New Football regulator?

[Batch]

good, bad, who knows...

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/61211255

The government says it will establish an independent regulator in football after endorsing recommendations made in the fan-led review into the men's game.

The regulator will have power to sanction clubs in English football who break financial and other rules.

A new owners' test will be introduced and legislation will give fans more say in the running of the game.

It comes after the review made 10 recommendations to government on how to improve football governance last year.

The review was chaired by former sports minister Tracey Crouch following a number of high-profile crises in the sport, such as the failed European Super League and the collapse of Bury FC.
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[Audrey]

I reckon Lee Power should be on the panel who vets prospective owners.

Is Pol Pot still alive?

[Quagmire]

Is Pol Pot still alive?

Wasn’t he the opera singer on Britains Got Talent a few years ago?

[horlock07]

Looks like this is getting caught up in politics... https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/government-condemns-tory-peers-efforts-block-football-reform-bill

[Leggett]

Fucking Tory scum doing their usual. Notice the Premier League didn't object to the bill in the end, but a certain Tory peer Ms Karen Brady, of West Ham and the PL, has tabled a ton of ammendments.