Petition · past parliament

Reduce premier league parachute payments

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Premier league parachute payments are leaving football league teams unable to be as competitive in signing players without exceeding financial fair play limits giving recently relegated teams an unfair advantage.
Whilst relegated teams from premier league are given millions of pounds for failure other league teams are forced to either over charge for admission, sell their best players or risk breaking efl financial fair play rules in an attempt to be competitive in the transfer market

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

Timeline

9 Aug 2018 Petition opened for signatures
15 Aug 2018 Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21
Status Rejected
Rejected 15 Aug 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.