Football Governance Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 2:17 pm on 23 April 2024.

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Photo of Lucy Frazer Lucy Frazer The Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 2:17, 23 April 2024

Yes, that is right; the regulator has to take into account the views of fans and look at the proposals. If it considers the proposals to be good, that change can take place.

Under the new regulator, fans will no longer face the prospect of seeing their club signing up to ill-thought-out proposals, such as the European super league, which several Premier League clubs tried to join in 2021. The House was united in recognising that those proposals for the new competition were fundamentally uncompetitive and would have undermined the football pyramid, against the wishes of fans. This regulator will prevent that kind of closed-shop league from ever getting off the ground.