With the exception of Juve the league is still the same, yeah Fiorentina Lazio and Milan all lost points but even with them back they would still be nowhere near Inter.
To win 22 from 26 is some performance.
Mainly becuase big players such a Vieira/Zambrotta/Thuram/Cannavaro/Emerson had no where else to go in Italy if they wanted somewhere to challenge for honours. It was Inter or abroad.
Vieira went to Inter, the rest went abroad knowing the league would be pants for the next few years.
Any team that can win 17 games in a row in their league isn't in a strong enough league IMO.
If Juve/Milan were totally unpunished Inter would be third at best.
Roma/Milan/Fiorentina were all options for the players to go to. Just because they got docked points doesn't mean they were not good prospects.