Mark Ashton who is the CEO at Bristol City, and presumably paid by the owner of Bristol City, Steve Lansdown, is also a board member at the EFL. He should now step aside from this role temporarily, given his bosses view on the matter. Otherwise the impartiality of the EFL board should be seriously questioned.
Absolutely, there is no impartiality, if you are associated with a club, you shouldn't be on an independent board, no wonder folk think it's corrupt.
No he was elected by the clubs in the championship to represent the clubs in the championship, so fair does, but when the unelected person who pays some or all of his salary says that a particular thing should happen to one member of the championship then it creates a conflict of interest and so, to coin an Americanism, he should recuse himself.
I personally can't see what the FL can punish him / us for, virtually everyone interviewed on subject has said he's done nothing wrong illegally. However, some do mention a breach of moral standards, which both the FL and FA are guilty of every season anyway. Only thing I can think of is a caution for Bielsa, and they'll probably send him a 100 page file on moral standards in English Football stamped "DON'T DO IT AGAIN".
