This means that the lawsuit is over.
The judge says he will rule tomorrow afternoon at 3 p.m. Then a short press release comes out.
“I want to have the final word,” says Michel Schaay, the man behind Vitesse’s regional rescue plans. “There is talk of the yellow-black heart of people. It is unbreakable.”
“During the appeal case we received compliments from the appeals committee on how we had set up our plan. One of the members said:” Mr. Schaay, you have thought of many things, but did you also think that Mr. Parry could also block the future transaction? ” We had done what we could do. “
“If we could wipe parry, we had a good chance of getting the license. I got it yesterday. I want to have clearly said that it has been poured into concrete that the past has even more influence on the future of Vitesse. Who is Vitesse? We are Vitesse. Nobody for the rest.”
The seat almost comes to an end. The parties can all say something if they need it.
“Of course we have an eye for the supporters,” says Mark Boetekees on behalf of the KNVB. “But it is about the license regulations. Due to the violations and behaviors of Vitesse, there is no other possibility than withdrawing the professional license.”
The KNVB lawyer again indicates that their own rules have been established in consultation with the clubs. “There is a lot of respect for the supporters. But there is a structural pattern. Apparently nothing was good enough and it went on.”
The lawyer on behalf of the supporters of Vitesse is once again addressing the social interests. “The KNVB seems to forget that the supporters are also its supporters. The KNVB has been created for professional football and the supporters. Without them, the KNVB has no right to exist. More respect for it would be in place. Rules must be maintained, but the KNVB seems to place itself above the law and maintain its main importance.”
Michel Schaay, the great man behind the regional rescue plan, takes the word in the courtroom. “You may hear that my voice is spreading …” he says. He wants to point out that he had little time to respond from the KNVB.
Vitesse’s lawyer and that of the regional lender responds to points that the KNVB has made. Vitesse’s lawyer states that the club is being punished double and does not understand that the KNVB speaks of structural bypasses by the club.
The judge is back after a break. The session is resumed with the ‘second half’.
There will be a suspension of ten to fifteen minutes. Then we are back to you again.
What is the difference between this case and that of FC Twente in 2016, the judge asks the KNVB. FC Twente then had to relegate from the Eredivisie, but that was reversed after a professional case at the KNVB. According to the KNVB it was not about violations, but about two transactions. That is why the situations cannot be compared with each other according to the football association.
The KNVB also receives questions from the judge. What weighs the hardest for the KNVB in this file, he wonders. Can you still be punished a little earlier, still take it in a pattern?
The KNVB wants to answer those questions, but will do so after an upcoming suspension.
The judge asks the lawyer of Vitesse and those of the lender of Vitesse. The judge wonders what punishment in the eyes of Vitesse justifies the seventeen offenses in the past three years.
According to the Lawyer of De Geldenschieter, the current circumstances are other than two years ago, so Vitesse should not lose the professional license. The judge sees no answer to the question.
According to De Geldenschieter’s lawyer, the KNVB has not sought the collaboration with Vitesse.
“The core of the problem is that Vitesse remains blind for the situation,” says the KNVB lawyer. “Vitesse is waiting and only comes into action when it stands with the back against the wall. All the warnings given to take action earlier are ignored.”
“Vitesse has laid the ax on the root of the licensing system. A clear line has been drawn. It is deception, bypassing and a lack of transparency. This has continued quite recently.”
“Vitesse has entered this situation by its own shareholders who have made wrong choices. Vitesse is responsible for that. There is no question of self -correcting and self -cleaning capacity. Vitesse has killed the last chance.”
The KNVB lawyer elaborates on an agreement between the five owners and the American creditor Coley Parry. Amounts from this were black. “Vitesse relies on a duty of confidentiality. That is crazy. Because in advance was clear to the general director (Timo Braasch, ed.) That this was not possible. Mr. Braasch was a party at the debt agreement. The license committee was misled. That is deception.”
