Questions to F.A. Today (1 Viewer)

Voice_of_Reason · Oct 17, 2016

I understand the Sports Minister is to question the F.A today in Westminster about Ccfc. Anyone else know about this or our Council meeting with the Football League last week?

Captain Dart · Oct 17, 2016

Where did you hear that?

oldfiver · Oct 17, 2016

Captain Dart said:
Where did you hear that?

I caught a quick mention on BBC Midlands news this morning

Corrado · Oct 17, 2016

is it part of the questions goin on now?

http://www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/a7cda3ab-05ba-46df-857f-b08d05a68c08

Subject: The governance of football

Corrado · Oct 17, 2016

about an hour in

Corrado · Oct 17, 2016

response from the FA -

"we are limited by our legal abilities"

essentially saying there are fit and proper tests in place to say who can OWN a club but there are no fit and proper tests to say who can RUN a club.

Captain Dart · Oct 17, 2016

Asked what he can do about it, Mr Clarke said the FA and FL have limited powers and could not be responsible for the “aptitude” of owners.

He added: “We are limited by our legal abilities. There is a directors and officers test. It doesn’t test for whether you have the ability to run a football club.

“We see lots of people who buy businesses or football clubs or who turn out not to be very good at it. We can’t stop people buying a business or a club who don’t actually have the aptitude to run that business or club.”

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/sport/fa-chairman-greg-clarke-football-12036396

Skyblueweeman · Oct 17, 2016

So basically, nothing they can do. Not unexpected...

ccfcway · Oct 17, 2016

FA can do FA

Captain Dart · Oct 17, 2016

Skyblueweeman said:
So basically, nothing they can do. Not unexpected...

Hopefully the MPs will move towards legislation now. The FA/EFL have had their chance to clean up and they've blown it.

Skyblueweeman · Oct 17, 2016

Captain Dart said:
Hopefully the MPs will move towards legislation now. The FA/EFL have had their chance to clean up and they've blown it.

New legislation may be an outcome but I suspect it wouldn't be retrospectively applied. Only for new owners. The only good thing for us would be that we'd never have owners as bad as SISU if the legislation worked as it should, for the like fit and proper persons test they have now.

Captain Dart · Oct 17, 2016

Skyblueweeman said:
New legislation may be an outcome but I suspect it wouldn't be retrospectively applied. Only for new owners. The only good thing for us would be that we'd never have owners as bad as SISU if the legislation worked as it should, for the like fit and proper persons test they have now.

If ownership has to be disclosed I predict SISU will sell the club ASAP.

Deleted member 5849 · Oct 17, 2016

Captain Dart said:
Hopefully the MPs will move towards legislation now. The FA/EFL have had their chance to clean up and they've blown it.

Surely our free market, survival of the fittest government wouldn't legislate though?

This is just a business casualty.

Captain Dart · Oct 17, 2016

Deleted member 5849 said:
Surely our free market, survival of the fittest government wouldn't legislate though?

This is just a business casualty.

In a report published today, Tuesday 29 January 2013 the Commons Culture Media and Sport Committee issues an ultimatum to the game of English football: make the necessary reforms within 12 months or face possible legislation.

http://www.parliament.uk/business/c...30129-football-gov-follow-up-rpt-publication/

dongonzalos · Oct 17, 2016

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-e... sad'&&ns_fee=0#post_5804b8b5e4b05295e3b1d1cd

Terry Gibson's perm · Oct 17, 2016

Clarke is a joke he was in charge at the football league when we went to sixfields and somehow got promoted into this role.

They have also said Sam got a pay off what a farce

shmmeee · Oct 17, 2016

It's a private tournament, surely they can do what they like?

skybluetony176 · Oct 17, 2016

"FA chairman describes Coventry City's situation as 'very, very sad'

Posted at 13:07 Shared

The current situation at Coventry City is described as a "very, very sad case" by the Chairman of the Football Association.

Greg Clarke told a group of MPs that while there were tests to gauge prospective owners' "moral character" they could not gauge aptitude.

Sky Blues fans have been protesting over the fortunes of their "crisis-hit" club, calling for its sale."

chiefdave · Oct 17, 2016

Much as I don't like Clarke he's got a point here. Unless there's something illegal going on they can't really start deciding arbitrarily who can and can't run clubs. Of course you look at an extreme case like ours and think its an easy decision but not everyone would be that clear. Do they just kick out any owners fans start complaining about?

georgehudson · Oct 17, 2016

come in Damien Collins,
let's have legislation against willful neglect of football clubs by their owners,
as for Greg Clarke, it would be 'very, very, sad' if you were hoofed out !!!

Nick · Oct 18, 2016

Looks like they gave the predicted answers to the MP's questions.

Straight to the telegraph she went with the answers.

Drag a few articles out of it, make out ccfc are leaving etc.

Getting tiresome now.

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