Introduce the '50+1 rule' as an Act of Parliament.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

All football clubs, like they are in the German Bundesliga, should be owned by their respective members associations, where said member associations owned 50% and one more of the shares, granting them a majority voting right.

To purpose of this Act would be to ensure a situation, such as the European Super League incident, never happens again. Potential situations can be avoided by fan membership associations voting against plans to privatise the sport even further. There is currently no law stopping this from happening. The Act will allow British Football to remain culturally significant to the British Public.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition which calls for the same action: Enforce the “50+1” Rule for professional football club ownership in the UK

Timeline

20 Apr 2021	Petition opened for signatures
26 Apr 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 26 Apr 2021

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