The FA's official Twitter feed is frantically posting stuff about grass roots football, about one tweet/retweet per minute. I'm not sure they should be all that concerned, apparently only 17 MP's have turned up for the debate.
Sports Minister Tracey Crouch has warned the FA it could lose £30m-£40m of funding if it does not modernise. The FSF responds to the debate (and we get a mention)... please log in to view this image
Rob Harris @RobHarris MP Bob Blackman complains Spurs using Wembley "abuse of our national stadium & we shouldn't be allowing it".Says should be for big occasions. Oddly, he's a Spurs season ticket holder.
Plenty of countries manage without a national stadium. Wouldn't happen here, imagine games being played around the country and the FA bigwigs and their wives having to slum it in 4* star hotels in the sticks.
For which they deserve credit. Though Allam apologists, especially in the HDM comments sections, maintain it cost us untold millions and the chance of world domination.
David Conn @david_conn MPs have passed vote of no confidence in the FA - there were around 17 MPs there, and it has no legal force. Sports minister was opposed.
Of the major football nations, there's only really Spain (who play most games at the Bernabéu) and Germany (who play all over the place), who don't have a national stadium, I think it was perfectly reasonable for the home of football to have a national stadium.
Having a national stadium and using it exclusively are different things. National stadiums in other countries aren't owned and paid fir by their FA. Italy has a national stadium and play all round the country.Spain play a number of games at other stadiums, often Valencia when they want a tight ground with an atmosphere. Not Barcelona of course. Other countries also play games around the country even when they have a national stadium. Always was a reluctance to that here since 1948 when Wembley was given exclusivity (which put paid for a 80,000 capacity Boothferry Park and Derby and Port Vale's plans for 70,000+ stadiums). Now financial necessities since the building of the new Wembley have made it more difficult but even when those are over the bigwigs and their wives won't to slum it in the Midlands and oops North.
FA CHAIRMAN GREG CLARKE RESPONDS TO PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE Greg Clarke has issued the following comment following today's parliamentary debate into FA governance: "I watched the debate and respect the opinions of the MPs," said the Chairman. "As previously stated we remain committed to reforming governance at The FA to the agreed timescale of the Minister." http://www.thefa.com/news/2017/feb/09/greg-clarke-response-parliamentary-debate-090217
Should have said they were going to discuss a rise in their pay and expenses as well, it would have been packed.
The Germans have the 50+1 rule which allows private ownership so long as fans (through representatives) have control over the club to protect from the whims of private investors. Would ****ing help in our course, wouldn't it?
Even their rules can be circumvented, Bayer Leverkusen is owned by pharmaceutical giant Bayer and Wolfsburg is owned by Volkswagen (after a company has owned their shareholding for twenty years, they can take over the rest), RB Leipzig also get round it by making almost all the 50+1 members Red Bull Employees.
It cannot be owned by a single individual or corporation though. In Germany, shareholders constitute to membership. It's not perfect but it's definitely better than our system which allows owners to behave like 12th century feudal lords. The FA in this regard acts like the king with a final say, however on a case-by-case basis. There's no formal legislation protecting fans from being priced out or the club's traditions being discarded on a whim.
You like to think of yourself as intelligent but your only skill is pointing out the obvious and correcting grammar and typos.
You're only skill is acting like a snowflake bringing the Daily Mail into every other post. They have a draft scheme in the USA for gridiron. They have a salary cap in Rugby League. Both as relevant as what happens in Germany. Go cause a bit of anarchy somewhere. Or course as you would put it.
You were kind not to point out his course instead of cause. But be gentle, he is still come to terms with the trauma caused by his mate being asked to work at Xmas despite having suffered at the grind of university.
I decided to go for the mockery angle, with a twist of irony. Internet anarchists putting it to the man make me laugh.