Member

The Government’s own view is that the women’s game should have the opportunity to grow and self-regulate, not least by remaining autonomous, free and unburdened by regulation. They understand that, for the women’s game to professionalise and grow, it needs to invest ahead of revenues and take calculated risks. If we believe that commercial freedom and investment are the keys to the success of the women’s game, I have to ask: why are we so quick to strip those principles away from the men’s game? Why do the Government appear so resistant to reasonable amendments that will provide checks, balances and guard-rails as we take this leap into the unknown?