Fair Game gives cautious welcome to leaked details of Football Reform
“At first glance it looks like a B+. But it is not perfect. Over the new football weeks those that truly care about football need to work tirelessly to turn this into an A*”
Niall Couper, CEO, Fair Game
RESPONDING to reports in The Sun which revealed details of the White Paper into Football Governance, Niall Couper, the CEO of Fair Game, said:
"At first glance it looks like a B+ from the Sports Minister Stuart Andrew, the Secretary of State Michelle Donelan and the Government.
"There is at last a new path for a fairer future for football: Financial controls to stop a repeat of the heartache caused by the collapse of Bury. A licensing system that prevents a European Super League. An owners and directors test that is at last 'fit and proper'.
"Credit must also go to Tracey Crouch MP who began this journey over a year ago with the Fan-Led Review she chaired.
"But it is not perfect. Over the new football weeks those that truly care about football need to work tirelessly to turn this into an A*.
"Football needs a culture change. We need a fairer financial flow in football controlled by a regulator that rewards well-run clubs.
"Clubs that cherish financial sustainability, good governance, fan engagement, community engagement and equality standards. Football needs the Sustainability Index."
Fair Game's Sustainability Index was launched last week and rates every club in the Premier League and the Championship on criteria that was laid out in the original Fan-Led Review led by the Conservative MP Tracey Crouch just over a year ago. Full details of the Index can be found here.
