Football regulator: EFL chief hopes ‘seminal review’ can end Premier League ‘deadlock’
Parry also expressed concern about the “numerous number of competition law cases that are impacting the way we run our games”.
He continued: “After years of being more or less free to make their own rules, now the competition law authorities… seem to be saying, ‘We don’t think football administrators are doing a very good job’.
“If clubs don’t like the rules, we’ll always be looking at their challenges… Unless we find a solution, the game will grind to a halt.”
Leicester won an appeal against a potential points deduction for alleged breaches of financial rules in September when an independent panel found the Premier League did not have jurisdiction to punish the club because it had been relegated to the Championship during the accounting period. it’s over. The ruling suggests the wording in the Premier League’s rules is not legally sound.
Last month, two aspects of the Premier League’s related-party trading rules – which regulate commercial transactions involving club owners – were deemed unlawful by the courts after being challenged by Manchester City, who have since threatened further legal action.
“It’s definitely become more difficult,” Parry said.
“I have no problem with us having to be more professional and at the top of our game because that’s what we should be doing. But the club is willing to challenge the system at any time.”
“You have to question how long you can work effectively when that mentality exists and we have to find solutions.
“The way we ensure consistency in financial regulation across two unions is not working. The one thing a single independent regulator can bring is consistency.”
The legislation would “explicitly require clubs to engage effectively with fans regarding changes to ticket prices and any proposals to relocate their home ground”. The government’s foreign and trade policies will no longer need to be taken into account when approving club takeovers, and there will be an “unequivocal commitment” to do more to improve equality, diversity and inclusion.
The Fair Game campaign group proposed nineteen amendments, including excluding the possibility that club owners may be state or state-controlled entities and allowing the Game State review to assess player welfare and examine multiple factors. – Club ownership.
