West Ham co-owner Karen Brady rips into the government’s plans to bring in an independent regulator.

At its core, football is largely the same game it was 30 years ago. While tactics and the scale of things may have changed, it remains incredibly traditional.

However, the biggest change by far is the amount of money involved in the sport. Unfortunately, there aren’t many ways this increase in cash has a positive effect on fans, but there are a lot of negative ones.

It feels like more clubs than ever are being forced into administration, with Bury being the biggest loss in recent years. To try and prevent this, the Labour government wants to bring in an independent regulator of the English game, but West Ham co-owner Karen Brady is completely against this.

“To change, and to change for the better, are two different things,” she explained to The Sun. “And the Government’s plan to change football is more likely to create many more problems than it solves. I remain wholly unconvinced about the role of regulators, both in and out of football.”

“There are critics who say the Premier League just looks after the hotshots, the Manchester Uniteds and Arsenals. Rubbish.”

“In the last three years the Premier League has given a world-leading £1.6billion to the EFL, National Leagues, grass-roots football and the women’s game. Nowhere else in the world can even get close to matching that.”

“What happened to Bury and others like them was terribly sad but you cannot blame the Premier League for their financial mess. I’ve heard it said, mainly by ill-informed politicians, that parachute payments are fundamentally wrong. Not so. They allow clubs to remain financially sustainable should they suffer relegation from the top flight.”