The one that did not happen was the proposal for a European Super League in 2021, a breakaway group of 20 top clubs, six of them English.
If MPs think that fans are angry now about the occasional rogue proprietor, just wait until they see the relative decline of English football and turn their anger, not against the occasional absentee owner, but against the politicians who foisted the system on them.
Indeed, not only is the Premier League the most popular in the world; the lower tier English Football League is sixth.
It won’t be long before the state is telling clubs what they must do in terms of gender quotas, Net Zero, ticket prices — you name it.
It is one thing for successful clubs to make voluntary “parachute payments” to those facing relegation.
