REGULATION ISN’T WORKING ANYWAY

AND while we are on the subject of Government regulation for football, one of the arguments most regularly advanced is that it happens in other industries. Indeed it does. And how’s that going? Ofwat, for instance, regulate water services in England and Wales and are facing potential legal action after failing to stop untreated sewage being discharged into rivers by water companies. Environment Agency data shows these businesses spewed raw sewage into rivers and seas for more than 2.7million hours in 2021, in 372,533 incidents. Equally, how are your energy bills working out under Ofgem, which allowed 26 retail energy companies to collapse in a three-month period in 2021? As a result of Ofgem price cap increases some household bills have risen by as much as £2,000 annually. Another triumph for regulation. Why would football’s new bosses be so different? If the Government knew lots of really smart people itching to be regulators, surely they would be using them already and we wouldn’t have a cost of living crisis, an energy crisis and be up s*** creek without a paddle?