• Latest
  • Trending
  • All
  • News
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Science
  • World
  • Lifestyle
  • Tech
New football regulator could help foreign state ownership of Premier League clubs

New football regulator could help foreign state ownership of Premier League clubs

April 12, 2024

Anambra NUJ Crisis Nears End as Correspondents Chapel Renders Apology

June 29, 2025

2025 World Sickle Cell Day: Clamp Down on Fake Doctors to Save Us – Group Begs Soludo Again

June 29, 2025

Benue State security forces arrest Suspects in Yelwata killings

June 29, 2025

Anambra politician Emecheta resigns from Soludo’s administration

June 29, 2025
JDPC Dunukofia Region Embarks on Sensitization Programme Against Child Abuse, Drug Abuse

JDPC Dunukofia Region Embarks on Sensitization Programme Against Child Abuse, Drug Abuse

June 29, 2025
Catholic Laity Council Onitsha Episcopal Region Holds Maiden Summit, Doles Out Awards to Distinguished Personalities, Installs Patrons and Patronesses

Catholic Laity Council Onitsha Episcopal Region Holds Maiden Summit, Doles Out Awards to Distinguished Personalities, Installs Patrons and Patronesses

June 27, 2025
Mater Amabilis, Umuoji Emerges Overall Winner of Dr. Chinedu Umeadi Annual Science Quiz Competition

Mater Amabilis, Umuoji Emerges Overall Winner of Dr. Chinedu Umeadi Annual Science Quiz Competition

June 27, 2025
Pope Leo XIV calls on Bishops to be Men of Communion

Pope Leo XIV calls on Bishops to be Men of Communion

June 27, 2025
Pope Leo XIV to Seminarians: ‘Keep Your Eyes Fixed on Jesus’

Pope Leo XIV to Seminarians: ‘Keep Your Eyes Fixed on Jesus’

June 27, 2025
Pope Leo XIV to Middle East Christians: ‘The Whole Church Stands With You’

Pope Leo XIV to Middle East Christians: ‘The Whole Church Stands With You’

June 27, 2025
Pope Leo XIV at General Audience: ‘Let’s go to Jesus, our hope! He can heal us!

Pope Leo XIV at General Audience: ‘Let’s go to Jesus, our hope! He can heal us!

June 27, 2025
Japan bishops on nuclear bombs: ‘This tragedy must not be repeated’

Japan bishops on nuclear bombs: ‘This tragedy must not be repeated’

June 27, 2025
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
  • Login
Trinitas News
  • Home
  • News
    • All
    • Business
    • Politics
    • World

    Anambra NUJ Crisis Nears End as Correspondents Chapel Renders Apology

    2025 World Sickle Cell Day: Clamp Down on Fake Doctors to Save Us – Group Begs Soludo Again

    Benue State security forces arrest Suspects in Yelwata killings

    Anambra politician Emecheta resigns from Soludo’s administration

    JDPC Dunukofia Region Embarks on Sensitization Programme Against Child Abuse, Drug Abuse

    JDPC Dunukofia Region Embarks on Sensitization Programme Against Child Abuse, Drug Abuse

    Japan bishops on nuclear bombs: ‘This tragedy must not be repeated’

    Japan bishops on nuclear bombs: ‘This tragedy must not be repeated’

    Igbo Catholic Women Group in Zaria launches musical instruments

    Igbo Catholic Women Group in Zaria launches musical instruments

    Peter Obi raises alarm over insecurity, supports military intervention in Benue

    Obi decries lawlessness after brother’s Lagos property was demolished

    YPP Gubernatorial Candidate Donates Ambulance to Agulu Sickle Cell Orphanage

    YPP Gubernatorial Candidate Donates Ambulance to Agulu Sickle Cell Orphanage

    Umeh raises alarm,calls on riverbank residents to relocate over impending flooding

    Umeh raises alarm,calls on riverbank residents to relocate over impending flooding

    Trending Tags

    • Donald Trump
    • Future of News
    • Climate Change
    • Market Stories
    • Election Results
    • Flat Earth
  • Tech

    Trending Tags

    • Flat Earth
    • Sillicon Valley
    • Mr. Robot
    • MotoGP 2017
    • Golden Globes
    • Future of News
  • Entertainment
    • All
    • Sports
    Ofili’s allegiance switch not confirmed – NSC

