House of Commons - Football Governance - Culture, Media and Sport Committee

Culture, Media and Sport Committee - Seventh Report
Football Governance

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 19 July 2011.

Contents

Terms of Reference

The need for change

Strengths of the new model

Weaknesses of the new model

The role of the FA

Concerns about the FA

Reform of the FA Board

Reform of the FA Council

Other Committee reforms

4 Football financial management

Debt in the game

What is causing the debt problem?

Players and agents

Problems down the pyramid

The Football Creditors Rule

Broadcasting rights

Internal regulation

Parachute payments

The impact of UEFA

The German model

A licensing model for England

Administering the domestic licensing model

5 Club ownership

Changes to the ownership model

Foreign ownership

Leveraged buy outs

6 Supporter involvement

The case for radical change

The case for incremental change

Problems with supporter ownership

Mitigating circumstances

A way forward for supporter ownership

The role of the football authorities

Supporters Direct

7 The future development of the game

Strategic planning: youth development

Strategic development - coaching

8 The Way forward

Conclusions and recommendations

List of printed written evidence

List of additional written evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

792-ii Oral and written evidence

8 February 2011

15 February 2011

Written evidence

Virtual volume

Additional written evidence

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Prepared 29 July 2011