“If the social interests are decisive, the heaviest sanction can never be applicable,” says the KNVB lawyer. “That ignores the objectives of the licensing system. Because of the size, severity and nature of the shortcomings of Vitesse and the opportunities and the confidence the club has had, the license committee cannot retain the professional license of Vitesse.”
“Viten has seriously ignored the objectives of the licensing system. A line has been drawn. That could have been before. There were seventeen serious violations. Vitesse showed no improvement, despite 57 points deduction. Vitesse had had time and confidence to change things and in April 2024 did not have a last warning and of the Luctesse and of the Luctesse retreated and of the Luctesse withdrawing Responsibilities.
KNVB’s lawyer complains that Vitesse added a document to the file yesterday. “Why is a piece of August 1 now coming up? That is symptomatic for the behavior of Vitesse.”
The lawyer of the KNVB goes right with a stretched leg. “The plea of my colleague is all addressed to the KNVB, but should it not be addressed to the people who have been at the helm at Vitesse?”
The floor is now up to Michiel van Dijk, the lawyer of the KNVB.
“I want to put you on your heart,” says the lawyer on behalf of the supporters of Vitesse. “Let the KNVB and the Vitesse fight it out in a soil procedure. Send them the corridor if necessary.” It would mean that Vitesse can still play champion division in the kitchen this season.
“The KNVB says it has already considered the social impact,” says the lawyer on behalf of the supporters of Vitesse. “As if we should no longer talk about that. I am vulnerable. I am here as a lawyer, but above all as a supporter. In the media it seems as if we are only talking about rules today. Supporters are living in the assumption that the progress of Vitesse can only be assigned today if there are procedural mistakes or is already a vitesse, while punishment is already led.”
The lawyer on behalf of the supporters of Vitesse receives the word of the court. “I am standing here for the supporters who are in the video room and stand in front of the court,” she says. “For the volunteers who have been working free of charge for years.”
The lawyer outlines the consequences for the fans, the sponsors and the city of Arnhem as Vitesse disappear as a professional club. The Arnhem hospitality industry would miss 2.5 million euros in income.
“Maybe a vibration in my voice. I make this plea directly from my heart. I am not only a director, but also a supporter. In a look in my social media and it is Vitesse that the clock hits. My husband must soon explain to my daughter why there is a big 1892 on his back.”
Vitesse’s lawyer says that there is a covering budget, so that the club could finish the season according to him. The regional investors group guarantees the deficit in the budget.
“Vitesse has not been the best boy in the class, but it seems that the Vitesse teacher wants to send from school,” says Vitesse’s lawyer. “Vitesse has already been punished for her sins. Points have been deducted, Vitesse has been degraded, the last in the Kitchen Champion Division finished and will start next season with -12 points, if she gets a license. Vitesse has been the target of the scorn of professional football. Vitesse has been punished enough.”
Vitesse apologizes for errors The lawyer of Vitesse starts with an apologies. “In the past, mistakes have been made, but with the best of intentions of those involved. The comparison of the cat in the cat applies here. Vitesse has apologized for this and wants to do that again. But that is Vitesse old.”
“Vitesse wants to certainly meet the license conditions and clean up. Vitesse finally has the solution after three years, with a group of Arnhem entrepreneurs. We have the confidence of the bank, the accountant and a covering budget. Vitesse is except for a safe port.”
The lawyer of money shooter Michael Schaay spoke longer than was intended. That extra time is deducted from the contribution of the lawyer of Vitesse, Niek Entzinger.
According to the lawyer of Michel Schaay’s lawyer, the KNVB had sealed the fate of Vitesse far in advance. “The KNVB refused to check the budget. It’s all about perception.”
“The imagination of the KNVB is greater than the facts and proof. The supposed pattern of undermining the licensing system does not exist. Vitesse believes firmly in his future. Vitesse wants to fly as the sea eagle of the past.”
“He didn’t come along today,” says the judge with a wink. Laughter sounds in the room.
