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NFL read
riot act to clubs
By EMMA INEDU, Abuja
Friday, July 18, 2008
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It would no longer be business as usual, so says the Nigerian
Football League (NFL), as the board have reeled out stringent
measures to enhance sanity and decorum in the Nigerian League.
This position was made known yesterday by the NFL in their
third National Congress held at Chida International Hotel
in Abuja.
According to Alhaji Shehu Garba Gusau, who stood in for the
NFL boss, Chief Oyuki Obaseki, certain tough decisions were
taken ahead of next season, in order to reposition and improve
the standard of our league.
Among the decisions, which Gusau highlighted include that;
henceforth, late registration of players by clubs will attract
a fine of N50,000 per player; any club indicted for violence
or disturbances before, during or after a match would be forced
to play their matches behind closed doors or would play their
home games in other venues, also behind closed doors; and
any club, which deny unconditional access to TV coverage of
matches would henceforth be fined N15million as against N2million.
Finally, Gusau warned strongly that all sub-standard venues,
which are not TV friendly would not be approved for league
matches. He emphasised that everything possible would be done
to improve the standard of the league next season.
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