Rejected petition Make the FA completely independent

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How can you have a completely independent FA when some Chief Executives are on the board of both the FA and BPL teams? David Gill is Chief Executive at Man U and also a Chief Executive at the FA. How is that fair ? Too much influence is not good for the game.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

This a matter for the FA and Premier League.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 28 October 2012
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