Tuesday, February 16, 2010

Pressure building on tighter financial control from football authorities

The Guardian today carries a piece emphasising the Government's plans to exert greater pressure on the footballing authorities regarding financial regulation of clubs.

This issue has become an increasingly hot topic in recent years, with questions of debt overshadowing clubs great and small. If Portsmouth are allowed to slip into administration, surely the debate will only intensify. Before long the authorities will be forced into action, and they will surely realise that they have left it too late. There has been talk but no action on this issue for years, with the football beauracracy suffering from muscular atrophy due to years of passive bystanding.

Click on the this link to read what The Guardian have to say on the matter. Join the debate by leaving a comment below. What can the footballing authorities do to tackle the issue of debt before it becomes too late?

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