.
that’s interesting. I always assumed figc was like “we screwed you but there’s nothing you can do because we say so”
 

Orgut

Senior Member
Dec 31, 2002
19,317
The question regarding the capital gains should be did we do anything illegal which means against the law? The law doesnt restrict valuation of players therefore we should get the points lost back. I just hope the judge will find sense in it.

The wages thing - thats another story.
If there are secret agreements - They clearly show intent and I just wonder if intent=actually doing it.
I mean do they need to find proof these secret agreements been fulfilled or is the intent enough as actually doing it.
Is there a difference in punishment?

P.S latest news say we might be excluded from Europe for a year, good thing we arent going to qualify anyway with this reduction. The joke is on them
 

petszata

Junior Member
Jul 7, 2020
489
The question regarding the capital gains should be did we do anything illegal which means against the law? The law doesnt restrict valuation of players therefore we should get the points lost back. I just hope the judge will find sense in it.

The wages thing - thats another story.
If there are secret agreements - They clearly show intent and I just wonder if intent=actually doing it.
I mean do they need to find proof these secret agreements been fulfilled or is the intent enough as actually doing it.
Is there a difference in punishment?

P.S latest news say we might be excluded from Europe for a year, good thing we arent going to qualify anyway with this reduction. The joke is on them
This will kill the club. Even the group stage is important because of the UEFA money + TV rights....Actually the only thing that will save us is a sale to OIL money or US
 

Vlad

In Allegri We Trust
May 23, 2011
23,990
it's italy, they should have known better considering the circumstances. if the whole system is after you, there are some hints. and especially after calciopoli, you should be alert.

look, at my previous job we had some governmental money to spend, so we knew that the press and a few political parties will be watching us. a few colleagues thought that they might be wiretapped, we searched everything in the building, and we found some bugs. we did nothing illegal, but we stopped using the phones and the office building for sensitive conversations. and we mostly were young, inexperienced, naive people.

agnelli has been reminded thousand times in the last 20 years that juventus is a target. those wiretaps were recorded through locally planted devices, like mics in cars and offices. club's been paying tens of millions on a yearly basis for useless agents, but apparently not enough on security. let's hope the next proper president (not this puppet) is a bit more paranoid than aa was.

and yes, we should have never started those swap deals. it's a terrible business practice, that's undefendable, even if it's not illegal by the accounting standards. you can use amortization to ease financing as it's a non cash expense, that's corporate finances 101, but you can't get away with hundreds of millions of amortization on the long run. not only covid screwed with our finances.
When the whole system is after you, is the solution to always look over your shoulder? When does it exactly stop? I didnt like plusvalenza practice either because in the long run it isnt viable to run business in that way but still it is not illegal and there shouldnt have been a case to begin with. If not for plusvalenza, there would have been something else and then in a few years something again would pop up. You cant just be that careful, especially since the rules seem to be changing based on someones whim.

Also this is not some insignificant football club. We are talking about a club that has 35-40% share in entire Italian fanbase. What is shocking to me is how little influence we have in politics, considering our multibillion owners and connection they have to have.
 

s4tch

Senior Member
Mar 23, 2015
33,524
The question regarding the capital gains should be did we do anything illegal which means against the law? The law doesnt restrict valuation of players therefore we should get the points lost back.
plusvalenza isn't illegal, swap deals aren't illegal.

inflating the value of assets is illegal. it's borderline impossible to prove though. since there's no objective way to calculate players' value, it requires to prove the bad intent first. in juve's case, the number of the swap deals and the difference between the supposed value (ehh...), plus the added wiretaps were the key to prove the bad intent. not that i agree, i think the case should have been dismissed and never reopened, but that's probably how they figured out how to fuck with us. we'll have to wait until the official explanation though.

here's a long ass thread on the case. it's pretty well put together at first sight:


also, the mofo prosecutor (chiné) allegedly said that juve used swap deals to create virtual money (not my words, alleged quote i read) to buy players. this is the result of spending virtual money within the league:

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and let's not forget the 700m of definitely not virtual money exor recently raised the capital with.
 
Aug 2, 2005
4,418
The question regarding the capital gains should be did we do anything illegal which means against the law? The law doesnt restrict valuation of players therefore we should get the points lost back. I just hope the judge will find sense in it.

The wages thing - thats another story.
If there are secret agreements - They clearly show intent and I just wonder if intent=actually doing it.
I mean do they need to find proof these secret agreements been fulfilled or is the intent enough as actually doing it.
Is there a difference in punishment?

P.S latest news say we might be excluded from Europe for a year, good thing we arent going to qualify anyway with this reduction. The joke is on them
EU ban kicks off when the team is joining.
One Year ban when you are in
 

Scottish

Zebrastreifenpferd
Mar 13, 2011
10,185
also, the mofo prosecutor (chiné) allegedly said that juve used swap deals to create virtual money (not my words, alleged quote i read) to buy players. this is the result of spending virtual money within the league:

1674664432211.png


and let's not forget the 700m of definitely not virtual money exor recently raised the capital with.
If I understand right, the idea (ie the allegation) with this part is that Club A and Club B agree to swap Player X for Player Y.

They decide to value them at £whatever. Hence when the swap is made it creates a profit for both, and therefore more capital to spend elsewhere? Is that what they're saying?
 

Nzoric

Grazie Mirko
Jan 16, 2011
37,868
Not even bothering with all this. I’ll be back once the dust settles and I can read a recap.

Feels good to not have any reason to watch our horrid games anymore tho :tup:


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singus

Senior Member
Sep 22, 2020
2,073
The club deserves this shit it has put itself in, through incompetence. If we cant get rid of the rot ourselves, at least the authorities can. Purge it all and lets try again please.
 

juve123

Senior Member
Aug 10, 2017
16,638
Coni court won't be judging on merit, they'll simply be judging on whether the sporting court followed procedures and correctly applied its own rules. That means they can either confirm the sentence or overrule it, they can't, say, give Juventus a reduced sentence.There are high chances that the penalty will stay. (Tuttojuve)
 

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