Honestly, I think, regardless of the outcome, the brand of the Premier League will be damaged for a long time.
If City are found guilty, then the dominate team of the last decade broke the rules to win several league titles.
If City are found not guilty, then the perception will be they got away with it.
The horse bolted on all this stuff decades ago.
In 2003, the Premier League and its associated partners welcomed a Russian Oligarch into the league with untold riches.
He bankrolled Chelsea with money effectively handed to him due to the breakdown of the Soviet Union. The only reason Roman was allowed to be who he was is because Putin allowed and continues to allow it, and he would have been locked up in jail had he ever defied him.
It was sport washing, but people thought it was the best thing ever and were happy to along with it.
Several years later, Abu Dhabi buy Man City and they take the whole thing to another level.
The whole thing has been a farce for years.
I'm also not particularly fond of having a load of American venture capitalists owning around half the Premier League clubs.