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Introduce the 50+1 rule to UK Sport

Submitted on Monday 19th April 2021

Rejected on Friday 23rd April 2021

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Introduce the 50+1 rule to UK Sport

Petition Details

Introduce the 50+1 rule to UK sport, giving supporters the majority voting rights to ensure that clubs are run for the benefit of fans and the community.

Additional Information

It would protect the largest spectator sport in the world for it's most important stakeholder. It would also encourage sustainability and put an end to damaging bankruptcies seen lower down the football pyramid.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action:

'Enforce the “50+1” Rule for professional football club ownership in the UK': petition.parliament.uk/petitions/583310.

You might like to know that on Monday 19 April the Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden MP said that he was appalled by the announcement that a handful of clubs are proposing to form their own breakaway European league, ands said the Government would not hesitate to protect one of our greatest national institutions: football. The Culture Secretary said that the Government would back the football authorities to stop this move, and if the football authorities couldn’t act, the Government would. The Culture Secretary said the Government would "put everything on the table to prevent this from happening."

You can read the Culture Secretary's full statement on the European Super League here: www.gov.uk/government/speeches/statement-by-oliver-dowden-on-the-european-super-league

Since you started your petition it has also been announced that all six Premier League teams that were initially involved in the European Super League have withdrawn. You can read a report of this news here: www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/56823501

Further, on 19 April the Government announced a 'Fan-led review of football governance', which will explore ways of improving the governance, ownership and financial sustainability of clubs in English football, building on the strengths of the football pyramid. You can read more about this review here: www.gov.uk/government/publications/fan-led-review-of-football-governance

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