50+1 Football Club ownership law for the UK

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

In Germany they have a law for Football Clubs called 50+1. It allows paying members of a FC to own 50+1 shares in there FC, in order to maintain full control of the club and it's management by popular vote.

Due to the recent European Super League news. We the football fans of our UK based teams demand the control of our teams future.
German law prevents the ownership of teams outright or even full control by majority share.
50+1 law in the UK will return football to it's roots and prevent unpopular decisions going ahead.
The current model of FC ownership in the UK is welcome but we demand action from the government to prevent unfair and greedy decisions ruining the game for us loyal fans.

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

You may be interested to know that on 19 April the Government announced a 'Fan-led review of football governance', which will explore ways of improving the governance, ownership and financial sustainability of clubs in English football, building on the strengths of the football pyramid. You can read more about this review here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fan-led-review-of-football-governance.

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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