Legislate that all professional football clubs are 51% fan owned as in Germany.

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

The past days gave shown that football cannot be allowed to be controlled by billionaire investors. It is the fans game. We need Government help to bring the beautiful game back to the people.

This cannot be done without legislation. Every MP who claims to be a football fan (and they all do) must use their power to wrestle control away from the money men.

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 26 Apr 2021

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