Fair Game: Three proposals to be debated further by MPs
By Ray Simpson
Amendments to Football Governance Bill
From Fair Game, of which Darlington FC are members:
SATURDAY 18 MAY 2024, LONDON, UK - Fair Game’s determination to support football’s hard-working community clubs and build a fairer future for football received a massive boost this weekend, with the news that three of its proposed changes to the Football Governance Bill have been selected for further debate. Fair Game believes any new regulator must:
All three are crucial powers for the Independent Football Regulator (IFR) to have, if it is to be able to deliver a fairer future for football. All three should be absolute no brainers, yet incredibly all three were missing from the draft Bill. Fair Game’s legal team drafted the required amendments and then submitted them for consideration. After intense lobbying on behalf of the 34 men’s professional clubs of Fair Game and dozens more similar clubs, the three have now gone forward to the 17 MPs who make up the Football Governance Bill committee for further consideration. It is now up to the 17 to decide the fate of football. Without these three, the IFR will not be able to deliver its core objectives of:
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Niall Couper, CEO of Fair Game, said:
Fair Game is now calling on like-minded clubs to get in touch, support its calls and help ensure the final Bill is fit for purpose. |