By J Hutcherson - WASHINGTON, DC (Jan 16, 2012) US Soccer Players -- Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore's interview with the Daily Mail's Martin Samuel has something for almost everyone. Depending on your constituency, there's something to confirm a position, challenge a view, or generally set you off.

So, the English Premier League will not be staging that dreaded 39th game overseas any time soon, which perhaps allows some of those grassroots fans to be thankful for something while they see the rest of their game being taken away. Chief executive Richard Scudamore certainly wanted to distance himself not only from his own failed idea but also from Scottish Premier League chief Neil Doncaster's idea of taking the Old Firm abroad, which could be taken as simply a throw-away comment or a cheeky notice to Mr.

There is a debate going on on whether the Premier League should scrap relegation and promotion or not. Frankly, i think all those who are proposing the idea are crazy. I tried looking for an appropriate word but the truth is only insanity can define such an idea.

Scrapping relegation would drastically reduce the level of competition in the league not to mention reducing the revenue the league generates every season.

Making a reference to Greek philosophy when discussing Glasgow Rangers probably sounds far too distorted to be credible. It likely is, but it was difficult not to consider Plato's Allegory of the Cave when hearing owner Craig Whyte talk of reviving the Atlantic League idea or somehow getting Rangers accepted into the English league system.

Rooney Rule: Prem boss Scudamore will consider introducing positive discrimination

"We believe in diversity," says Richard Scudamore

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Their Words In fairness to the police, they have done a fantastic job but they are unable to hand the Tottenham High Road, which as people will have seen has been pretty much a crime scene for much of this week, they are unable to hand that back to the council until Friday night. Premier League CEO Richard Scudamore, on the decision to postpone the Spurs - Everton game.

Players and managers face crackdown on behaviour

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has warned players and managers they will be met with severe punishment if they show disrespect to referees this season.

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Tottenham's Premier League match with Everton on Saturday has been postponed because of the riots in London.

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has confirmed the fixture will not go ahead because the area around White Hart Lane is a crime scene called off in the wake of the London riots.

Tottenham's Premier League match with Everton on Saturday has been postponed because of the riots in London.

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said he was "positive" the other nine games in the opening round of top-flight fixtures would go ahead. And prime minister David Cameron suggested they could kick off earlier than scheduled to assist the police.

Premier League announce new directive to protect referees

Chief executive Richard Scudamore announces new 'get on with the game' scheme to protect officials following on from previous 'respect' campaign

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This Saturday's Premier League clash between Tottenham and Everton has officially been postponed due to the London riots which have destroyed many parts of the area surrounding White Hart Lane.

Despite calls from Spurs manager Harry Redknapp to keep the game on, Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore revealed that the match had to be postponed.

By Chris Wright

Word on Pies Street is that the opening weekend Premier League tie between Tottenham and Everton has been cancelled due to the ongoing twattery in London.

The postponement is yet to be confirmed by either club or by the Premier League themselves but their are rumblings trickling down from some very high-ranking sources that the game at White Hart Lane will be shelved.

En Marzo del año entrante se revisará la aplicación de la tecnología en el Futbol, primordialmente se aplicará ésta en la linea de gol para evitar errores desastrosos como el que le ocurrió a Inglaterra en el pasado mundial y no le fue hecho válido un gol legítimo.
De ser así, en la temporada 2012-2013 de la Premier League utilizará esta tecnología, y es probable que en la Eurocopa también, se revisará y se medirá su eficacia para tentantivamente si Fifa lo aprueba implementarlo en la copa del mundo de 2014.

Chelsea tour blog (day one): Blues arrive in Malaysia to heroes' welcome as Premier League takeover of the Far East continues

After Arsenal jet out, Chelsea arrive in Malaysia and Mirrorman John Cross is there to follow their progress and bring you all the behind-the-scenes news from the pre-season tour.

Chelsea tour blog (day one): Blues arrive in Malaysia to heroes' welcome as Premier League takeover of the Far East continues

After Arsenal jet out, Chelsea arrive in Malaysia and Mirrorman John Cross is there to follow their progress and bring you all the behind-the-scenes news from the pre-season tour.

Chelsea tour blog (day one): Blues arrive in Malaysia to heroes' welcome as Premier League takeover of the Far East continues

After Arsenal jet out, Chelsea arrive in Malaysia and Mirrorman John Cross is there to follow their progress and bring you all the behind-the-scenes news from the pre-season tour.