The lawyer of money lender Michel Schaay tries to convince the court that the proceedings of the KNVB are incorrect and unfair. According to experts, Vitesse must mainly talk about this in this lawsuit.
“The procedures are unbalanced. Vitesse had five working days to respond after withdrawing the license. But the decision counts 49 pages. And that while the license committee is not bound by a time for a defense. That is not a fair trial and no pure application of hearing and hearing.”
“The KNVB was in a hurry. It immediately planned a session in the appeal committee, while no appeal had yet been requested by Vitesse.”
“There were no realistic alternatives,” says the lawyer of money lender Michel Schaay about the choice of Vitesse for five foreign owners at the beginning of this year, which introduced the withdrawal of the professional license. “That is why Vitesse and the Vitesse Foundation agreed forever. It has become Vitesse bit by bit that the license committee of the KNVB still had objections. The withdrawal of the license is incomprehensible.”
According to the lawyer, there is a “tube vision” at the KNVB license committee. “Vitesse seems to be the head of Jut. The KNVB was always looking for reasons to punish Vitesse. Vitesse underwent that, because she knew things went wrong and had to go differently. But the facts do not fit the ever -fierce reproaches that Vitesse are made.”
“Yes, a lot has happened in recent years,” begins Michel Schaay’s lawyer, the intended Savior of Vitesse. “And not everything deserves the beauty prize. But we should not get stuck in the past, but focus on the present. Vitesse will have to say something about the past and the future.”
“Today it is all about the perception of the KNVB. Vitesse would be unreliable and cannot meet the license conditions. Those are heavy words. Heavy words that are not displayed by facts. These are suggestions. The facts speak to the advantage of Vitesse. There is no eye for the wind now blows at Vitesse.”
On behalf of Vitesse, lawyer Jaap Noltes (commercial director and operational director) and Michel Schaay (the foreman of the regional money lenders group are present. KNVB is represented by Mark Boetekees and the secretary of the license committee.
The judge indicates in advance that no decision will follow today. It is tomorrow afternoon.
“The court is aware that the outcome has major consequences for everyone around Vitesse,” says the judge. “All emails and letters show that there is a great commitment. They speak out for preserving the club. There are many emotions in the case. But today it is about the rules of the game.”
There are 1,500 pages in the file. A total of two hours has been set aside for the seat, but spout is possible.
“Welcome all to the Court of District Court of the Netherlands,” says the judge. “Today, a special business, with many attendees and press. We cannot lose more people.”
The lawyers of Vitesse and the KNVB have taken a seat in the courtroom, just like dozens of journalists and other stakeholders. The judge will open the word in this way.
The trial is over.
The Judge Says He Will Deliver a Verdict Tomorrow Afternoon at 3:00 pm. After that, a short press release will be Issued.
“I want to have the final Word,” Says Michel Schaay, the Man behind Vitesse’s Regional Rescue Plans. “There is talk about people’s yellow and black heart. It is unbreakable.”
“Duration the appeal, we recedived compliments from the appeals committee on how we had organized our plan. One of the members Said:” Mr. Schaay, you have thought though, but have you also thought the futhe is the mr. Coud also also We had done what we could do. “
“If we could clean up parry, we would have a good chance of getting the license. I recedived that yesterday. I want to clearly state that it is cast in concrete that the past has even more mean Influence on the Future of Vitesse. Who is Vitesse?”
The Session is Almost about. The Parties May All Say Something If they Feel the Need.
“Or course we have an eye for the supporters,” Says Mark Boetekees on Behalf of the KNVB. “But it’s about the Licensing Regulations.
The KNVB’s Lawyer Once Again Points Out That The Rules Were Established in Consultation With The Clubs. “There is a lot of respect for the supporters. But there is a structural pattern. Apparently nothing was good enough and it just continued.”
