Article by Charlie Walker for MailOnline - published 18 June 2021 MPs have expressed strong support for a new independent regulator in football, but are split over the merits of applying the ‘50+1’ fan ownership model that is dominant in Germany. Politicians from the Conservatives and Labour believe a regulator is needed to ensure fair distribution of wealth […]
Article written by PA Media - published on Sky Sports on 15 June 2021 MPs have called for a strong independent body with the power to oversee clubs' financial management to regulate football. Damian Collins, the former chairman of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee, reiterated calls for this to be one of the […]
Article written by the Press Association - published 19 April 2021 MPs have demanded new laws be fast-tracked through Parliament to prevent English football clubs joining the breakaway European Super League. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden told the House of Commons that the Government "rules out absolutely nothing" and is prepared to push through any new measures as quickly […]
Article written for the Daily Telegraph, published 19 April 2021 Professional football in England has always been about fair and open competition. Teams strive to be the best, with promotion and relegation between divisions marking their successes and failures. While some are more often than not at the top of the pile, overall 49 different […]
Article published 3 November 2020 Grassroots youth sport should be able to continue throughout the Government's planned second national lockdown for the benefit of children's mental and physical health, says Damian Collins MP. Collins, who chaired the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee between October 2016 and January 2020, has written to the Secretary […]
Article published in The Telegraph on 14 October 2020 Football's current crisis has exposed something that we have known for a long time but failed to resolve - the sport is not run by the Football Association but the chairmen of the professional clubs, each acting in the commercial interests of their own team. And […]
Article by Charlie Walker for MailOnline - published 13 October 2020 Cash-strapped clubs in the English Football League (EFL) will grasp Manchester United and Liverpool's Project Big Picture proposals like a 'drowning man clutching a lifeline', it's been claimed today. MP Damian Collins warns that the Project Big Picture proposals could delay a bailout for the EFL and […]
Article by Josh Fordham for talkSPORT - published 13 October 2020 The UK Government should step in to stop a ‘civil war’ breaking out in English football, talkSPORT has been told. Damian Collins MP, former chair of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, has called on Downing Street to act now to save […]
Article by Tom Morgan for the Daily Telegraph - published 9 October 2020 Jamie Vardy's party was still in full swing in May 2016 when one top-six chief executive offered up a niche view of the Premier League's greatest miracle. "It's a disaster for us," was his cynical assessment of Leicester City's title triumph during […]
Article by Joe Moore for talkSPORT - published 7 October 2020 The #LetFansIn campaign has received the backing of MP Damian Collins, who has questioned the Government’s decision to not yet allow supporters back into stadiums. talkSPORT are backing the campaign to allow supporters to safely return to football grounds, with well over 100,000 people already […]