Say my imaginary team was in the prem, and my first team was this:
Casillas, Maicon, Pique, Puyol, Cole, Messi, Xavi, Ineista, Villa, Torres
and the next game, i decided to play
Buffon, Alves, Vidic, Lucio, Evra, Sneijder, Gerrard, Fabregas, Ronaldo, Rooney, Drogba
Would i get fined for fielding a "weakened" team?
No coz it's of the same caliber
The argument the PL are putting forth is that that side they fielded was deliberately one that was not as good as it should/could of been.
BTW I AM IN NO WAY SHAPE OR FORM AGREEING WITH THE PL