John Terry case puts Football Association's disciplinary systems under pressure to reform Chairman David Bernstein has made no public comment on the Terry case because he does not want to be seen to interfere. The decision to charge the Chelsea captain was ultimately made by Darren Bailey, the FA's head of governance, rather than the board, or anyone connected to the Club England set-up which manages the national team. Despite this, Bernstein's decision to strip Terry of the captaincy poses the biggest challenge to the separation of powers argument, even if it was backed by the entire board and was entirely defensible. Allowing a man charged with racism offences to lead England to a major tournament really was untenable, though had Chelsea and Terry not delayed the trial until after Euro 2012 it may have been avoided. Removing the captaincy has proved an expensive decision, costing England a manager, Fabio Capello, and at least one centre half in Terry. It could yet also account for Rio Ferdinand, overlooked by Roy Hodgson so far. Bernstein, by contrast, is determined that he will survive, and far from being threatened by the Terry case his position has been shored up. He has received board approval for a one-year extension to his original three-year term, that will see him through to 2014 and the Brazil World Cup. He has had to bend the rules to do it, denting his reputation as a stickler for governance, but there is enough goodwill round the board table, with one or two exceptions, to let him get away with it. The statutes requiring directors to retire at 70 - Bernstein is 69 - will now be rewritten, allowing them to finish the term of office in which they turn 70. The move needs approval from all shareholders including the Premier League, whose own chairman Sir Dave Richards is unhappy at having to stand down because of the age limit. Richards' replacement gets special treatment Sir Dave Richards" successor as Premier League chairman will be guided by four of the most experienced club representatives. The nominations committee is chaired by Bruce Buck of Chelsea, with Manchester United chief executive David Gill, Stoke chairman Peter Coates and John Williams, of Manchester City, making up the quartet. Richards will stand down at the end of the season, officially because he has reached football's retirement age of 70, but after a string of gaffes including an intemperate attack on Fifa followed by a dip in a Doha fountain earlier this year, patience has run out. His departure gives the league the opportunity to run a transparent, professional appointment process. Since being parachuted in as temporary chairman 13 years ago, Richards has never faced a challenge to his annual re-election. Potential candidates include the BA chairman Martin Broughton, who knows the league well from his spell as Liverpool chairman, and the highly-regarded London 2012 deputy chairman Sir Keith Mills, linked with every senior vacancy in sport. Buck himself may also have supporters as an internal choice. The new chairman will have to fit a job specification drawn up by the nominations committee and his colleagues, but as ever the input of chief executive Richard Scudamore, who is going nowhere following the new bumper TV deal input, will be crucial. No miracles expected at the BBC Fresh from the triumph of the Olympics, BBC director of sport Barbara Slater has said it will take "a miracle" for regular top-flight live football to return to the BBC. The BBC will not screen a live men's game until the 2014 World Cup, and Slater said most rights, including England internationals and the FA Cup, both up for grabs in the same year, may be out of reach of the BBC. Speaking at a Sports Industry Breakfast event she said: "The rights for live football are extremely competitive and we have to accept they are out of reach. Maybe a miracle will happen and a governing body will decide it must have the reach we can offer. But it is very difficult for the BBC, with finite resources, to compete.