zuricity wrote:I find it wierd that three clubs can vote for or against something that they will not be part of next season and may never be involved in again . Also wierd that three other teams will be promoted into a set of rules that may constrain them and they never had a chance to vote for or against.
I don't understand why the Premier League is any different from being the First Division under a new name and under the general rules of the FA , of whicn many, many clubs are part of, not just the four top professional leagues.
When the Premier League was set up it became a private business divorced from any regulator.
The Prem Lge PLC approached the FA and asked them if they would become the regulating body, to which the FA agreed.
As it stands, it is my belief that the Prem could withdraw from that agreement should they wish to.
I take your point about the issue of promoted/relegated clubs but each current Prem Lge club is a shareholder in the Prem Lge PLC and therefore has the same voting rights of any other member club.
The Championship and Lgs 1 & 2 are members of and are regulated by ther Football League, a seperate company entirely that the Prem broke away from at its founding.