Submitted on Wednesday 21st April 2021
Rejected on Tuesday 27th April 2021
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Majority Fan Ownership of Football Clubs
Protect football clubs from the commercial interests of greedy investors, by legislating for a system of majority fan ownership (50% + 1 share).
This will drive supporter engagement and enable them to veto decisions that are not in the long-term best interests of the club, or the sport.
In April 2021, 6 Premier League football clubs attempted to form a breakaway competition known as the European Super League.
This decision received widespread condemnation from supporter groups and many individuals connected to the sport.
This anticompetitive behaviour threatened the integrity of the pyramid system, jeopardising the possibility for any club to rise to the top of the game.
A similar system was implemented in the German Football League in 1998, and remains in place today.
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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.
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You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/583310
You may be interested to know that 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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