“The horse has already bolted”: Is it too late for an independent football regulator?
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Former sports minister Tracey Crouch has promised an independent regulator for English football in her “fan led” review of football governance.
An independent regulator can only be a good thing explains one legal expert, who says that the FA is unable to act as an effective regulator when it has such strong commercial interests.
Lawyer Seamus Woods believes the League is capable of regulating ownership itself if it has the willingness to do so, but a regulator could work as an appeals body.
24 November 2021 - 5:38 PM
Former British sports minister Tracey Crouch has delivered her long-awaited “fan led” review into football governance, delivering some of the most wide-reaching proposals for the reform of English football seen in a generation, including an independent regulator.
“The main recommendation is for a new Independent Regulator for English Football (IREF) established by an Act of Parliament, which will be focused upon specialist business regulation adapted to the football industry,”
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