English football regulator sets club financial resilience licensing requirements
The Independent Football Regulator says English clubs will have to show they can withstand significant financial shocks under its licensing requirements. The regulator has no remit over clubs’ commercial ties with gambling companies, while an attempt to add a gambling advertising and sponsorship restriction to the legislation was rejected by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
The licensing standards may affect clubs’ financial planning, while gambling sponsorship remains outside the regulator’s stated remit.