The Lawyer on Behalf of Vitesse’s supporters Once Again Points Out the Social Interests. “The KNVB Seems to forget that the supporters are also its supporters. The KNVB was created for professional football and the supporters. and the Enforcement of the Rules Has Become its main interest. “
Michel Schaay, The Big Man Behind the Regional Rescue Plan, Takes The Floor in the Courtroom. “You may hear my voice skipping …”, he says. Hey Wants To Point Out That He Received Very Little Time From the KNVB to Respond.
Vitesse’s Lawyer and the Regional Financier’s Lawyer Respond to Points Made by the KNVB. Vitesse’s Lawyer States That The Club is Punished Twice and Does Not Understand That the KNVB Speaks of Structural CircumVention by the Club.
The Judge is back after a break. The Session Resumes with the ‘Second Half’.
There will be a suspension of ten fifteen minutes. Then we will be back with you.
What is the Difference between this case and that of FC Twente in 2016, The Judge Asks The KNVB. FC Twente was then forced to relegate from the Eredivisie, but that was reversed after an appeal at the KNVB. Accordance to the KNVB, IT was not about Violations, But About Two Transactions. Therefore, Accordance to the Football Association, The Sitations Cannot Be Compared.
The KNVB also Receives Questions from the Judge. What weighs most heavy for the KNVB in this file, hey Wonders. Are you allowed to include something that was punished earlier in a pattern?
The KNVB Wants to Answer Those Questions, But Will Do So After An Upcoming Suspension.
The Judge Asks Some Questions to Vitesse’s Lawyer and Vitesse’s Financier’s Lawyer. The Judge Wonders which Punishment in Vitesse’s Eyes Justifies The Seventeen Violations in The Past Three Years.
Accordance to the Financier’s Lawyer, The Current Circumstances Are Different From Two Years ago, which Means Vitesse Should not Lose Its Professional License. The Judge Does Not See Answer to the Question in That.
Accordance to the Financier’s Lawyer, The KNVB HAS Not Sought Enough Cooperation with Vitesse.
“The core of the problem is that Vitesse Remains Blind to the Situation,” Says the KNVB’s Lawyer. “Vitesse Waits and Only Takes Action When Its Back is Against the Wall. All the Warnings Given to Take Action Earlier Have Been Ignored.”
“Vitesse has laid the ax to the root of the licensing system. A clear line has bone drawn. It is deception, circumvention and a lack of transparency. This has continued quite recent.”
“Vitesse has ended up in this situation due to its own shareholders who have made the wrong the wrong choices. Vitesse is response for that. There is no question of self-correcting and self-cleaning capacity. Vitesse has blown its last Chance.”
The KNVB’s Lawyer Elaborates on An Agreement Between the Five Owners and the American Creditor Coley Parry. Amounts from it was Blacked Out. “Vitesse Invokes A Confidentiality Obligation. That is strange. Because it was clear in Advance to the General Manager (Timo Braasch, ed.) That this was not Possible. Mr. Braasch was a party to the debit agreement. The Licensing Committee was.
“If the social interests are decisive, The Heaviest Sanction Can never be applicable,” Says the KNVB’s Lawyer. “That Goes Beyond the Objectives of the Licensing System. Due to the SIZE, Seriatress and Nature of Vitesse’s Shortcomings and the Opportunities and Trust That Club Has Had, the Licensing Committee Cannot Retain Vitesse’s Professional License.”
“Vitesse has seriously Disregarded the Objectives of the Licensing System. A Line Has Been Drawn. That Could Have Happed Earlier. There Have Been Seventen Seventen Serious Violations. Vitesse Showed No Improvement, Despite Duction and Time Has Has Time Has Has Time Has Has Time Has Has Time Has Time Has and Time Haste Haste Haste Haste Haste Haste Haste Haste Haste Haste Haste Haste Haste Haste and Time Things and Time Things And Time Things And Time Things And Time Things And Time Things And Time Things Time Time Time Time Time Things And Time Things And Time Things Time Time Theduction. A Final Warning in April 2024. Even after the Withdrawal of the License, Vitesse has show no insight and awareness or reporting Obligations and responsibilities. “
The KNVB’s Lawyer Complainsins That Vitesse Added A Document To The File Yesterday. “Why is a piece from August 1 only coming to light now? That is Symptomatic or Vitesse’s Behavior.”
