"Sporting merit" has been "rendered meaningless".
That's a claim made by Crystal Palace following the decision to demote them from the Europa League.
Palace qualified by winning the FA Cup but were found by UEFA and the Court of Arbitration for Sport to have breached multi-club ownership rules.
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The club claim sanctions were "unevenly applied in the most flagrant way" and have called for more "coherent" regulations to be brought in.