From The Guardian:
‘A report for the Sports Nexus, an independent self-styled watchdog, argues that the game's governing body have weakened their position by allowing clubs and the Premier League to have too much power.
According to an opinion poll commissioned by the group, 62 per cent of fans believe the FA need an overhaul in order to protect the game's future, saying they did not trust the FA to get the big decisions right.
The report named FA: Fit For Purpose?, written by two academics who specialise in football governance, lists 20 decisions that they say show how the FA have failed to carry out their duty.
They include: holding last season's FA Cup semi-finals in Cardiff; not controlling players' agents and allowing clubs to become publicly listed companies, even though the FA's Rule 34 forbids stock-market flotation as a route to personal financial gain.’