5 minute boycott planned across Football League this saturday
WILL GIDSTONE | 25.10.2011 22:49 | Culture | Globalisation | Social Struggles
Football fans across the country are joining together this saturday 29th October under the banner of The 72 Unite to protest against plans to overhaul the youth academy system to the benefit of the richer clubs.
Another case of the rich getting richer
The 72 Unite is made up of representatives of clubs from across the football league who have come together at short notice to fight off new legislation which heavily weights the rules concerning youth academies in the favour of the elite clubs.
The new rules in question place even more power in the hands of bigger clubs allowing them to steal promising young players for next to nothing, taking away a valuable income source of smaller clubs.
The group have released a communique (posted below) in which they outline plans for a 5 minute boycott by ALL fans of ALL football matches in the football league that kick off at 3PM this saturday to raise attention to the issue.
the communique in full:
----------------------------------We 'the 72 unite', made up of fans from the Football League are angered by, and at a loss to explain, the news today that the proposed legislative changes to the existing academy systems have been voted in favour of.
In the current financial climate with the divide between rich and poor widening on a daily basis, Modern Football continues to be an exaggerated version of the overall global picture. THE RICH CONTINUE TO GET RICHER, WHILE THE POOR SUFFER.
Lower league football is dying, starved by Premier League greed and excess. Attendances are down, and clubs will soon cease to exist, unable to balance the books to survive let-alone compete with the elite.
The lifeblood of Football League clubs are their successful academy systems, some of which have supported and sustained clubs for many years, producing local, homegrown talent representative of the area and fanbase. Today’s ruling cuts this essential lifeblood at the arteries and will signal the death knoll, the final nail in the coffin for the survival of Professional Football outside the Premier League.
In response we are calling for action from EVERY FAN at EVERY MATCH on Saturday 29th October 2011 to UNITE, rise-up and fight for the very existence of their clubs. It’s NOW OR NEVER we must let the Premier League and FA know we will not be trampled on.
EVERY FAN, EVERY GAME – BOYCOTT FIRST FIVE MINUTES TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THIS AND SHOW THE STRENGTH OF OPPOSITION TO PROPOSALS
The 72 Unite is made up of representatives of clubs from across the football league who have come together at short notice to fight off new legislation which heavily weights the rules concerning youth academies in the favour of the elite clubs.
The new rules in question place even more power in the hands of bigger clubs allowing them to steal promising young players for next to nothing, taking away a valuable income source of smaller clubs.
The group have released a communique (posted below) in which they outline plans for a 5 minute boycott by ALL fans of ALL football matches in the football league that kick off at 3PM this saturday to raise attention to the issue.
the communique in full:
----------------------------------We 'the 72 unite', made up of fans from the Football League are angered by, and at a loss to explain, the news today that the proposed legislative changes to the existing academy systems have been voted in favour of.
In the current financial climate with the divide between rich and poor widening on a daily basis, Modern Football continues to be an exaggerated version of the overall global picture. THE RICH CONTINUE TO GET RICHER, WHILE THE POOR SUFFER.
Lower league football is dying, starved by Premier League greed and excess. Attendances are down, and clubs will soon cease to exist, unable to balance the books to survive let-alone compete with the elite.
The lifeblood of Football League clubs are their successful academy systems, some of which have supported and sustained clubs for many years, producing local, homegrown talent representative of the area and fanbase. Today’s ruling cuts this essential lifeblood at the arteries and will signal the death knoll, the final nail in the coffin for the survival of Professional Football outside the Premier League.
In response we are calling for action from EVERY FAN at EVERY MATCH on Saturday 29th October 2011 to UNITE, rise-up and fight for the very existence of their clubs. It’s NOW OR NEVER we must let the Premier League and FA know we will not be trampled on.
EVERY FAN, EVERY GAME – BOYCOTT FIRST FIVE MINUTES TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THIS AND SHOW THE STRENGTH OF OPPOSITION TO PROPOSALS
WILL GIDSTONE
Homepage:
http://www.the72unite.co.uk
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