Further details emerge about Watmore’s FA resignation 21/05/2010 |
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Former Football Association chief executive Ian Watmore’s resignation was partly down to what he felt was a negative response from the Premier League to his suggestions for financial reform of the game, it has been claimed.
Watmore had warned in a discussion paper seen by The Guardian that professional clubs faced 20 serious "financial challenges", with "a significant number said to be on the brink of severe financial troubles" as a result of "dangerously high" spending on wages.
He is thought to have presented his paper at a meeting with the chief executives of the Premier and Football Leagues at the start of the year, arguing that they should consider reforms to deal with the problems.
Insiders say Watmore felt his document had been met with a negative reaction from the Premier League's chief executive, Richard Scudamore, and that the atmosphere was as if Watmore "had left a bucket of sick in the room", according to The Guardian.
The Premier League rejects that account, saying that the paper was received in a "collaborative" spirit. But in March, with the process not advanced any further, Watmore resigned.
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