The new mandatory rule, which will require clubs to report data on age, sex, gender, ethnicity, disability and sexual orientation within their organisations, is set to come into force for the start of the 2024-25 season

What?

Why should you be disclosing your gender and sexual orientation to a club so they can report it?

Is this ridiculous or am I missing something?

I want to believe it will be voluntary for the people involved and could choose prefer not to say or something, but still, sounds not right.

Good.

Forced hirings are stupid and go against the entire point.

Probably because there aren't enough candidates from those ethnic groups within the industry, especially not when you go higher up the pyramid.

I am not surprised only 51 clubs signed up, and I doubt any of them are in the top 2 or 3 leagues.