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I was initially slightly confused in the presentation of your points - I had to read it several times to realise you were in fact countering the arguments that have been trotted out against an IR in each of your numbered paragraphs. (It’s been a long day!) All good points.

The issue TB raised about UEFA not having the interests of EPL first and foremost is an obvious but significant one though imo - if anything will make the Government sit up it should be that League football brings over £7 billion to the GPD and a significant boost to the local economy-...

Football Governance Bill will be published today and will likely be met with a mixed response from the Premier League https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/mar/18/english-football-regulator-close-as-government-confirms-historic-bill https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68602074

I wonder if PBOBE will be attending this? Much to discuss … https://news.sky.com/story/frazer-to-meet-premier-league-clubs-amid-new-deal-impasse-13066044

Quite Yes, a lot of reason to be sceptical at this stage - this is only a policy paper ( and as said, proposals are FA/fan led not Government led) so let’s see if it actually happens and whether the ‘regulating body’ has any teeth.

As far as present PL Club ownership largely - also FIFA/UEFA/FA already cover a lot of the financial regulation, but the proposals suggest the regulator will have the power to force arbitration where agreements can’t be reached.

So why not click on the first link I provided ? 🙄 This is only a White Paper that has been published, and only a policy statement of intent (and is incidentally based on on A FAN REVIEW published in 2021, so we can probably thank football fans for the contribution they have made) - so this...

Government has confirmed that an Independent regulator will be created https://www.gov.uk/government/news/bold-plan-to-protect-long-term-future-of-english-football EDIT Just to point out - Full outline of proposals of White Paper and background is in the Government Press Release that I posted...