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Title: Future of our sport needs your support Post by: pauld on Friday, January 17, 2014, 14:44:09 Petition to ask govt to take action to make the Premier League redirect just a small fraction of what they pee up against a wall to grassroots football:
http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/46134 And if you need to know why this needs doing: http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jan/17/grassroots-football-england-abuse-death-threats-withering?CMP=twt_gu Title: Re: Future of our sport needs your support Post by: @mwooly63 on Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:19:08 Signed
Title: Re: Future of our sport needs your support Post by: Red Frog on Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:21:02 Agree with this. Done.
Title: Re: Future of our sport needs your support Post by: ghanimah on Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:35:28 Petition to ask govt to take action to make the Premier League redirect just a small fraction of what they pee up against a wall to grassroots football: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/46134 And if you need to know why this needs doing: http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jan/17/grassroots-football-england-abuse-death-threats-withering?CMP=twt_gu I fully agree with the sentiments but is a petition going to get anywhere? I strongly suspect not... Title: Re: Future of our sport needs your support Post by: Bathtime on Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:46:48 I fully agree with the sentiments but is a petition going to get anywhere? I strongly suspect not... Just get it signed.....why not...can`t do any harm. Title: Re: Future of our sport needs your support Post by: Red Frog on Friday, January 17, 2014, 16:01:22 I fully agree with the sentiments but is a petition going to get anywhere? I strongly suspect not... Well I can see how your alternative approach would be much more effective. Just run me through it again... Title: Re: Future of our sport needs your support Post by: pauld on Friday, January 17, 2014, 16:11:04 I fully agree with the sentiments but is a petition going to get anywhere? I strongly suspect not... Quite possibly not. But it won't cost you anything to sign it. If you don't feel that's enough you could also try writing to your MP to back the idea as well. And possibly also your local County FA to ask why they've not sent the info on to their member clubs. And get your work colleagues to do the same.Title: Re: Future of our sport needs your support Post by: Power to people on Friday, January 17, 2014, 16:39:45 Done
Title: Re: Future of our sport needs your support Post by: CalRed45 on Friday, January 17, 2014, 16:43:22 Sunday league I play in isn't too bad.. bar one team who managed to get about 6 yellows in one half, looked like the whole chav community of penhill had come to watch(parents) who went on swearing fits at anyone... team was bottom of the league but we ended up losing 1-0 to them mainly due to all the distractions.
Title: Re: Future of our sport needs your support Post by: RWB Robin on Friday, January 17, 2014, 16:59:38 Absolutely done...and the reply from the government goes no way to dealing with the issue....grassroots football is NOT Football League or Football Conference. And even among the clubs there is lack of knowledge and understanding about the work of Community Trusts (which are independent of the clubs), and in some places, including STFC in the very recent past, a desire to get hold of the money that trusts receive for their programmes in the community.
Title: Re: Future of our sport needs your support Post by: Ticker45 on Friday, January 17, 2014, 17:27:54 Done, unfortunately my expectations of any real changes happening to the "grass roots" side of football are not great.
Until a few years ago I had done the whole bit at local level - Secretary/Treasurer/Manager/Linesman/Pitch marker outer etc. etc.. As time moved on the costs increased year on year and sponsorship of any form was always needed and is vitally important now so if some of the money could find its way to filter through then good, but I have doubts. Reading through the article I could sympathise with the fact that heavy fines would be implemented at the drop of a hat for infringements by "committees" working strictly to the rule book that sat as judge and jury but never had anyone on said committee that had ever run a football team and appreciated the problems - seems that nothing much changes. |