I wonder if part of it is players pushing themselves harder and harder and getting close to how much the human body can actually take. You see it in baseball to, these athletes are doing stuff that is insane. Part of it is the amount of games but another part is athletes pushing themselves to the absolute limit.

If the same story comes out about another team or two it is definitely the case of the league trying to bring up enough stories to say look everyone is cheating to get out of punishing City/Chelsea.

This is the best change they could make. Within an hour or two after the game. All audio/transcription from the game between a refs need to be released to the teams and public within 24 hours. Absolute transparency is neexed