Perhaps the answer isn't to be found in having a 'perfect' number. Perhaps the answer is, as happened with clubs entering administration, letting everyone know and sticking to it.
I do wonder if there needs to be some link between the seriousness/breadth of the violation and the punishment, though.
Just as a thought experiment, it seems unjust that a club guilty of one or two minor violations should suffer the same punishment as one guilty of dozens of serious breaches.
A relatively simple tiered system where the points deduction increases with the number/severity of the offences proven would make sense. Three tiers should be sufficient.
Similar principles are embedded in the US sentencing guidelines for financial crimes and other criminal law systems with equivalent mechanisms.
Typically sound analysis.
I do wonder if there needs to be some link between the seriousness/breadth of the violation and the punishment, though.
Just as a thought experiment, it seems unjust that a club guilty of one or two minor violations should suffer the same punishment as one guilty of dozens of serious breaches.
A relatively simple tiered system where the points deduction increases with the number/severity of the offences proven would make sense. Three tiers should be sufficient.
Similar principles are embedded in the US sentencing guidelines for financial crimes and other criminal law systems with equivalent mechanisms.