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Daniel Northall on the Richard Scudamore controversy

Daniel Northall writes for LawInSport on the legal implications of the recent controversy surrounding the Premier League’s Chief Executive.

Many commentators have called for the resignation/dismissal/disciplining of Richard Scudamore, Chief Executive of the Premier League, in the past weeks. The condemnation heaped upon him following the Sunday Mirror’s revelation of allegedly discriminatory emails sent by him has been near universal, to the extent that David Cameron has suggested a cabinet minister guilty of similar conduct would have been sacked.

Yet, so far, Scudamore has avoided any formal sanction. This is causing its own controversy, with the Premier League and Football Association being accused of inertia, not least by a member of the latter’s own Inclusion Advisory Board.

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