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[Football] The English Football League must be governed effectively



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Sussexpool

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Mar 18, 2018
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Please take 2 minutes of your time to sign this petition. Brighton fans have had to put up with no support from the EFL when they lost their ground and had to play at the Withdean. We need all football supporters to sign and ensure the EFL cannot allow owners such as the Oyston's to ruin our great football clubs

Click this link to sign the petition "The Government must introduce an independent regulator for English football"

https://petition.parliament.uk/signatures/43072575/verify?token=jjVT2YuF4TUc8vgYxE


Thanks,
The Petitions team
UK Government and Parliament
 




beorhthelm

beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
35,300
isnt that the FA?
 










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BensGrandad

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Jul 13, 2003
72,015
Haywards Heath
beorhthelm said:
isnt that the FA?
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Thunder Bolt said:
No, it's the Football League.


We have had this on before but there may be others who haven't signed yet.
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Technically the FA are the overiding authority as they have to approve and sanction every league played in England from local pub leagues to The Premier but they are run as independent entities under this umbrella and the FA rarely got involved unless there is an obvious breach of the rules deposited with the FA when the League is sanctioned. An example of this was Steve Foster banned under FL rules from the 1983 Cup Final as his legal team argued that it was a cup game and not subject FL Rules and applied to the FA to have this set aside but the FA disagreed and refused his request. He was banned under the topping up process.
 


Thunder Bolt

Thunder Bolt

Silly old bat
Aug 18, 2009
65,439
Beside the seaside, beside the sea
BensGrandad said:
Technically the FA are the overiding authority as they have to approve and sanction every league played in England from local pub leagues to The Premier but they are run as independent entities under this umbrella and the FA rarely got involved unless there is an obvious breach of the rules deposited with the FA when the League is sanctioned. An example of this was Steve Foster banned under FL rules from the 1983 Cup Final as his legal team argued that it was a cup game and not subject FL Rules and applied to the FA to have this set aside but the FA disagreed and refused his request. He was banned under the topping up process.
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The Football League are the ones who do the Fit and Proper test on club owners in the FL. They are useless at it.
 


beorhthelm

beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
35,300
Thunder Bolt said:
No, it's the Football League.
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i meant that the FA is an independent regulator for football. the problem is that a regulator isnt whats required or being asked for, we have decent-ish governance. the problem is the regulations aren't there to deal with some problems, in partcular when a clubs owners act against the interest of fans rather than themself/shareholders. what actually being asked for is special rules, maybe a special form of business structure (like a charity, or a partnership) for clubs to be owned and operated as. trouble is even if such a structure existed, it would probably not be in the interests of owners to change to that structure, so you'd need governement to legislate to force it.
 






Thunder Bolt

Thunder Bolt

Silly old bat
Aug 18, 2009
65,439
Beside the seaside, beside the sea
beorhthelm said:
i meant that the FA is an independent regulator for football. the problem is that a regulator isnt whats required or being asked for, we have decent-ish governance. the problem is the regulations aren't there to deal with some problems, in partcular when a clubs owners act against the interest of fans rather than themself/shareholders. what actually being asked for is special rules, maybe a special form of business structure (like a charity, or a partnership) for clubs to be owned and operated as. trouble is even if such a structure existed, it would probably not be in the interests of owners to change to that structure, so you'd need governement to legislate to force it.
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Hence the petition to the government.
 


Pretty Plnk Fairy

Pretty Plnk Fairy

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Jan 30, 2008
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If the EFL is good enuogh for Tommy Robinson its good enough for me just more tobys being snowflakes with there leftie
PC brigayed


regards
DR
 








beorhthelm

beorhthelm

A. Virgo, Football Genius
Jul 21, 2003
35,300
Thunder Bolt said:
Hence the petition to the government.
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it misses the the point, as we have an independent regulator. if we want legislation ask for that. currently clubs run as Limited companies and fit within the constraints of company law. if a owner as major shareholder wants to take money out, thats their prerogative. unfortunatly fans dont own the clubs and so have little input as things stand. a regulator cant change that, it need new law.
 
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