    Ofili’s allegiance switch not confirmed – NSC

    FULL LIST: D’Tigress names preliminary squad for Afrobasket

    FULL LIST: D’Tigress names preliminary squad for Afrobasket

    Paris FC Secure Moses Simon on Three-Year Deal from FC Nantes

    Paris FC Secure Moses Simon on Three-Year Deal from FC Nantes

    Thailand commits £880m to F1 bid with street circuit in Bangkok

    Thailand commits £880m to F1 bid with street circuit in Bangkok

    Holger Rune to sell smashed racquets for charity ahead of Wimbledon

    Holger Rune to sell smashed racquets for charity ahead of Wimbledon

    Zurdo Ramirez and Jai Opetaia are on a cruiserweight collision course

    Zurdo Ramirez and Jai Opetaia are on a cruiserweight collision course

    Carlos Alcaraz ‘on party ban’ as he repeats Ibiza trick before Wimbledon

    Carlos Alcaraz ‘on party ban’ as he repeats Ibiza trick before Wimbledon

    Organizers confirm Okpekpe Race to return in 2026

    Organizers confirm Okpekpe Race to return in 2026

    Tuchel wants Bellingham to inspire, not intimidate England teammates

    Tuchel wants Bellingham to inspire, not intimidate England teammates

    Nigeria’s Akintoye named among referees for WAFCON

    Nigeria’s Akintoye named among referees for WAFCON

  • Lifestyle
    • All
    • Fashion
    • Health
    Over 400 Patients Received Free Medical Test, Free Treatment At St Charles Borromeo, Hospital, Onitsha

    Over 400 Patients Received Free Medical Test, Free Treatment At St Charles Borromeo, Hospital, Onitsha

    Pomp as Igwe Ogidi Pharm. Onyido celebrates New yam festival

    Pomp as Igwe Ogidi Pharm. Onyido celebrates New yam festival

    Results of Medical Exam Build Case for ‘Incorrupt’ Body of Sister Wilhelmina, Says BishopBy Tyler Arnold

    Results of Medical Exam Build Case for ‘Incorrupt’ Body of Sister Wilhelmina, Says BishopBy Tyler Arnold

    WORLD STROKE DAY: LIVING YOUR LIFE AFTER A STROKE, THE IMPERATIVES OF SKILLFUL PHYSIOTHERAPY

    WORLD STROKE DAY: LIVING YOUR LIFE AFTER A STROKE, THE IMPERATIVES OF SKILLFUL PHYSIOTHERAPY

    NADECO demands new constitution for Nigeria

    NADECO demands new constitution for Nigeria

    Nigeria to Vaccinate 7.7 Million Girls against Leading Cause of Cervical Cancer

    Nigeria to Vaccinate 7.7 Million Girls against Leading Cause of Cervical Cancer

    Hospital CEO commends Archbishop  Okeke for delivering and sustaining quality health care in Onitsha Archdiocese  

    Hospital CEO commends Archbishop  Okeke for delivering and sustaining quality health care in Onitsha Archdiocese  

    Why the Queenship of Mary matters

    Why the Queenship of Mary matters

    Human rights group files ICC complaint over anti-Christian violence in Nigeria, accusing public officials of “crimes against humanity”

    Trending Tags

    • Golden Globes
    • Mr. Robot
    • MotoGP 2017
    • Climate Change
    • Flat Earth
No Result
View All Result
Trinitas News
No Result
View All Result
Home Uncategorized

New football regulator could help foreign state ownership of Premier League clubs

by Trinitas News
April 12, 2024
in Uncategorized
0
New football regulator could help foreign state ownership of Premier League clubs
497
SHARES
1.4k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The independent football regulator may have the effect of facilitating state ownership of clubs, due to a clause in the bill that activist groups believe contradicts the core aim of ensuring “the long-term sustainability and resilience of English football”.

