At the Football League's Annual General Meeting in the Algarve, Club Chairmen and their representatives have voted unanimously in favour of a proposal by The League Board to amend The League's 'Sporting Sanctions' regulations. 
This move closes the existing loophole which enables clubs going into administration, once effectively relegated, to avoid any negative effect from the ten point deduction imposed by The League for the following campaign (like Leeds United this season).
The new ruling introduces a cut-off date of the fourth Thursday in March, and any club who goes into administration after this date will have its ten point deduction withheld until it is known whether the Sporting Sanction will have a material effect.
The scenarios work as follows - If a club is ultimately relegated, regardless of a pending ten point deduction, the sporting sanction will occur in the following season, with the club beginning the new campaign on minus ten points. If the club is not relegated, they will suffer the points deduction in the current season (though this could see them relegated).
In previous seasons both Rotherham and Leeds United have been able to choose the point where they would suffer the ten point deduction. This has led to huge debate and is not fair on the other clubs in the division. The new ruling will take immediate effect.