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The regulator’s role as envisaged by the Bill is supposed to safeguard financial sustainability; it is not a social engineering body. It has neither the expertise nor the mandate to wade into matters as sensitive as the make-up of a club’s fan base. Football is inherently competitive; clubs live and die by their ability to attract and retain fans. A regulator forcing their hand on this front is just not necessary and is completely counterproductive. Clubs are not perfect, but they understand their communities better than any regulator ever could. Let us not risk eroding that bond.