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| The Football Association of Wales is to be warned it must modernise and do more to develop the game in Wales or face losing significant public funding. | The Football Association of Wales is to be warned it must modernise and do more to develop the game in Wales or face losing significant public funding. |
| A committee of Assembly Members meets on Thursday to approve its report into the future of football. | A committee of Assembly Members meets on Thursday to approve its report into the future of football. |
| BBC Radio Wales understands the draft recommendations say the FAW has not been effective enough in developing the sport. | BBC Radio Wales understands the draft recommendations say the FAW has not been effective enough in developing the sport. |
| It adds that they will give the body a year to change the way it works. | It adds that they will give the body a year to change the way it works. |
| BBC Wales' Welsh affairs editor Vaughan Roderick said the AMs' inquiry intended to be supportive of the sport in Wales but had quickly declined into a battle between the politicians and FAW officials, known as "the blazers". | BBC Wales' Welsh affairs editor Vaughan Roderick said the AMs' inquiry intended to be supportive of the sport in Wales but had quickly declined into a battle between the politicians and FAW officials, known as "the blazers". |
| The unspoken threat... is that money... which basically pays for youth football in Wales, could be cut off. Vaughan Roderick, BBC Wales' Welsh affairs editor | |
| Speaking on Radio Wales, he said: "The FAW and English league clubs in Wales refused to appear to give evidence but a range of other bodies gave evidence, most of them critical of the FAW. | Speaking on Radio Wales, he said: "The FAW and English league clubs in Wales refused to appear to give evidence but a range of other bodies gave evidence, most of them critical of the FAW. |
| "The FAW has always insisted that it doesn't receive any public money. | "The FAW has always insisted that it doesn't receive any public money. |
| "The report is likely to say that is disingenuous because public money does go to a body called the FAW Trust, a body that's supposedly separate from the FAW, but which is responsible for the game in Wales. | "The report is likely to say that is disingenuous because public money does go to a body called the FAW Trust, a body that's supposedly separate from the FAW, but which is responsible for the game in Wales. |
| "The AMs are likely to say the FAW can't pretend that the development of the game in Wales is something that's nothing to do with the FAW. | "The AMs are likely to say the FAW can't pretend that the development of the game in Wales is something that's nothing to do with the FAW. |
| "The unspoken threat, and it may be spoken when we see the details of the report, is that that money, to the FAW Trust, which basically pays for youth football in Wales, could be cut off." | "The unspoken threat, and it may be spoken when we see the details of the report, is that that money, to the FAW Trust, which basically pays for youth football in Wales, could be cut off." |
| The issue will be covered in depth on Dragon's Eye on BBC 2W at 2030 GMT on Thursday, and on BBC One Wales at 2235 GMT. | The issue will be covered in depth on Dragon's Eye on BBC 2W at 2030 GMT on Thursday, and on BBC One Wales at 2235 GMT. |