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The Football Association has failed once again to reform, again rejecting out of hand the plans to bring in non executive directors to the FA board. Proposals set out by Malcom Clarke advised that one of the non executive directors be an ex player, manager or referee. The measures only needed five per cent to be debated on in today’s EGM– but only one per cent of shareholders supported the motion.
The shareholders have destroyed any attempt for discussions of reform of the Football Association and this can only bring further damage to the success of the national game. For example, France, Germany and Spain all have non executive directors on their boards. The whole idea of the bill was to bring us closer in line with the ‘technical expertise on the boards of the Spanish, German and French Federations.’
You do have to ask yourself, are these measures that disturbing that the shareholders couldn’t even allow them to be debated. Would a debate on this subject really damage the Football Association. Wouldn’t it, if nothing else show the Football Association to be open to new ideas. For the shareholders to be so vehemently against these proposals suggests that the measures would change the running of the institution. However, the measures were designed to bring independence and neutrality to the board as well as have non executive directors that would have a wealth of experience in the game. The shareholders should be embarrassed, and the English game will continue to be second rate because of this.
Even having the measures debated on by the Football Association would have been a step for reform. Due to the rules of the shareholders the motion can’t now even be debated at the EGM today. This roadblock to reform that FA shareholders seem hell bent on pursuing – interested in their own selfish ends show the floors in our game. If independence on the board is opposed so strongly, it makes you wonder what is really happening in the FA on a day to day basis. The Football Association for once needs to look at others, to take advice from our more successful counterparts. If we listen to nations like France, Germany and Spain, we might learn of how these measures significantly improved the fortunes of their national teams – shouldn’t we at the very least be debating them?
Worryingly for us is that the government warned the FA not to brush reform under the carpet during the 2018 World Cup bid. Sports and Olympic Minister, Hugh Robertson spoke in June to the Guardian
“The government is absolutely committed to the reform agenda in football. It wants football to use the period of the bid to reform itself, in line with what the public and public life expects,” he said.
The FA have dragged its feet on the smallest reform measures in the past. Modest regulatory reforms were presented in 2005 by Lord Burns, recommending that the board should have two independent non executive directors. Once again, rejected out of hand. The problem is the government can’t act in this situation. With the results of the 2018 World Cup bid being announced in December, the bid team can’t allow Fifa to think it has government interference – something that would damage the bid immensely. The Football Association hold the power for now.
It is totally indicative of the set up of the Football Association that an urgent call for reform, to help us compete should be turned down. Malcom Clarke’s attempt to get the board itself tabling the decision was met with negativity. What we are seeing is our national game being dictated by men who’s sole interest is in their County and club board room’s.
These individuals despise reform because it takes away their power to decide English football from their power bases. When will the FA wake up and see that these measures will do the game a power of good. It will bring independence to the top of the game. People who know the game, understand what it will take to change both the success of our national team and the grass roots game need to be brought in. After the World Cup we were told the FA would look at itself. Clearly this was an empty promise.
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