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The Football League has imposed conditions including docked points from some of the clubs still in Administration.
Luton will have a 20 point deduction, and will have to pay unsecured creditors 16p in the £ to confirm their League entry for the coming season. Rotherham will have to lodge a £750,000 bond with the Football League to guarantee their future return to the city and pay back all football creditors, with a points penalty still to be decided as they have not completed all the necessary paperwork.
Bournemouth's case is still to be decided as the necessary paperwork is yet to be completed. League chairman Brian Malwhinney stated: "The Board's primary responsibility is to protect the integrity of its competitions. This often means making difficult decisions which require balancing the interests of fans, the club's creditors and the other teams in The League. We will continue to take that responsibility very seriously."
Luton's 20 point deduction is the harshest yet, and can be seen as the marker for future punishments for going into Administration following Leeds' unsuccessful appeal against their 15 point deduction last season. The statement points to Luton being in Administration for a third time in ten years as being a significant reason for the extended deduction.
As a result of the deduction Luton have slumped in League Two betting and are now 6/5 second favourites for relegation behind Chester. They incurred a ten point penalty over breaches of agents rules earlier in the summer and if, as expected, the penalties are cumulative then they would have to rack up more points than 8th placed Chesterfield to have finished out of the relegation spots last season.
