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You're missing the point, probably deliberately, Bournemouth signed players which in any other season in their history would have never signed for them by offering wages / signing on fees which they could not possibly fund without smashing the rules set out by the authorities. This is cheating...

Cherries promotion winning season Total income £ 12.8M Total wage bill £30.4M

I think I read on one of the sites somewhere which stated that they made an estimated operating profit of £30,000,000 on 12000 gates ??????? what chance have honest clubs got?

Yes, I agree with your opinion, the shame is really that the punishment meted out did not have the effect that discouraged perpetrators from following this route. Any loss in operating costs should be discouraged but as we know it would be impossible to achieve what we have achieved this season...