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  • Is director training the answer to football’s governance woes?

    Sport Business

    A new study suggests reforming football governance by testing and training directors. But is the regulator capable, asks Ed Warner? Countless millions follow professional football in England, claiming allegiance to a favourite club whose fortunes are entwined daily with each individual’s emotions, their highs and lows in seemingly unavoidable synchronicity. Turns out these essential forces [...]

    Football is big business but its governance lags some way behind other industries
  • Football clubs suffering from too few directors, report warns

    Sport Business

    All professional football clubs in England should be mandated to have at least three directors to prevent governance failings that threaten their existence, a new report warns today. The report, by LCP’s Sports Analytics and Advisory practice and governance specialists LawDeb, highlights worryingly small boards at many clubs in the top five divisions. Fourteen clubs [...]

    Sheffield Wednesday have just one director, a situation that requires football governance reform, the report says

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