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Executive Masterclass

Lagom Sports Compliance ODSE Training

The Executive Governance Masterclass for Football Clubs

Free, focused ODSE training for football club boards and senior leadership.

In 90 minutes, understand the governance, accountability and oversight the Independent Football Regulator now expects, and how to evidence it.

Session at a Glance
Session at a glance
◴ Duration: 90 minutes
▶ Delivery: Live online
✓ Public sessions: Free to attend
★ Level: Board and executive
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WHY ODSE TRAINING MATTERS NOW

The regulatory bar has already moved

The Football Governance Act 2025 is in force and the Independent Football Regulator is now in active supervision. The picture facing every club in the top five tiers is no longer theoretical. Three dates and one figure make the case for getting your governance right, and doing ODSE training early:

IFR Key Stats Cards
1 Jul 2026
Final licensing rules, guidance and a corporate governance code published. Active supervision has begun.
1 Nov 2026
Provisional licence application window opens, running to 26 February 2027. All 116 clubs must apply.
10%
Of total club revenue is the ceiling on financial penalties for relevant infringements.

A corporate governance statement is one of the four mandatory conditions attached to every operating licence. The Regulator will expect documented evidence that your board identifies, owns and manages risk. This ODSE training is built to help you get ahead of that expectation rather than react to it.

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Overview

A practical governance framework, in 90 minutes

Football clubs have become genuinely complex organisations: multiple legal entities, international transfers, third-party suppliers, commercial partnerships, cross-border transactions and significant financial flows. Regulators no longer expect clubs simply to comply with financial rules. They expect demonstrable governance, accountability, operational oversight and documented decision-making.

The ODSE framework gives your board a practical, football-native model for strengthening oversight, improving regulatory readiness and embedding a culture of accountability across the club. This session distils that framework into a working session your leadership team can act on immediately. It assumes the room already knows the business. The value is in translating regulatory expectation into structure, evidence and clear ownership.

Strong Governance Callout
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Strong governance is no longer a competitive advantage. It is rapidly becoming an expectation.

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What you will take away

Key Outcomes from our ODSE training

By the end of the session you will be able to:

Takeaway Grid
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Explain what the Regulator now expects of club governance, and why failures rarely begin with financial misconduct.
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Distinguish governance from operational management, and map accountability, delegation and escalation across your club.
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Identify the operational risks that carry the greatest regulatory exposure, and the controls that evidence they are managed.
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Assess whether the information reaching your board is timely, accurate and actionable enough to satisfy supervision.
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Recognise the cultural foundations -- tone from the top and speaking-up culture -- that make a framework actually work.
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Leave with clear, sequenced priorities for implementing the framework inside your own club.
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Who should attend

Written for the people accountable for the club

The suitability and senior manager requirements land squarely on named individuals. This ODSE training is designed for the people who now carry that accountability:

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Club Owners
Board Members
CEOs
CFOs
Compliance Officers
Club Secretaries
Sporting Directors
Legal Teams
Senior Operational Managers
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The Session

What will the ODSE training cover

Session Agenda Grid
Introduction
Why governance has become a regulatory priority, how board accountability has evolved, what the Regulator increasingly expects, and why governance failures rarely begin with financial misconduct.
10 min
1. Understanding the ODSE Framework
What the framework is and how it supports governance, accountability, regulatory readiness, operational resilience and risk ownership. Its core components:
Defined responsibilities Governance structure Decision ownership Escalation procedures Management information Board reporting
20 min
2. Governance, Accountability and Board Oversight
Governance versus operational management: accountability frameworks, delegation of authority, governance committees, the Three Lines Model and regulatory evidence, plus the board information that supervision depends on:
Risk reporting Compliance reporting Incident reporting Financial crime updates Emerging risks Action tracking
20 min
3. Operational Risk and Internal Controls
Identifying critical risks across transfer operations, financial crime, third-party relationships, cyber security, data protection and commercial contracts, then building the controls that evidence they are managed:
Risk registers Policies and procedures Control ownership Monitoring activities Incident management Assurance reviews
15 min
4. Building a Culture of Compliance
Governance beyond policies: tone from the top, staff accountability, speaking-up culture, training, regulatory awareness and continuous improvement, illustrated with real governance failures and the lessons they carry.
15 min
5. Implementing the Framework in Your Club
Immediate priorities across governance, risk management and compliance: from framework, roles and committee structure through to enterprise risk register, monitoring programme, board reporting templates and an annual governance review.
10 min
Live Q&A
Open discussion. Bring the questions specific to your club and get a considered, football-native answer.
15 min
Lagom Sports Compliance | Executive Masterclass — total session time: 105 minutes
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You will not leave empty-handed

Practical tools to take back to the board

Attendees can access a set of working templates and diagnostics designed to turn the session into action:

Materials List
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Governance Readiness Assessment
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Board Governance Health Check
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Sample Governance Framework
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Board Reporting Dashboard Template
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Operational Risk Register Template
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Committee Terms of Reference Examples
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Governance Improvement Action Plan
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Two ways to attend

Choose the format that suits your club

Public Masterclass Card
Public masterclass
Free to attend

Join an open, live online session alongside peers from across the game. Ideal for individuals and small teams who want the framework and a clear sense of what the Regulator expects.

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90 minutes, live online
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Live Q&A with the Lagom team
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Access to the takeaway toolkit
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In-House Masterclass Card
In-house at your club
Tailored to your club

A bespoke session built around your structure, your entities and your risk profile, delivered privately to your board and leadership. Priced on scope, because it is tailored to the club that books it.

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Content mapped to your club
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Delivered online or on-site
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A confidential setting for board discussion
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ODSE training: frequently asked questions

  • ODSE training prepares a football club's board and senior leadership to meet the governance, accountability and oversight expectations now placed on clubs by the Independent Football Regulator. This masterclass delivers that in a focused 90-minute session, translating regulatory expectation into practical structure, evidence and ownership.

  • It is written for the people who carry accountability for the club: owners, board members, CEOs, CFOs, compliance officers, club secretaries, sporting directors, legal teams and senior operational managers. No compliance background is needed.

  • Training itself is not a statutory requirement. However, demonstrating effective governance and senior manager accountability is central to the Football Governance Act 2025 and the Independent Football Regulator's licensing regime, so structured training is a practical way to prepare and to evidence readiness.

  • The session runs 90 minutes, live online, including a 15-minute Q&A. Public sessions are free to attend. In-house sessions are tailored to a single club and priced on scope.

  • Yes. Governance and accountability sit at the centre of the licensing framework. The session helps your board understand what strong, evidenced governance looks like in practice, ahead of the application window that opens on 1 November 2026 and runs to 26 February 2027.

  • Yes. Many clubs bring a small cross-section of their board and leadership. If you want the whole team in one private session, an in-house delivery is usually the better fit.