{"id":293827,"date":"2023-11-12T11:24:38","date_gmt":"2023-11-12T11:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/?p=293827"},"modified":"2023-11-12T11:24:38","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T11:24:38","slug":"football-regulator-is-another-var-waiting-to-happen-southgate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsloveme.com\/soccer\/football-regulator-is-another-var-waiting-to-happen-southgate\/","title":{"rendered":"Football regulator is &apos;another VAR waiting to happen&apos; &#8211; Southgate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Gareth Southgate thinks an independent football regulator is &#8216;another VAR waiting to happen&#8217;&#8230; with the England boss &#8216;dubious&#8217; it can solve issues and instead could cause more confusion<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The UK Government announced plans for a regulator to ensure financial compliance across the game\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>England boss Gareth Southgate is sceptical that it will be able to sort problems\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Why we should get excited about Cole Palmer &#8211; Listen here to It&#8217;s All Coming Up\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Gareth Southgate fears an independent football regulator will only add to confusion \u2013 just like VAR.<\/p>\n<p>The Government announced plans for a regulator to ensure financial compliance in the game in last week&#8217;s King&#8217;s Speech.<\/p>\n<p>But Southgate is sceptical it will improve governance and instead might add another unwanted layer of complication.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It would worry me that we&#8217;re trying to find simple solutions to very complex problems.&#8217; said the England manager.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m dubious that we can solve all the issues. For me, it&#8217;s another VAR waiting to happen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/08\/77701229-12739715-image-a-1_1699777838098.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Gareth Southgate addressed the proposal for an independent football regulator this week<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/08\/77701261-12739715-image-a-2_1699777886166.jpg\" height=\"431\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England boss thinks an independent regulator could add another layer of confusion, like VAR<\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I know as an organisation The FA have supported the idea of some sort of financial controls but I&#8217;m not sure what is expected of the position (regulator) and who is this person and what their experiences are.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>An independent regulator was first mooted in 2021 after Bury went out of business and other clubs including Derby and Wigan were close to joining them.<\/p>\n<p>There have also been ownership issues in the Premier League with Chelsea&#8217;s Roman Abramovich selling the club after being sanctioned by the Government and opposition to the Saudi takeover at Newcastle.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Rishi Sunak&#8217;s proposed Football Governance Bill wants an independent regulator to &#8216;have powers to monitor and enforce compliance with requirements in financial regulation, corporate governance; club ownership (owners&#8217; and directors&#8217; tests); fan engagement and club heritage protection; and approved competitions&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Southgate pinpoints the issue of ownership as particularly thorny.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/08\/77701311-12739715-image-a-3_1699778023974.jpg\" height=\"400\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Rishi Sunak\u00a0wants an independent regulator to &#8216;have powers to monitor and enforce compliance with requirements in financial regulation&#8217; as part of a proposed new bill<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/12\/08\/75899847-12739715-Sky_Sports_pundit_Gary_Neville_has_been_one_of_the_most_vocal_in-a-4_1699778109770.jpg\" height=\"454\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports&#8217; Gary Neville has been one of the most vocal in calling for an independent regulator<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If we interviewed every owner in the league, would we have come to the right conclusion as to whether they were going to be good or bad at that moment in time,&#8217; he argued. &#8216;I&#8217;d say No, and who actually decides when they are good or bad.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was at Aston Villa for years, everybody used to hammer (chairman) Doug Ellis because he didn&#8217;t spend enough and yet he left a club that had a great training ground, great developed ground, financially stable, always in the top six, won a couple of trophies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Was he a good owner or a bad owner? Different people will have a different view.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;If I&#8217;m honest I don&#8217;t really know what the remit is (of the regulator). That&#8217;s the bit I haven&#8217;t read or haven&#8217;t seen or maybe isn&#8217;t there.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>IT&#8217;S ALL KICKING OFF!\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p><span><span>It&#8217;s All Kicking Off is an exciting new podcast from Mail Sport that promises a different take on Premier League football.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span>It is available on MailOnline, Mail+, YouTube, Apple Music and Spotify.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-12739715\/Gareth-Southgate-thinks-independent-football-regulator-VAR-waiting-happen-England-boss-dubious-solve-issues-instead-cause-confusion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gareth Southgate thinks an independent football regulator is &#8216;another VAR waiting to happen&#8217;&#8230; with the England boss &#8216;dubious&#8217; it can<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":293826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Football regulator is &amp;apos;another VAR waiting to happen&amp;apos; 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