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The Football League are to look at the 'loophole' that saw both Boston and Leeds enter Administration when their League fates were known.
Both clubs entered Administration when both were effectively relegated - in Boston's case minutes before the final whistle of their last game - meaning that neither would, effectively, be punished for their actions.
FL Chairman Brian Malwhinney told the press: "The loophole is that neither Leeds nor Boston will apparently suffer any hardship from the 10-point penalty that the clubs together decided should be afforded to a club that went into administration. What they did was perfectly legitimate but it has raised questions about our regulations. Do those regulations need to be addressed? Yes they do.
"We pioneered sporting sanctions because we were trying to protect the integrity of the competition so one club wouldn't get a financial advantage over the other clubs in the league. From my experience as a minister, when you bring in new legislation there will always be some people who think 'how can we get around this? You know that you may need to need to revisit those regulations to try to close a loophole."
One likely outcome of the discussions is that there will be a cut-off point, prior to the end of the season, when such actions will incur a penalty in that season.
