Richard Scudamore Quotations

We believe that the solution they are trying to impose on us could seriously damage the game at all levels, harming fans and their communities.

There are people who work very hard and very correctly to make this fantastic game work in this country. I think we owe it to them to nail these allegations once and for all.

I am sure the inquiry will wish to speak to him and anybody else who has raised similar comments. There is a great deal of speculation regarding alleged irregular payments in transfer dealings. I cannot sit here yet with irrefutable proof it doesn't happen or that it does. That's why the inquiry has been called. We don't have the power to insist Sven-Goran Eriksson sits and talks to us but having said that I would imagine he has no reason not to.

It is not a knee-jerk reaction at all. We have our own business reputation to protect.

I think everyone has been taken aback by the sheer enormity of events following the Indian Ocean earthquake,

Mike has a duty to the game to tell us exactly what he knows and if there's been any wrongdoing going on we will chase it down - we will deal with it appropriately.

Those comments and those concerns have been addressed.

What I promise the game of football is that we will get to the bottom of this one way or the other.

There has been a consistency and a frequency of these allegations that have been swimming around. There's been an upping of the ante. There's been increased speculation. Clearly on Sunday there were further things that pointed to it.

We want to optimize value, but that doesn't necessarily mean the maximum bid will win,

We feel this is a balanced set of agreements, ... Primarily football wins, but it also allows consumers more choice and clubs more flexibility.

This investigation has specific terms of reference and a distinguished chairman. What is different this time is that we will give it all the resources it needs. We will give it our absolute best shot to get to what we need to get to.

This inquiry has the unanimous support of all 20 clubs, that is very important when you consider that matter.

You can't make the packages completely equal. That's an algorithm too far. The packages are not equal but they are much better balanced.

They want to find out what is going on as much as us. It is their game as much as our game.

Their (Commission's) 50% rule is an intervention in the market that could lead to an artificial fall in revenues that would damage the quality of the game on the pitch, reduce the attractiveness of the game to stadium and TV fans, and hamper the ability of the game to invest in the community,