Crawley have a week to explain their wage structure or face a £10,000 fine and the loss of three points.
Conference chiefs were unhappy with the answers Crawley gave Thursday's Conference board meeting, and have given Crawley until this Thursday to provide the board with detailed answers after investigating an alleged breach of the wage cap. The Conference board were also seeking assurances over the club's future.
Meanwhile, the Altrincham petition has now gathered over 6,000 signatures and Conference boss John Moules told the NLP he had received 400 'hate emails' over the 18 point penalty.