Sometimes you have to ask yourself what's occurred WITHOUT independent regulation OR what might.
On another part of the board NSCers are discussing GBeebies and their sanction from OFCOM because they let serving government MPs, no less, present the news. Without OFCOM we'd basically have a TV...
Agreed, that's why I put in the caveat about good legislation. Often when something is done to be popular rather than to be watertight the legislation ends up with more holes in it than a Swiss Cheese.
If it does as promised and the regulations are both tight and well written in law then the Conservatives will have delivered one piece of legislation that I fully agree with.
"it’s disappointing to think our Government doesn’t believe there is enough high quality people within The FA, Premier League, EFL and 92 fully professional clubs for us to regulate ourselves."
Sorry Paul, but if that's the case why are some clubs going to the wall every year while others are...
Not in terms of blocking clubs joining a European Super League. That idea is currently being revived.
Maybe with the rest, we’ll see.
These are mostly fan led ideas.
Here’s the BBC story (Athletic is paywalled / subscription, no idea why the OP picked that to share).
Football regulator: UK government confirms new independent body
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64536218
Here are the bullet points from that article.
Every single one of those is a...