Editing Premier League (section)

==Corporate structure==
The Football Association Premier League Ltd (FAPL)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-403/08&language=en |website=curia.europa.eu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225121702/http://curia.europa.eu/juris/liste.jsf?num=C-403/08&language=en |archive-date=25 December 2011 |url-status=live |title=C-403/08 – Football Association Premier League and Others }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.premierleague.com/content/premierleague/en-gb/toolbar/terms-conditions.html |website=Premier League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018120546/http://www.premierleague.com/content/premierleague/en-gb/toolbar/terms-conditions.html |archive-date=18 October 2015 |url-status=dead |title=Terms & Conditions }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/toolbar/privacy-policy.html |website=Premier League |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701042947/http://www.premierleague.com/en-gb/toolbar/privacy-policy.html |archive-date=1 July 2015 |url-status=dead |title=Privacy Policy }}</ref> is operated as a corporation and is owned by the 20 member clubs. Each club is a [[shareholder]], with one vote each on issues such as rule changes and contracts. The clubs select a chairman, chief executive, and board of directors to oversee the daily operations of the league.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?command=setSelectedId&nextPage=enSimpleStories&id=2861&type=com.fapl.website.stories.SimpleStories&categoryCode=Who%20We%20Are&breadcrumb=about_breadcrumb |title=Our relationship with the clubs |publisher=Premier League |access-date=8 August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061114102011/http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?command=setSelectedId&nextPage=enSimpleStories&id=2861&type=com.fapl.website.stories.SimpleStories&categoryCode=Who%20We%20Are&breadcrumb=about_breadcrumb |archive-date=14 November 2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Football Association is not directly involved in the day-to-day operations of the Premier League, but has veto power as a special shareholder during the election of the chairman and chief executive and when new rules are adopted by the league.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?command=setSelectedId&nextPage=enSimpleStories&id=2851&type=com.fapl.website.stories.SimpleStories&categoryCode=Who%20We%20Are&breadcrumb=about_breadcrumb |archive-date=18 March 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060318214006/http://www.premierleague.com/fapl.rac?command=setSelectedId&nextPage=enSimpleStories&id=2851&type=com.fapl.website.stories.SimpleStories&categoryCode=Who%20We%20Are&breadcrumb=about_breadcrumb |url-status=dead |title=The Premier League and Other Football Bodies |publisher=Premier League |access-date=12 September 2010 }}</ref>

The current chief executive is [[Richard Masters (football)|Richard Masters]], who was appointed in December 2019.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50756062 |title=Premier League chief executive Richard Masters given job on permanent basis |website=BBC Sport |access-date=12 August 2021 |archive-date=12 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812195020/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50756062 |url-status=live }}</ref> The chair is currently [[Alison Brittain]], who took over the role in early 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/2690490|title=Clubs vote unanimously to appoint Whitbread PLC CEO to the position from early 2023|publisher=Premier League|access-date=27 October 2022|archive-date=27 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027131348/https://www.premierleague.com/news/2690490|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Premier League sends representatives to UEFA's [[European Club Association]], the number of clubs and the clubs themselves chosen according to [[UEFA coefficient]]s. For the [[2023–24 Premier League|2023–24 season]], the Premier League has 13 representatives in the Association: Arsenal, Aston Villa, [[Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.|Brighton & Hove Albion]], Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, and Wolverhampton Wanderers.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecaeurope.com/eca-members/eca-members/ |title=ECA Members |publisher=European Club Association |access-date=5 March 2024 |archive-date=11 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311220453/http://www.ecaeurope.com/eca-members/eca-members/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The European Club Association is responsible for electing three members to UEFA's Club Competitions Committee, which is involved in the operations of UEFA competitions such as the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] and [[UEFA Europa League]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecaeurope.com/Default.aspx?id=1085058 |title=European Club Association: General Presentation |publisher=European Club Association |access-date=7 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809132539/http://www.ecaeurope.com/Default.aspx?id=1085058 <!-- Added by H3llBot --> |archive-date=9 August 2010}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+Office holders
|-
!Office
!No.
!Name
!Tenure
|-
|rowspan="3"|Chief Executive
|1
|[[Rick Parry]]
|1991–1997
|-
|2
|[[Richard Scudamore]]
|1999–2018
|-
|'''3'''
|'''[[Richard Masters (football)|Richard Masters]]'''
|'''2019–'''
|-
|rowspan="6"|Chair
|1
|[[John Quinton (banker)|Sir John Quinton]]
|1991–1999
|-
|2
|[[Dave Richards]]
|1999–2013
|-
|3
|[[Anthony Fry (business executive)|Anthony Fry]]
|2013–2014
|-
|4
|[[Richard Scudamore]]
|2014–2018
|-
|5
|[[Gary Hoffman (businessman)|Gary Hoffman]]
|2020–2022
|-
|'''6'''
|'''[[Alison Brittain]]'''
|'''2023–'''
|}

