yuppie wrote:Do exactly what Gary Neville says to do.
Sorry, but Neville's suggestions do not even come close to be enough in my view.
All clubs breaking away should have their registration to the English football pyramid terminated and be immediately kicked out of all UEFA, FA, PL and FIFA competitions for an unlimited period. If subsequent re-registration is requested, the club will be treated as a totally new entity, and added to the lowest available tier of non-league football. All players registered to an ESL club should have their contracts deemed voidable on the basis the implied terms of their employment contracts being applicable only to clubs in officially sanctioned competitions, and would be allowed to sign another deal for free elsewhere. All players who subsequently choose to stay in the ESL are banned for life from all other officially sanctioned football, and banned from holding any position at a football club such as manager/coach/etc for life also. Players and owners are forced to sell any interests they hold in other registered clubs, and a re debarred from investing or ownership in the future.
All trophies won by the club are stripped from record. All badges, crests, club names, nicknames or anything else that identifies the club based on a historical developement by fan groups is barred from use under cultural heritage laws, and is taken over temporarily by the public domain, to later be passed on to new entities setup by fan groups.
All teams whose grounds are in anyway minutely owned by the public or fans is debarred from hosting games at said ground, until full ownership is negotiated by the club. All teams who fully owned their grounds, but who have subsequently required public money for infrastructure in the surrounding area must pay back these costs in full. All legal status that exploit the status of a football club as a non-profit making provident society are removed. All associated costs for policing or other public financing impacs are to be 100% born by the club in the future.
All prize money and money negotiated under the current TV deal is to be paid back, the money going back to the fans . All season tickets are paid back to fans on the basis of a reduction in games.
Football clubs have exploited the public and fans for too long. If they want to break away and be independent, they do so leaving everything behind, and with the view that they no longer have any benefit to the community in general.