And Leeds United manage to slip further into the mire. This stuff is getting beyond belief. I can't consider myself a real fan from over here in North America; I can only guess what it's like to be a supporter going to games.
To recap the past year:
After much back and forth, Gulf Finance House buys the team from Ken Bates, with the promise of financial backing to lift the team's prospects.
They hire Brian McDermott, formerly of Reading, and the team starts the season well enough.
It becomes clear GFH has no money to spend, and wants someone else to cover their monthly losses of £1m.
Enter Massimo Cellino, corn magnate from Sardinia, and shady owner of Cagliari in Serie A, who agrees to buy 75% of the club, and then has his lawyer fire the manager before the deal is finalized. The sacking by phone gets leaked and McDermott is allowed to stay under pressure from the supporters.
Cellino's candidacy to become a Football League owner is denied, at first due to past transgressions, but then assured by his being found guilty of failing to pay taxes on a yacht he bought in the US and brought to Italy.
Meanwhile, the team is sucking away another season, and the players are not getting paid in time or in full.
Now, "Leeds businessman" Mike Farnan, whose past efforts to wrest control of the team have always fallen short financially, is teaming up with Cellino and attempting to resurrect the deal under yet another suspect title, Together Leeds.
McDermott is getting berated on the phone at home by fans, being pressured to resign. To his credit, and no doubt legal advice, he is standing tall, refusing to step down. He actually comes across as the most the most sane and reasonable party in the whole affair. But can he coach this team at this time?
The good news is LUFC probably garnered enough points earlier in the season to avoid relegation, as it's surely where the ship is headed.
But what happens now? Does the club go into administration again, getting docked points in the process. Does the Football League suddenly decide to take Cellino's money under different terms? Does McDermott stay on for more abuse and uncertainty? Is it ever about the game, and the team, and it's fans?
Wait. I think I know the answer to the last question.