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The Floor Now Goes to Michiel van Dijk, The KNVB’s Lawyer.
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The Lawyer of Financier Michael Schaay Spoke Longer than intended. That extra time will be deducted from the contribution of Vitesse’s Lawyer, Niek Entzinger.
Accordance to the Lawyer of Financiers Michel Schaay, The KNVB had Already Sealed Vitesse’s Fate Long in Advance. “The KNVB refused to check the budget. It’s all about perception.”
“The KNVB’s Imagination is Greater Than The Facts and the Evidence. The Supposed Patternet of Undermining the Licensing System Does Not Exist. Vitesse firmly believes in its Future. Vitesse Wants to Fly The Sea Eagle of Yesteryear.”
“Hey Didn’t Come Along Today,” The Judge Says with a Wink. Laughter is Heard in the Room.
The Lawyer of Financier Michel Schaay Tries to Convince the Judge that the KNVB’s procedures are incorrect and unfair. Accordance to experts, vitesse must mainly rely on this in this lawsuit.
“The procedures are unbalanced. Vitesse had Five Working Days to Respond After the Withdrawal of the License. But the Decision has 49 pages. And that While the Licensing Committee is not bound by a time for a pure or hearing and not fair.”
“The KNVB Made Unnecessarily Much Haste. It immediately Scheduled A Meeting With The Appeals Committee, While No Appeal had Yet Been Requested by Vitesse.”
“There were no realistic alternatives,” Says the Lawyer of Financier Michel Schaay About Vitesse’s Choice for Five Foreign Owners Earlier This Year, which Led To The Withdrawal of the Professional License. “That is Why Vitesse and the Vitesse forever Foundation Agreed. It has gradually Become Vitesse that the Licensing Committee of the KNVB Still had objections. The Withdrawal of the License is Incomprehensible.”
Accordance to the lawyer, there is a “tunnel vision” at the Licensing Committee of the KNVB. “Vitesse seems to be the scapegoat. The KNVB was constantly looking for reasons to punish vitesse. Vitesse underwent this passively, bee it knew that things had gone wrong and had to be different. But the facts do not match the eage vitesse vitesse.”
“Yes, a lot has happened in recent years,” Begins The Lawyer of Michel Schaay, The Intended Savior of Vitesse. “And not everything deserves the beauty prize. But we must not dwell on the past, but focus on the present. Vitesse will have to say something about the past and the future.”
“Today it is about the perception of the KNVB. Vitesse would be unreliable and unable to meet the licensing conditions. Those are heavy words. Heavy Words that are not reflected by facts. They are suggestions. There’s speak. Vitesse. “
On Behalf of Vitesse, Lawyer Jaap Noltes (Commercial Director and Operational Director) and Michel Schaay (The Leader of the Group of Regional Financiers) are present. KNVB is represented by Mark Boetekees and the Secretary of the Licensing Committee.
The Judge Indicates in Advance That Will Be No Verdict Today. That will be Tomorrow Afternoon.
“The Court is aware that the outcome has Major Consequences for Everyone around Vitesse,” Says the Judge. “All the emails and letters show that there is a great commitment. They speak out in favor of preserving the club. There are many emotions Involved in the case. But today it is about the rules of the game.”
There are 1,500 pages in the file. A Total of Two Hours Have Been Allocated for the Session, but an Extension is Possible.
“Welcome Everyone to the Central Netherlands Court,” Says the Judge. “Today a Special Case is Being Heard, with many Attendees and Press. We cannot accommodation more people.”
The Lawyers of Vitesse and the KNVB have tasks Their Places in the Courtroom, As have boxes of journalists and other interested parties. The Judge Will Open the Floor Sooon.