FSA - All Party Commitment to Independent Regulator

[Foxes_Trust]

The Foxes Trust was one of the early signatories to the open letter which was also supported by Union FS within the 200+ Supporters Groups Figures

[The boy Linacre]

Martin Samuel "The Voice of Sport" has been writing about this a lot in the Times since he moved there an maybe before.  

 

I am sure everything we see in Football over the last 10 years+ points to regulation required BUT will they be INDEPENDENT?????

The role is being created by the government/parliament based on the Football Government Bill and includes the following requirement:

Annual report - the IFR will need to submit to the Secretary of State a report outlining all of the activities it has undertaken in a year. The report will be laid in Parliament and available for the public to see. This is standard practice for all public bodies.  So the IFR would always do what is best no matter direction that takes and NEVER acquiesce to the Secretary of State's view.

So for example should Man C or Newcastle breach PSR???  As Britain is so "in bed" with Saudi, UAE etc. and desperate to be so, there will be no government pressure via this IFR.

 

And's Martin's sentiment was that seeing what a good job the government has done for the country as whole this century, of course they will make this a roaring success

Much of the leg work has been done by Department for Culture, Media, and Sport.  The same one that reversed its objection to Russian participation at the Paris Olympics. ‘The policy reversal wasn’t announced publicly… Stuart Andrew, the sport minister, sent it out via a private letter to the IOC"

 

I'll be an interested observer of this over the coming months and years.   Lets hope this really does take the right approach and make decision for the good of the game and the fans.

 

 

 

[Les-TA-Jon]

5 minutes ago, The boy Linacre said:

Martin Samuel "The Voice of Sport" has been writing about this a lot in the Times since he moved there an maybe before.  

 

I am sure everything we see in Football over the last 10 years+ points to regulation required BUT will they be INDEPENDENT?????

The role is being created by the government/parliament based on the Football Government Bill and includes the following requirement:

Annual report - the IFR will need to submit to the Secretary of State a report outlining all of the activities it has undertaken in a year. The report will be laid in Parliament and available for the public to see. This is standard practice for all public bodies.  So the IFR would always do what is best no matter direction that takes and NEVER acquiesce to the Secretary of State's view.

So for example should Man C or Newcastle breach PSR???  As Britain is so "in bed" with Saudi, UAE etc. and desperate to be so, there will be no government pressure via this IFR.

 

And's Martin's sentiment was that seeing what a good job the government has done for the country as whole this century, of course they will make this a roaring success

Much of the leg work has been done by Department for Culture, Media, and Sport.  The same one that reversed its objection to Russian participation at the Paris Olympics. ‘The policy reversal wasn’t announced publicly… Stuart Andrew, the sport minister, sent it out via a private letter to the IOC"

 

I'll be an interested observer of this over the coming months and years.   Lets hope this really does take the right approach and make decision for the good of the game and the fans.

 

 

 

Independent of the PL / EFL is still a lot more independent that current set up, even if it is ultimately influenced or pressured by Government whims. 

[sylofox]

All good as long as supporters of the big six are not involved in it.

[Motty]

Independent my arse.

 

It will be run by Winks (not Harry BTW) and Nods from Whitehall. Just like all the Independent inquires we have had.