Will Chelsea's ban of signing players untill the January 2011 transfer window be lifted?

Settled as It will be lifted.

CAS ruling lifts Chelsea's transfer ban
Sport's highest court has ruled that a FIFA transfer ban on Chelsea signing players must be lifted. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Thursday that Chelsea and French club Lens had reached an agreement in their dispute over teenager Gael Kakuta's move to England in 2007. CAS said the clubs agreed Kakuta did not have a valid contract with Lens and so could not have breached any rules...
AP via Yahoo! Sports - Feb 04 9:02 AM

Per a news search, the story appears to have been out on or before 2/4/10 around 9:00am EST. This will be the cut-off as the outcome was known at that time.

Background:

Background: Chelsea received a ban by Fifa from signing players until the 2011 January transfer window. This is due to the fact that Chelsea was found guilty of inducing Gael Kakuta to break his contract with Lens in 2007.

Settlement details:As reported by BBC Sports

Forecast history %

It will not be lifted.

94%

It will be lifted.

Settled as It will be lifted. on Fri 5th Feb 5:39am PST

Activity: H$43,169
Predictions: 25
Comments: 3

Suspend date: Sat 1st Jan 2011 3:59pm PST (40 weeks to go)
Settlement date: Fri 5th Feb 5:39am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Thu 4th Feb 6am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: It will not be lifted.: 65%, It will be lifted.: 35%

Action history:

Created Thu 3rd Sep 2009 11:46am PST by

cockerelman Level 1, Newbie (H$37)

Suspended Fri 4th Sep 2009 3:50am PST by

kruijs [Power User]

: Flagged by super user: I guess, the second option should read "it will be lifted".

Unsuspended Fri 4th Sep 2009 5:44am PST by

mrperfkt [Admin]

: Settlement options clarified

Settlement requested Thu 4th Feb 11:56pm PST by

p155272 Level 14, Prophet (H$134,525)

: Please settle as ban lifted

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/8499169.stm

Suspended Fri 5th Feb 5:36am PST by

mrperfkt [Admin]

: Suspended pending settlement and review of late wagers

Settled as 'It will be lifted.' Fri 5th Feb 5:39am PST by

mrperfkt [Admin]

: CAS ruling lifts Chelsea's transfer ban
Sport's highest court has ruled that a FIFA transfer ban on Chelsea signing players must be lifted. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Thursday that Chelsea and French club Lens had reached an agreement in their dispute over teenager Gael Kakuta's move to England in 2007. CAS said the clubs agreed Kakuta did not have a valid contract with Lens and so could not have breached any rules...
AP via Yahoo! Sports - Feb 04 9:02 AM

Per a news search, the story appears to have been out on or before 2/4/10 around 9:00am EST. This will be the cut-off as the outcome was known at that time.

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