Football’s New Legal Eagle Must Soar High…
Hold on to your top hats and laces, dear readers! The football world is about to get a shiny new regulator, and it’s got to be as watertight as a super-safe submarine at a rubber ducky party. Leading this squad is David Kogan, a sharp-minded whiz ready to tackle a flood of potentially unleashed lawyers as clubs get litigious as a squirrel in a nut-laden courtroom. It’s like a Premier League versus the rule book, with Manchester City and Leicester doing their best impression of a cat and mouse game over the rules of commercial deals and PSR.
Kogan, a maestro used to orchestrating TV deals like a conductor with a cha-cha-cha, waltzed his way into MPs’ hearts, expressing his hopes for “rational thinking” to prevail. The almighty watchdog, under Kogan’s fierce eye, is poised to flex its “tactical weapon” strategy—don’t panic, it’s a milder option than the infamous “nuclear one”—against disputes over TV revenue division between the Premier League and EFL. Call it a gentle tap on the shoulder, a courteous reminder to play nice before anyone gets the boot.
But wait, there’s more! Kogan has a different ball game in mind for parachute payments, eyeing them up like a cat with cream in the ‘State of the Game’ analysis. He’s sniffing out fiscal cliff edges taller than a giraffe on stilts, aiming to help clubs without being the football world’s undercover cop. And if you fancy a pinch of political pizzazz, there’s talk of Kogan’s past financial flames with Sir Keir Starmer and Lisa Nandy, but like a fine football match, the drama rolls on!
