William Gaillard , adviser to UEFA's President, said, the regulations " were , in a way, initiated here in the European Parliament through the Belet report and the Mavrommatis report on the EC White Paper on Sport, because these two reports very early on identified the financial difficulties that European football clubs face".
Gelārs atgādināja, ka iniciatīva par šādiem noteikumiem nākusi no Eiropas Parlamenta puses ar Ivo Belē un Manolisa Mavromatisa ziņojumiem par sportu, kuri jau ļoti agri norādījuši uz Eiropas klubu finanšu problēmām.