IEA Editorial and Research Fellow Professor Len Shackleton has been quoted in a Politics.co.uk article criticising revived proposals for a state football regulator.

Len was quoted:

“The Institute for Economic Affairs, a think tank, has opposed the regulator due to the ‘many costs, including compliance costs and disincentives to investment and innovation’.

“It claimed the new regulator would undermine property rights while making it more likely to ‘deter investors and volunteer workers in smaller clubs.’

“It added the government has not undertaken a cost-benefit analysis of the Review and regulator.”

Read the full article here.