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Thursday briefing: Premier League responds to Football Governance Bill with warning over regulator’s “untested powers”

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24 October 2024 - 4:30 AM

The Premier League has reiterated its concerns about the new independent regulator for English football following yesterday’s publication of the UK government’s Football Governance Bill.

In a statement, the league said it remains “concerned about the regulatory framework,” pointing in particular to what it described as “rigid banking-style regulation, and the regulator’s unprecedented and untested powers to intervene in the distribution of the Premier League’s revenues.”

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