New football charter on club owners

[6inarow]

Huge shake up to football ownership leaked - what it means for your club

DODGY owners will be blocked from getting hold of our footie teams under a huge clean-up. A leaked Government paper seen by The Sun will mean multi-millionaires who cannot prove the source of their…

www.thesun.co.uk

 

[Biffo The Bear]

Horse & Bolted spring to mind.

 

[6inarow]

Horse & Bolted spring to mind.

Correct

 

[Sea to Shining Sea]

Horse & Bolted spring to mind.

And aren’t you delighted that’s the case!

 

[El Gen]

Horse & Bolted spring to mind.

hung drawn and quartered more like

 

[Biffo The Bear]

And aren’t you delighted that’s the case!

What gives you that impression?

 

[Thunder Road]

So the clubs already owned by people/regimes that would fail the new "fit and proper" test are OK?

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

Horse & Bolted spring to mind.

The article makes it clear that existing owners will be revetted under the new rules, and any failing will lose their licence to play, ie they's have to put the club into trust until they could divest.

So the clubs already owned by people/regimes that would fail the new "fit and proper" test are OK?

Not ifI'm reading it right. To me it sounds like existing owners will be reassessed.

 

[Seaham Towny]

What gives you that impression?

I’d hazard a guess that your once proud football club has now been swallowed up and used as a propaganda vehicle by a murderous state by now so you no longer have to worry about these new pesky regulations.

Just a guess though, I can’t speak for everyone

The article makes it clear that existing owners will be revetted under the new rules, and any failing will lose their licence to play, ie they's have to put the club into trust until they could divest.


Not ifI'm reading it right. To me it sounds like existing owners will be reassessed.

Oh well that’s unfortunate

 

[Biffo The Bear]

The article makes it clear that existing owners will be revetted under the new rules, and any failing will lose their licence to play, ie they's have to put the club into trust until they could divest.

They reference owners who can't demonstrate where the money came from. MBS (Our not owner) can demonstrate that. I didn't see any other specific they would fall foul of.

 

[Seaham Towny]

They reference owners who can't demonstrate where the money came from. MBS (Our not owner) can demonstrate that. I didn't see any other specific they would fall foul of.

Didn’t your owners have to prove they were independent of the Saudi government to pass the initial test? If the money isn’t coming from there then they can’t prove it’s source and therefore fail the test they passed initially?

 

[Laidback Jack]

Means nothing. Nothing will change.

Them up the road have been bought by a murdering state and they passed it.

Why would they block it? Football is fucked where ownership is concerned. North Korea, Israel haway get involved.

 

[Mackem2017]

The article makes it clear that existing owners will be revetted under the new rules, and any failing will lose their licence to play, ie they's have to put the club into trust until they could divest.


Not ifI'm reading it right. To me it sounds like existing owners will be reassessed.

I think you’re right it says;
‘EVERY club in the top five tiers of English football will need a licence from the new regulator.’

If it’s worth the paper it’s written on the Saudis will be kicked straight out if they aren’t then this is just another waste of time.

 

[Thunder Road]

The article makes it clear that existing owners will be revetted under the new rules, and any failing will lose their licence to play, ie they's have to put the club into trust until they could divest.


Not ifI'm reading it right. To me it sounds like existing owners will be reassessed.

Let's see if they have the balls to do the right thing then

 

[chunksafc]

With the FA, PL and EFL so shit scared of upsetting the "big" clubs expect a couple of league 1 or 2 clubs to get hammered by the new rules and the "big" clubs pass everything with flying colours

 

[Redandwhitedust]

Nice idea, but theres so much money involved in football, there will be loopholes all over the place to keep the big clubs happy. The rules would likely come in in a few years, giving the shady owners time to build up holding companies and issue shares to people so they are seen not to be involved.

 

[Thatheaderman]

 

[two left feet]

I think you’re right it says;
‘EVERY club in the top five tiers of English football will need a licence from the new regulator.’

If it’s worth the paper it’s written on the Saudis will be kicked straight out if they aren’t then this is just another waste of time.

Read the article again - would not bar the Saudis. It’s about proving where your money came from.

 

[Yahrba]

Read the article again - would not bar the Saudis. It’s about proving where your money came from.

Aye the powers don't give a shit if you get it through.torture as long as you say so .

 

[kidderminster]

all is not well. Bozza is under scrutiny for all sorts and this subject might come up, did I read something along the lines of
the FA knocked it back but Bozza told them to get it done. shady goings on and I see a points deduction on the horizon

Not a fan of irony I take it