Football League To Consider New Rules For Incompetent Owners

Last updated : 09 May 2017 By CNS Sport

The Football League is to consider new rules for incompetent owners.

There has been plenty of attacks on the League, who have let down supporters of a number of clubs including Coventry City.

“I am certain over the coming months, the EFL Board will be looking at the relationship between the EFL and the club owners to see if there is anything the clubs think we will be doing to protect the reputation of our clubs and the league itself,” ELF CEO Shaun Harvey said to the London Standard. 

“It is something I am sure the board will want to look at. I think I would be very interested in having a debate as to what is possible for us to achieve. 

“How far that goes will never be far enough for some. We have got to find the right level for doing that. We want to see good owners of football clubs running stable clubs where fans are able to enjoy the football. We are never going to achieve that across 72 clubs at the same time. What we have got to is get the majority to that position.

“I would never want to see another Orient. I do not think anyone is comfortable with the breakdown in relations at Coventry. You look at other clubs where the relationship could not be better. We have such a wide breadth of clubs and club owners. One size fits all will never work. What we have got to do is work on the extremes.”

Any rule change suggested by the EFL board would need the support of 50 per cent of EFL clubs and 50 per cent of Championship clubs.