"Premier League footballers to hold enquiry into corruption in politics"

From the BBC:

Leading footballers are to hold an inquiry into corruption in politics, following a number of allegations involving top parliamentarians.

The Football Association Ethics Committee will decide its terms of reference next week and will hear evidence on 6 March. The move follows incidents involving MPs and Peers from all major parties. England captain John Terry said recent events had "reignited football fans' concerns about sleaze in politics"...

Mr Terry said: "I think the events of the last two years have reignited concerns about MPs on the take. Although this session will not necessarily be restricted to Members of Parliament, it will be the principle [sic] area of inquiry following the MPs expenses scandal and the concerns that have arisen from that."

Fellow committee member and Liverpool striker Luis Suárez said he was a supporter of the Show Brown Envelopes The Red Card campaign and believed that, given recent events, it was right for footballers with and without party allegiances to investigate.

"Our government should be rightly proud that in many ways it has led the field in tackling social issues such as racism, homophobia and sectarianism and it will be interesting to see what conclusions the Ethics Committee draw from the evidence session," he said. "It's a game of two halves and I'm sure the lads will give it 110 per cent. But they won't want to go a goal down at this stage."