Football Governance Bill (Independent Regulator)

JASR said:
Passed , to become law
www.bbc.co.uk

Football Governance Bill: MPs vote to make Bill law

MPs vote to back the Football Governance Bill and establish an independent regulator to oversee the men's game in England's top five divisions.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
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Good words from Nandy but lets see.

Sheff Wed and Morecambe situ is dreadful, lets hope it improves things.

Oh for a German 51 here, fook the money.
 
Mp’s a loaded will never want for anything have one of the best pensions you can get to boot! They don’t give a shit about anything once they get there feet under that House of Commons!

Of course they vote that way back handers promises from sky big boys!
 
waspish said:
Mp’s a loaded will never want for anything have one of the best pensions you can get to boot! They don’t give a shit about anything once they get there feet under that House of Commons!

Of course they vote that way back handers promises from sky big boys!
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What?
 
sky tot said:
I thought it was city , Utd & Villa who were the teams that voted Against the bill ?
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Nope. City were the only club to back it from the start. I don’t think any other Premier League clubs have backed the bill.

I’m surprised that there is no mention in the BBC article that the only PL club supporting the Bill is City. You’d think that would be a significant piece of information to impart.
 
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I'll wait and see if the government do anything at all to hold back the tide of American ownership before I get excited about this regulator nonsense.

Wage caps
More diversity quotas
Lecturing from preachy cunts

Now finally they can fuck football up like everything else they touch.
 
It will ensure directors go on EDI training and won't help the fans in any way.

Under both governments the key issues have been avoided, and won't stop clubs going out of business by adding a tick or two to a tick box exercise. It isn't easy spotting so called bad owners before they have done anything wrong, just pure fantasy.
 
Whilst we hope for a level playing field, my skeptical inner child worries that we'll be seen as the problem still. I hope not, and hope that an independent body will not stand for loyalties and personal gain to cloud judgement.

Something interesting in the article that I hadn't picked up on from elsewhere

"Premier League television viewing figures on main live rights-holder Sky Sports were down 10% last season, while TNT Sports had a 17% reduction in its year-on-year figures."

Aside from the fact that an underperforming City isn't good for the premier league or champions league, it would seem (calling Dick Scudamore?), and alongside tongue in cheek proof that Liverpool won a one horse race where everyone switched off after Christmas rather than hear there self gratification , this could be the start of a very worrying trend for English football.

Why are figures down? Are subscribers down? Is interest in top level football waning? Was last year just a less attractive year of football, less competitive? Is the product spoiling? Is the presentation of the product past it's sell by date? Did city literally ruin football, or did making every other discussion about toes being offside and oil money mean we forgot the action on the pitch?

Let's see what happens. Football will never die, especially in its heartland, but this could be a sign that the all you can eat US buffet is closing its doors through necessity as well as just cause.
 
bluetonium said:
Whilst we hope for a level playing field, my skeptical inner child worries that we'll be seen as the problem still. I hope not, and hope that an independent body will not stand for loyalties and personal gain to cloud judgement.

Something interesting in the article that I hadn't picked up on from elsewhere

"Premier League television viewing figures on main live rights-holder Sky Sports were down 10% last season, while TNT Sports had a 17% reduction in its year-on-year figures."

Aside from the fact that an underperforming City isn't good for the premier league or champions league, it would seem (calling Dick Scudamore?), and alongside tongue in cheek proof that Liverpool won a one horse race where everyone switched off after Christmas rather than hear there self gratification , this could be the start of a very worrying trend for English football.

Why are figures down? Are subscribers down? Is interest in top level football waning? Was last year just a less attractive year of football, less competitive? Is the product spoiling? Is the presentation of the product past it's sell by date? Did city literally ruin football, or did making every other discussion about toes being offside and oil money mean we forgot the action on the pitch?

Let's see what happens. Football will never die, especially in its heartland, but this could be a sign that the all you can eat US buffet is closing its doors through necessity as well as just cause.
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If people I know are representative, the falling figures might well be down to people getting the matches illegally and cutting Sky etc out of the equation. I know a number of people who have done it, several after they got sick of the ever increasing costs of legitimate subscriptions.
 
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