Force the FA and EFL to create stricter "fit and proper" tests for new owners

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Football teams such as Coventry, Charlton, Blackpool, Leyton Orient etc have had the pleasure of being mishandled by owners. The FA and EFL don't care about what's going on in their own organisations and it's time it stopped they need a stricter criteria for owners who will benefit the club.

Blackpool, from the heights of that one famous season in the premiership to the echelons of league 2. Charlton a once proud premier League team, yo-yoing between the championship and league 1. Coventry, with their plight under sisu which could see them expeled from the football league. Just 3 examples of many lower league teams under owners who don't care about the club and what it means to communities up and down the country

Why it was rejected

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

We can't accept your petition because it's about something the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for. This would be the responsibility of the footballing authorities.

You could start a new petition calling on the Government to set out "fit and proper" tests for football club ownership in law, taking the responsibility away from the FA and EFL, if that is something you would like to see happen.

Timeline

3 Mar 2019	Petition opened for signatures
14 Mar 2019	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 14 Mar 2019

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