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Parliament to have FA "no confidence" debate next week
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law74
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Just another excuse to save money that's spent on the working classes.
Can we have a no confidence debate on the house of commons and cut our funding for them?
Can we have a no confidence debate on the house of commons and cut our funding for them?
Saddleworth2
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Does anyone know the background to this impatience? On a cursory read it seems like it's down to the make up of the FA council and governance rules. Is there more to it though?
The Light Was Yellow Sir
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Quite a tricky issue though. Government, that supposed to be able to run the country but can't, getting involved in the FA, who should be running football but can't! They do need to be very careful though, as FIFA will have no truck with government interference in football. Any hint of it and the country is banned from international competition. Not sure the government will want to go down that route, with all that is at stake.
bluethrunthru
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Only relevant if the FA can have a debate and vote on confidence in the Government?
Seriously though just another snide attempt to cut £30m spent on working class pursuits. The backlash will be reports into subsidy for ballet, opera etc - see how they justify that.
Seriously though just another snide attempt to cut £30m spent on working class pursuits. The backlash will be reports into subsidy for ballet, opera etc - see how they justify that.
cleavers
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I think part of the impatience is that several ex FA Chairman penned that letter a few weeks ago, critical of the FA council.Does anyone know the background to this impatience? On a cursory read it seems like it's down to the make up of the FA council and governance rules. Is there more to it though?
Whether its about a funding cut or not, the FA does seriously need reform, and football, in England particularly, is hardly short of funds, so maybe reform might mean that more of the PL money filters down to grass roots rather than go into the pockets of footballers and their agents.
Dave Ewing's Back 'eader
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Only one outcome of this, David Gill will become Prime Minister.
Haven't we already had David Gill as PM? Didn't he call himself Tony then?
Neville Kneville
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I'm no fan of the FA, but I bet they wouldn't pull out of UEFA without having an actual plan of how they will replace it, like those useless fucking ****s in the House of Commons have done in their field.