Salary cap saga
Inglorious exit for Perth chief Brewer
Glory will miss the finals and pay $269,000 in fines after being found guilty of exceeding the cap by about $400,000 this season.
But the club won't lose any points next season, despite being threatened with a third show-cause notice earlier this week.
FFA says that because the latest allegations fall under the same period and the penalties handed down are already harsh, an additional punishment isn't warranted.
Glory was preparing to take the league's governing body to court over the matter, arguing the FFA board didn't have the right to preside over the salary cap allegations levelled at the club.
But during a six-hour appeals hearing in front of an independent panel on Wednesday night, Glory accepted FFA's board acted within its rights.
That determination produced a domino effect.
Jason Brewer resigned as Perth's chief executive on Thursday afternoon.
And then, seven hours later, FFA and Glory sent out a media release, confirming Perth would accept the salary cap sanctions in full.
Brewer took full responsibility for the club's plight and personally apologised for the events of the past few months that led to Glory's downfall.
But right to the end, he remained adamant Perth was innocent of cheating the salary cap.
"There have been no secret payments, there'll be no third-party payments, nor do we maintain a book of shadow accounts," Brewer said.
"Everything we have goes through the club's books, which we provide to the FFA each year."
Glory is sitting equal second on the A-League table, but will be relegated to seventh by the fast-approaching end of the season.
The move will promote Brisbane into the six-team finals.
Brewer said he felt sorry for coach Kenny Lowe and the player group.
"It's cast an incredibly dark shadow over all their achievements on the pitch," Brewer said.
"It's disgusting and appalling they have to play with that shadow over them.
"We now face some of the darkest days in the club's recent years."
With the matter finalised, Glory faces a nervous wait to see whether any of its players walk out on the club.
It's understood Glory players may now have the right to break their contracts because of the club's actions.
FFA chief executive David Gallop said although he felt sorry for Glory's fans and players, it was imperative for the league to uphold its standards.
"We understand that [Glory owner] Tony Sage has today accepted the resignation of the former CEO, who has accepted full responsibility, and acted alone," Gallop said.
"We will work with Tony to ensure that Perth Glory rebuilds and has processes in place to ensure this does not happen again."
Perth will be back in action on Sunday when it hosts Melbourne City at nib Stadium.
