Behaviour Of Football Agents

EDM number 514 in 1999-00, proposed by Bob Russell on 13/03/2000.

That this House views the growing involvement of agents for professional footballers, particularly for those in the lower leagues, as being detrimental to the long-term interests of the game; notes that the parasitic actions of agents are sucking money from clubs and thus threaten their future; congratulates some clubs, notably in the lower divisions, on the lead being taken in seeking to resist the demands made by agents; and calls on the Government to urge the football authorities to institute a code of practice to limit the activities of agents to the non-footballing interests of their clients and thus end the loss of money from the game which such parasites cause.

This motion has been signed by a total of 56 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.