===Criticism of governance ===
The Premier League has faced criticism of its [[governance]] due to an alleged lack of [[Transparency (behavior)|transparency]] and [[accountability]].

Following the Premier League's blocking of the [[2021 takeover of Newcastle United F.C.|attempted takeover of Newcastle United by a PIF-backed consortium]] through the league's [[Fit-and-proper-person test|Owners' and Directors' test]], many MPs, [[Newcastle United]] fans and related parties to the deal denounced the Premier League for its perceived lack of transparency and accountability throughout the process.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11678/12359153/newcastle-fans-kept-in-the-dark-by-premier-league-amid-ongoing-takeover|title=Newcastle fans 'kept in the dark' by Premier League amid ongoing takeover|publisher=Sky Sports|access-date=8 August 2021|archive-date=9 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809234724/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11678/12359153/newcastle-fans-kept-in-the-dark-by-premier-league-amid-ongoing-takeover|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://theathletic.co.uk/1996879/2020/08/14/newcastle-richard-masters-letter-newcastle-takeover/ |title=Explained: the Premier League's letter about Newcastle's failed takeover |work=The Athletic |access-date=14 August 2020 |archive-date=5 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210805143550/https://theathletic.co.uk/1996879/2020/08/14/newcastle-richard-masters-letter-newcastle-takeover/ |url-status=live |last1=Waugh |first1=Chris |last2=Slater |first2=Matt }}</ref><ref name="SkySports3">{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12349465/newcastle-takeover-amanda-staveley-wants-uk-government-and-premier-league-to-make-arbitration-transparent|title=Newcastle takeover: Amanda Staveley wants UK Government and Premier League to make arbitration transparent|publisher=Sky Sports|access-date=8 August 2021|archive-date=9 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809234724/https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12349465/newcastle-takeover-amanda-staveley-wants-uk-government-and-premier-league-to-make-arbitration-transparent|url-status=live}}</ref> On 6 July 2021, consortium member [[Amanda Staveley]] of PCP Capital Partners said that "fans surely deserve absolute transparency from the regulators across all their processes – to best ensure that they act responsibly. They (the Premier League) are performing a function like that of a government regulator – but without the same systems for accountability."<ref name=SkySports3/>

On 22 July 2021, [[Tracey Crouch|Tracey Crouch MP]] – chair of the fan-led review into the UK's football governance – announced in the review's interim findings that the Premier League had "lost the trust and confidence" of fans. The review also recommended that a new independent regulator be created to oversee matters such as club takeovers.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57929695 |title=Dangers to English football 'very real', says chair of fan-led review into game |website=BBC Sport |access-date=8 August 2021 |archive-date=9 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210809234719/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57929695 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jul/22/english-football-needs-independent-regulator-says-chair-of-fan-led-review-tracey-crouch|title=English football needs independent regulator, says chair of fan-led review|work=The Guardian|date=22 July 2021|access-date=8 August 2021|archive-date=7 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807192625/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/jul/22/english-football-needs-independent-regulator-says-chair-of-fan-led-review-tracey-crouch|url-status=live}}</ref>

Premier League chief executive [[Richard Masters (football)|Richard Masters]] had earlier spoken out against the implementation of an independent regulator, saying in May 2021, "I don't think that the independent regulator is the answer to the question. I would defend the Premier League's role as regulator of its clubs over the past 30 years."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/may/17/time-to-act-former-players-demand-independent-regulator-for-football |title='Time to act': Former players demand independent regulator for football |work=The Guardian |date=17 May 2021 |access-date=14 August 2021 |archive-date=14 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210814045522/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/may/17/time-to-act-former-players-demand-independent-regulator-for-football |url-status=live }}</ref>