Richards' assessment this week that foreign players have damaged the national side and ultimately cost former England coach Steve McClaren his job when the team failed to qualify for Euro 2008 has come in for criticism.
Wigan Boss Backs NU-Mad On FA Role!
And Wigan chairman Whelan believes Richards' comments only highlight the fact he is not the right man for the job.
Whelan: "It is well known within the Premier League that I don't support David Richards in any way.
"I don't think he is qualified for the Premier League. I don't think he's fit to be the chairman of the Premier League and what he has said goes against the Premier League.
"The Premier League is there to provide one thing: the best league in the world. It does that and that is why the Premier League is so widely broadcast around the world.
"It is very unfair what he is saying. He knows the problems we have. It would be very difficult to have a rule or regulation that said so many British players had to play, because that is against the law."
Good on yer Mr Whelan! We are right behind you!
YESTERDAY'S ARTICLE:
Apparantly the FA did NOT get it wrong appointing "The Wally With The Bolly" as manager ... the reason England failed to qualify for Euro 2008 was because of "the number of foreign imports".
That is according to Premier League chairman Sir David Richards, the England team is being harmed by the number of foreign imports in the top flight.
Richards also wants to see the competition reduced from 20 to 18 teams to ease fixture congestion.
But - never mind how many English players play in the Premiership - how many Dutch internationals play in the Dutch League, and how come it doesn't seem to bother them?
We HAVE the players ... McClaren is a divvy with his head up his arse ... THAT is why we failed. And the FA deserve the shit because THEY appointed him!
Richards: "Does the Premier League hurt the national side? I think the answer to that has got to be yes.
"We've been a bit lazy in the Premier League over the years. We created a system of academies and every club spends about £3million a year developing young players. But it hasn't worked, because the availability for us to go out and buy the best stars is an easy thing.
"Anybody who comes into the league needs to stay in it, so needs to buy the best stars. We pick kids up at eight years old, we send them to the academy, then at 16 we make them a student, then at 18 we say they haven't made it.
"Steve McClaren lost his job last year because of the status quo.
"Steve will tell you that he has to have the best players available and the Premier League has hurt him.
"In fact, I would probably go as far as to say the Premier League has probably cost him his job. Because what we've done, we've actually bought all these foreign players in."