Hmm I thought the rules have always been if a team forfeits, they lose 3 nil. I have been playing football for 20+ years and that has always been the rule.
Over my time in playing, the rule has been taken advantage of from time to time. But at the end of the day its just a game. You can be mighty pinged off if your on the receiving end of it, but 1 day you might be on the other side especially with the amount of injuries you can seem to accumulate in this game.
But I do believe the only thing that needs to be changed is the win bonus being payed out for a game that wasn't played. But also in saying that, if this was an away game, you wouldn't of been receiving any ticket income anyhow if you had played.