It could even see the planned body obliged to consult with the UK government in situations where state entities seek to buy clubs, potentially undermining the very independence of the regulator. The Independent has been told the prospect has raised further concerns about the regulator within some Premier League clubs as well as the wider football pyramid.
Clause 37 of the Football Governance Bill states that the regulator “must also have regard to the foreign and trade policy objectives” of the UK government in determining whether a buyer is suitable to own an English football club. This has led to FairSquare, ALQST for Human Rights and fan groups to write a letter to the secretary of state for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Lucy Frazer and foreign secretary David Cameron, expressing concern about the potential consequences, and how it could even undermine the independence of the regulator regarding the core issues it was set up to address. Some Premier League clubs had already lobbied for state ownership to be banned in earlier consultations.
State-linked ownership is highlighted by the letter as “arguably the greatest threat to the sustainability, integrity and vitality of football in England and beyond”. This is primarily due to how the inferred political aims of such ownerships and state representation run counter to clubs’ role as community representatives, while also historically causing the financial inflation that the regulator has been established to tackle.
The letter points to the apparent contradiction of how the white paper Identifies that “English football is currently endangered by the high and growing risk of financial failure among clubs” but “made no reference to the capacity of state-owned clubs to outspend other clubs”, posing “a specific threat to the integrity of English football, by creating unsustainable inflationary pressures”.
Fair Square wrote to DCMS in March 2023 in response to the publication of the government white paper on football governance, specifically raising this concern. The DCMS responded that “the regulator will not have the remit to assess… the suitability of state ownership”, but concerns have been raised about how the bill goes further than this. The independent football regulator will instead be obliged to consult the UK government in instances where state-owned or controlled entities seek to buy ownership of clubs. “This raises the spectre of British foreign policy objectives and priorities overriding the IFR’s mandated role to only allow individuals with the requisite ‘honesty and integrity’ to maintain or assume control of English clubs.
The letter points to how Boris Johnson’s government “went to substantial lengths to ensure that a consortium controlled by the government of Saudi Arabia were able to assume control of Newcastle United”, and how the current UK government has refused to release information on Foreign Office correspondence related to the Premier League charges against Manchester City for alleged breaches of financial rules, under the justification it would “prejudice the interests of the UK abroad”.
The Issue may have the effect of putting the regulator further at odds with Premier League clubs, since there is a growing rump who want football authorities to tackle the issue of state ownership.

The FairSquare letter also highlights how the government recently introduced legislation to ban full foreign state ownership of media organisations, in response to the proposed takeover of the Daily Telegraph by a consortium led by the UAE government. “In view of the social, political, economic and cultural importance of football clubs, we urge you to afford them similar protections from foreign state investment”, the letter reads.

Share199Tweet124Share50
Trinitas News

Trinitas News

  • Trending
  • Comments
  • Latest
All Hallows Seminary Onitsha hosts graduates,celebrates excellence in exams

All Hallows Seminary Onitsha hosts graduates,celebrates excellence in exams

September 28, 2023
Are Mission Schools Really expensive? The True Picture

Are Mission Schools Really expensive? The True Picture

October 12, 2023
Pope Francis Expresses Grief Over Tragic Benin Fire

Pope Francis Expresses Grief Over Tragic Benin Fire

September 28, 2023

Group Warns Against Open Grazing in Igbo Land… Sacks Herdsmen in Imo

0
Power Blackout Forces Anambra Election Petition Tribunal to Adjourn Sitting

Power Blackout Forces Anambra Election Petition Tribunal to Adjourn Sitting

0

Hoodlums Give Isseke, Azia Communities Conditions for Conducting Burials

0

Anambra NUJ Crisis Nears End as Correspondents Chapel Renders Apology

June 29, 2025

2025 World Sickle Cell Day: Clamp Down on Fake Doctors to Save Us – Group Begs Soludo Again

June 29, 2025

Benue State security forces arrest Suspects in Yelwata killings

June 29, 2025
Trinitas News

Copyright © 2023 trinitasnews.com / Built by Goallord Creativity - 08136768149

Navigate Site

  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy & Policy
  • Contact

Follow Us

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • News
    • Politics
    • Business
    • World
    • Science
  • Entertainment
    • Gaming
    • Music
    • Movie
    • Sports
  • Tech
    • Apps
    • Gear
    • Mobile
    • Startup
  • Lifestyle
    • Food
    • Fashion
    • Health
    • Travel

Copyright © 2023 trinitasnews.com / Built by Goallord Creativity - 08136768149

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In