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Who are the FA?
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I suppose that this could go into Sport but this is more of a debate really.
The thought came up while I was reading about Rooney's poor performance at the World Cup but him being rewarded by a 5 year, £36 million deal with Manchester United.
Who are the FA exactly? Who are the answerable to?
What gives them the power/right to decide, in our name, whether the country considers the national team of less importance than the Premiership?
Do the public have any recourse to challenge their decisions? And, if not, is this right? Are the fee-paying public completely powerless? At least with the government, one can try and vote them out at election time.
The thought came up while I was reading about Rooney's poor performance at the World Cup but him being rewarded by a 5 year, £36 million deal with Manchester United.
Who are the FA exactly? Who are the answerable to?
What gives them the power/right to decide, in our name, whether the country considers the national team of less importance than the Premiership?
Do the public have any recourse to challenge their decisions? And, if not, is this right? Are the fee-paying public completely powerless? At least with the government, one can try and vote them out at election time.
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Why are you having thoughts like that ?
What has the FA got to do with a private contractual arrangement between two parties ?
Based on the World Cup it appears that they have
The FA is a business, it has never been answerable to the public, nor should it be.
The power that fans have is the fact that they are "fee-paying". If people cared about the game they'd have stopped going years ago in protest.
I'm thinking more in terms as to why the national team is dictated by a 'private' company; not so much about Rooney's payments itself.
So do you think that a 'private' company should dictate who does and who doesn't play for our national team? It seems a bit weird to me.
Is the FA on the stock exchange? Is it answerable to shareholders?
(I'm asking because I don't know)
Personally I don't think that it should be like that but I also don't think fans should be running the game either. IME they are no more knowledgable about the game than the FA are.
ETA, according to Wiki this is the Board of Directors:
* Chairman: Roger Burden
* Vice-Chairman: Barry Bright (Kent FA) †
* General Secretary: Alex Horne
* Other Members:
o Dave Henson †
o Michael Game (Essex FA) †
o Phil Gartside (Bolton Wanderers Chairman) ‡
o David Gill (Manchester United Chief Executive) ‡
o Roger Burden (Gloucestershire FA) †
o Sir Dave Richards (Premier League Chairman) ‡
o John Ward (Hampshire FA) †
o David Sheepshanks (Ipswich Town Non-Executive Director) *
o Neil Doncaster (Scottish Football League Chief Executive) *[9]
Ah ok. Thanks MOK.
The England (and Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales teams, as the other UK FIFA teams) team simply is the FA's representative team in FIFA tournaments. The FA always was a private institution. It's like saying the public should hold the right to dictate how Tesco or HSBC is run.
The FA runs the England team.
Not quite.
Bundesliga rules stipulate that no one person, or organisation is allowed to own more than 49% of any one club, thus giving them control of the club. This is so no-one in Germany "does an Abramovich".
Furthermore, sugar daddies in this country are aided partly bt the stock exchange rules, which state that if anyone gains more than a 30% stake in any FTSE or AIM-traded company, they must make a formal bid for the rest of the shares.
However, the one massive advantage that the Bundesliga has is that at the end of every season, each club has to apply for a licence for the following year, granted only when the German Football Federation (DBF) have scrutinised their accounts and are satisfied there is no threat of insolvency.
There's an excellent article in the Mail (steady) about this:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1074354/Solvent-Bundesliga-clubs-example-debt-ridden-Premier-League-counterparts.html
Despite the fact that it's a great idea and makes sense for everyone, if the FA ever adopt something similar, I'm a banana.
Rooney's performance during the World Cup, in case the FA didn't notice, was shit. We were told he was the best thing since sliced bread and that he would score a gazillion goals during the World Cup and take England to glory once more. In the end, he performed more like a biscuit that had been dunked in some hot tea - he just fell to pieces.
He should be dropped from the England team entirely and made to earn his place there once more, not given a fucking prize for his mediocrity.
Not sure if you noticed but he had a pretty good season for them.
he is England's best strijer.
Besides, international call-ups are largely about reputation over form. Heskey was called up, despite never really being a consistent scorer. Well, I for one never rated him.
And also, as has been said, it is a private contract between United and Rooney. In that sense then, United can offer Rooney what they want, he is their employee.