What can government do : - Introduce legislation to ban any professional football match being played in this country that is not sanctioned by FIFA, UEFA, or the FA. FIFA would likely support this so we wouldn't fall foul of their government interference rules. There would need to something to say that the act supersedes restraint of trade rules. Directors of any club flouting this to be criminally liable and face huge fines and/or jail What can administrators do : - Ban the teams and players from all FIFA, UEFA and FA sanctioned events - State that all player registrations for those teams are null, thereby allowing players to move freely to non-super league clubs - Allow players who move to non-super league clubs to go straight back to national teams in order to incentivise them to do so What can broadcasters do : - It's possible that deals have already been made, but if not, broadcasters should refuse to bid for super league rights - Do not mention anything to do with the super league, starve them of publicity What can fans do : - Fans of the clubs can petition them to state that they will cancel their season tickets if they don't back down, stop buying merchandise etc, starve them of revenue - Fans of all clubs can petition broadcasters and government to do ideas suggested above. These clubs are relying on inaction to get their greedy way, if people can come together this can be fought | |