This from the FSA:
A new independent regulator, along with other significant
reforms to football’s governance, is urgently needed to protect the
game’s future according to the interim report from the Fan-led Review.
On
Thursday, the Fan-led Review chair Tracey Crouch MP wrote to the
Government with her initial findings, which recommend wholesale reform
to the rules governing football throughout the pyramid.
In her
interim report, Crouch is recommending the establishment of an
independent regulator which will oversee a new club licensing system to
improve the standard of ownership across the game.
Additionally,
the report recommends legislation to make supporter engagement
mandatory, wide-ranging reform of existing football authorities,
improving equality and diversity in the game, and providing democratic
supporter groups with a ‘golden share’ in their clubs. This share would
provide fans the power of veto over certain issues.
“It is the voice of fans that has been loudest and clearest,” Crouch said.
“It
is absolutely evident from our sessions that the football authorities
have lost the trust and confidence of the fans as have, in a number of
cases, clubs themselves.”
FSA Evidence
Last month we met with Tracey Crouch and the Fan-led Review panel to make comprehensive proposals for the future of football.
Our proposals are based on the experiences of our affiliated and associated supporters’ organisations across England and Wales, at all levels of the game. FSA member groups were also given the opportunity to present their own evidence.