| IFR funding levy 13:31 - Oct 23 with 857 views | KensalT |
The Independent Football Regulator wants to impose a levy on football clubs to pay for it.
It will be a sliding scale with the wealthier clubs chipping in over £1m each.
QPR and most of the other Championship clubs would pay £44k each.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/fo
"The annual cost to English clubs of the Independent Football Regulator (IFR) has risen to £20.3m, around double the amount initially estimated.
The watchdog has proposed a levy to fund operating costs of £18.3m to support 100 staff, with a further £1m to cover potential litigation.
Another £1m is towards a total estimated set-up cost of £45m, to be paid off over the next 10 years.
From next season, all regulated clubs in the top five divisions of English men's football will be required to pay for the IFR's operations.
The IFR claims it will be "a proportionate and affordable amount", however it is significantly higher than the figure forecast in a 2019 impact assessment report, before legislation was finalised.
That estimated annual operating costs between £8-10.2m, for the first 10 years."
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| IFR funding levy on 13:38 - Oct 23 with 761 views | BrianMcCarthy |
Can a regulator remain independent if its paid by those it regulates? |  |
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| IFR funding levy on 13:53 - Oct 23 with 658 views | PlanetHonneywood |
I'd be giving the job specs of the '100 staff' a right going over. Really, 100?
Bet we'll find a few years down the track, a series of job cuts, with no corresponding reductions in the levy. |  |
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| IFR funding levy on 14:16 - Oct 23 with 563 views | KensalT |
| IFR funding levy on 13:38 - Oct 23 by BrianMcCarthy |
Can a regulator remain independent if its paid by those it regulates? |
It's how it's done in this country.
But yeah, that is a very good question.
Those clubs putting in north of £1m each are bound to want some return on that investment. | | | |
| IFR funding levy on 14:41 - Oct 23 with 493 views | qpr1976 |
| IFR funding levy on 13:38 - Oct 23 by BrianMcCarthy |
Can a regulator remain independent if its paid by those it regulates? |
For that amount of money each year & 100 staff, you’d think they would have brought Man city to justice much sooner….. |  | | |
| IFR funding levy on 15:56 - Oct 23 with 337 views | kensalriser |
| IFR funding levy on 13:53 - Oct 23 by PlanetHonneywood |
I'd be giving the job specs of the '100 staff' a right going over. Really, 100?
Bet we'll find a few years down the track, a series of job cuts, with no corresponding reductions in the levy. |
A million a year to fund 100 staff just in wages and office space in London and Manchester sounds preposterously low. |  |
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| IFR funding levy on 16:02 - Oct 23 with 315 views | KensalT |
| IFR funding levy on 15:56 - Oct 23 by kensalriser |
A million a year to fund 100 staff just in wages and office space in London and Manchester sounds preposterously low. |
The levy will raise £20.3m.
And they got £45m from the government for setup costs. | | | |
| IFR funding levy on 16:03 - Oct 23 with 309 views | stevec |
Standard jobs for the boys stuff.
100 staff, that’s more than one per club, and to do what?
If they need £18 mill then maybe cut out the middle man and the premier clubs could just give that £18 mill to the 72 clubs in the EFL. £250,000 each not to be sniffed at.
You cant help feeling that the biggest winner here will be the Independent Football Regulator. |  | | |
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