Chelsea tour blog (day one): Blues arrive in Malaysia to heroes' welcome as Premier League takeover of the Far East continues

After Arsenal jet out, Chelsea arrive in Malaysia and Mirrorman John Cross is there to follow their progress and bring you all the behind-the-scenes news from the pre-season tour.

Chelsea tour blog (day one): Blues arrive in Malaysia to heroes' welcome as Premier League takeover of the Far East continues

After Arsenal jet out, Chelsea arrive in Malaysia and Mirrorman John Cross is there to follow their progress and bring you all the behind-the-scenes news from the pre-season tour.

Chelsea tour blog (day one): Blues arrive in Malaysia to heroes' welcome as Premier League takeover of the Far East continues

After Arsenal jet out, Chelsea arrive in Malaysia and Mirrorman John Cross is there to follow their progress and bring you all the behind-the-scenes news from the pre-season tour.

Given that the FA recently charged Sir Alex Ferguson for praising a referee, it seemed impossible to imagine Manchester United would get away with resting players against Blackpool ahead of the Champions League final.

Both Hull and Blackpool have got in to trouble for making wholesale changes to their team, before reverting back to their usual XI the following week.

So Lord David Triesman and Richard Scudamore are at loggerheads again. Among Triesman's mannered, patiently-explained expose of FIFA Executive Committee members... er... ‘activities' (an unexpectedly fascinating piece of live television, thank you BBC) was, supposedly, another dig at the Premier League chief executive, which was, supposedly, "simply wrong in this instance.

Despite its fundamental flaws, the BBC Money Programme production Lord Sugar Tackles Football was a watchable attempt to evaluate English football's financial ills. These flaws were immediately evident. Sugar's call for football to take a "dose of hard business reality" came during an hour-long documentary whose introduction contained next-to-no reality whatsoever.

At least Ken Bates now knows who owns the club he's chaired for the last half-decade, as he'll have written their name on the cheque for the "undisclosed sum" which has bought him majority ownership of Leeds United. Unless, of course, he's just put a blank cheque in an envelope, addressed it to "Leeds United's beneficial owners, Cayman Islands, West Indies" and trusted that the local postie is better informed about the club's owners than, well, the club themselves, apparently.

In the second part of this afternoon on the subject of football governance, Mark Murphy watched Dave Richards and Richard Scudamore giving evidence to The Culture Media and Sport select committee inquiry on football governance, and found that the most impressive thing on display was Dave Richards' hair.

We have a two-parter on football governance for your delectation this afternoon. First up is the excellent SJ Maskell, who argues that perhaps football supporters aren't really what those running football clubs really want.

They really must think we are stupid, you know. Being a sad person (told you about the Pompey habit didn't I?

In what appears to be incredibly bad timing, on the same week Professional Footballers Association Chief Executive Gordon Taylor called for the hiring of more minority managers in English football, League One club Notts County sacked one of the two with a job. Earlier in the week, Taylor marked Paul Ince as one to be fast-tracked for future Premiership managerial vacancies, and along with Chris Powell of Charlton, one who might benefit from institutionally-imposed pressure on clubs to interview and hire more black British managers.

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has launched a campaign which mirrors what the FA are doing with their 'Respect' initiative to ensure that referees are given respect. According to our football authorities, respect is something that should be given freely, not earnt.

After referee Martin Atkinson was guilty of making match deciding incorrect decision in two consecutive games against Chelsea, Ferguson believes there's nothing wrong with claiming the referee wasn't "fair".

With Blackpool having exceeded all expectations in their debut Premier League season, their colourful manager Ian Holloway is many neutrals' choice for Premier League Manager of the Year. A confident Holloway is believed to be preparing an absolutely tortuous speech: riddled with zany turns of phrase, clunking West Country references and an extended metaphor involving two pints of cider and a cornish pasty.

There are times when it dawns on you just how dirt cheap the BBC licence is. It dawned on me most recently when I tried to calculate how much of a refund I would be due for 26 minutes, the length of the Radio 5 Live ‘Monday Night Club' debate on Uefa's ‘Financial Fair Play' (FFP) regulations. To be fair to the BBC, any proper debate on Uefa's complex but largely common sense regulations would need a full hour at least.